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The British Transplant Games takes place annually and in 2024 will be hosted in Nottingham Thursday 1st to Sunday 4th August 2024.
Registration is now open and we’re welcoming new members of any age or sporting ability to join us down in Nottingham for the weekend and live life to the fullest, win, lose or draw.
Everyone can enjoy the games!
The Manchester Adults Transplant Games Team includes kidney/kidney-pancreas transplant recipients and bone marrow/stem cell transplant recipients from Lancashire and South Cumbria, Manchester, Greater Manchester and North Cheshire or further afield as long as you were transplanted or receive your post-transplant care in the region.
We welcome new members of any age or sporting ability, it might even inspire you to take up something new! It is a unique opportunity to share in giving thanks to both our donor families and our live donors, demonstrate the healthy and active lifestyle that can be achieved after transplantation, raise awareness of organ donation and bone marrow/stem cell donation and to celebrate the Gift of Life!
The British Transplant Games takes place annually and in 2024 will be hosted in Nottingham Thursday 1st to Sunday 4thAugust 2024. Each year registration opens during February and closes mid-May.
Your Team Manger will provide you with all the information you need to successfully register and take part.
Over the four days transplant athletes compete in age groups across a range of sports from Archery to Volleyball and many in-between and can take part in 4 competition events across the 4 days of the Games, limited to one sport per day.
So in sports with multiple events you can enter more than one event in that sport and these will count towards your 4 events.
The competition sports are:-
Archery; Badminton Doubles (Men’s and Women’s); Lawn Bowls; Cycling (5km TT and 10km RR); Darts; 6-A-Side Football; Golf; Snooker; Squash; Swimming (50m Back, Breaststroke, Butterfly and Freestyle,100m Breaststroke and Freestyle; 200m Freestyle and a mixed 4x50m relay); Table Tennis (singles); Tennis (singles); Volleyball and Track and Field. The Track and Field includes 100,200,400,800 and 1500 metres; 4x100m mixed relay; 3km walk; 5km Road Race; Ball Throw; Discus; High Jump; Javelin; Long Jump and Shot Putt.
The programme also includes events for Live Donors and Donor Families such as Track 100 metres; Ball Throw; Long Jump; Swimming 50 metres Freestyle; Badminton Doubles; Obstacle Relay. Entrants can take part in 3 of these events.
In addition there is a social sports programme which anyone can take part in and supporters are particularly encouraged to enter and so get more involved in the weekend. These include 6-A-Side Football; Golf; Adult Short Tennis; Basketball (3 on 3 format) and Netball.
The weekend is rounded off with a fantastic social celebration event on the Sunday evening.
Age Groups
Participants compete in the age group that corresponds with their age on 30th June.
Apply to take part in 2024.
You can register your interest simply by emailing Zoe Dixon, Manchester Adults Team Manager via Zoe_dixon@tiscali.co.uk or by completing the enquiry form below. But Hurry! Manchester’s final team needs to be registered by Mid-May!
It’s the taking part that counts and the whole experience is a celebration and is about fun, friendship, great camaraderie between teams and living life to the full! We very much welcome new team members so if you are interested in taking part please do get in touch.
Zoe Dixon, MBE Manchester Adults Team Manager