Gloucestershire team win three silvers and one bronze at the British Transplant Games
In their first games, the Gloucestershire team have triumphed with three silver medals and one bronze at the British Transplant Games in Nottingham this weekend.
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Silver medal winners were Liam Ward, 31 and Andrew Danson, 42 and Lucy Chandler, 29 achieved bronze in the 5k road race event. Liam and Andrew won their medals in the 5k running events for their age groups with Andrew also winning silver in the 1500m.
They were joined by team members Adrian Heeley, Ryan Penfold, Tracie Cox, Andy Niblett and staff from the Gloucestershire Hospitals renal unit Sarah Ryder and Karen Williams.
The team did brilliantly at their first games and are looking to compete again in Oxford at the 2025 games.
Adrian has managed to raise over £2,000 for the Gloucestershire Kidney Patients Association who supported the event and said:
“Gloucestershire Kidney Patients Association is proud to be sponsoring the Gloucester Team who are competing in the Transplant Games for the first time. Kidney disease affects all aspects of life for kidney patients and their families. Transplants can completely transform their lives.
Organ donation can only happen due to the generosity of donors and their families, either living or deceased. As a charity we wanted to support the team at the games to show what can be achieved after a transplant and to pay tribute to all the donors and their families.”