Thursday 9th December marked the launch of the first ever UK European Transplant and Dialysis Games which will next take place in Oxford in summer 2022. Following almost two years of shielding, the transplant community and dialysis patients from across Europe will be brought together for a week of celebration and sporting events from 21-28...
Read MoreOn 24th November the Westfield Health British Transplant Games were launched in Leeds. Looking ahead to the event next year, which will reunite the transplant community after almost two years of shielding. The launch event took place at the Leeds Civic Hall which saw Games organisers, local partners and transplant recipients gather to mark the...
Read MoreLast week Millie took part in Children in Need’s Rickshaw Challenge. Completing the final leg of the Challenge. Starting at Thirlestane Castle and finishing at Sciennes Primary school 25.6 miles away. Tonight on BBC One at 19:30 see how Millie and the other riders got on with the challenge, supported by former One Show host...
Read MoreOne of Transplant Sports amazing young athletes and Ambassadors for Life will be joining Matt Baker in The Rickshaw Challenge for BBC Children in Need. Matt will be joined by a team of 5 who will take on the relay-style challenge, cycling through their hometowns and passing places which hold a particular significance for them....
Read MoreTransplant Sport is excited to announce that next Summer The European Transplant and Dialysis Sports Games are coming to to the United Kingdom for the first time. OXFORD will play host to the 7 day multisport event. SAVE THE DATES: AUGUST 21st to 28th 2022!
Read MoreTen transplant recipient golfers teed off to take part in the Transplant Sport Golf Tournament on Tuesday 28 November. Held at Sandwell Park Golf Club, West Bromwich, the same venue from the British Transplant Games in Birmingham 2018. Golfers took on the eighteen-hole course in cold, wet and windy conditions, playing to win a...
Read MoreThis weekend saw the return of Transplant Sport Satellite events, with 42 people taking part in a five team Football Tournament in Bicester, Oxford. Teams from across the UK played in a round robin 6 a-side format made up of ten matches. Guys and Wales played in the 3rd and 4th matched, with Oxford and...
Read MoreAs COVID-19 hibernation ends it is time to step out into a world of fitness. COVID-19 lockdown has been hard for most communities across the world. For the transplant community it has been doubly hard with transplant recipients recognised as one of the vulnerable groups facing additional complications from COVID-19. The World Transplant Games Federation...
Read MoreI hope you have all been inspired by the Summer of Sport 2021; from the build-up and tension of the Euros 2020 through the classical nail-biting finals at Wimbledon and now the daily dose of Tokyo 2020. Sport is back, I know it has been a really tough 18 months for you all and your...
Read MoreToday Monday 14th June games organisers have announced that the Westfield Health British Transplant Games will be taking place in venues across Leeds from 28th – 31st July in 2022. The flagship event of Transplant Sport will be staged with renewed support from Westfield Health as well as local partners including Leeds City Council, Leeds...
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