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The June Newsletter is now available to view on line. Top subjects - Details of the AGM and Dallas Draw, Paul and Carol trip to America, Further info on Travel insurance, Henry's House, and a lot of important legal stuff.
Every year the Dallas New Heart and Lungs send a member and companion to England for and exchange visit, and likewise the Harefield Hamsters send a member and companion to Dallas This year Rose Payne Bradion and Tami King visited - This is their story Extracted from the Dallas News Letter. The Full Dallas news Letter can be read on the News Letters Page And Finally a note from Natalie - the Games Are closed for entries, and these are the Competitors Hi All, How exciting! I am very proud to announce we have a HUGE team of 18 transplant athletes and 33 supporters (51 in total) to this year's British Transplant Games in Coventry! Our team includes the following: Martin Bailitis (new team member) James Baxter Colin Clements Jill Edwards Mick Foster Tim Gibson Moshe Givoni (new team member) Andrew Healy (new team member) Emma Hilton Lisa Innes Julie Kirby Justine Laymond Jonathan Lepper Robert Longrigg Alex Walker Paul Walker (new team member) Howard Waters Brian Witham Preparations are going well - The fancy dress theme for Friday night has been announced as 1970's disco so dig out those flares, sequins and platform shoes! So far, I have 35 people attending the Team Dinner on Saturday night (have I got my work cut out trying to find a big enough venue??! If anyone knows Coventry well - suggestions are most welcomed!). There are no further updates from the Games Office at present, I will forward any info as and when it is received.
I am looking forward to seeing you all, both old and new faces. See you all soon! Natalie I don't update the site on a regular basis, so if you would like to be informed when the web site is next updated, please send an e-mail with subscribe in the subject column to Web alerts. That way you will receive any information as soon as it is available. Bob.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Diary Dates All details of the diary dates are in the news letter Diary Date 2009 July 30th - August 2nd British Transplant Games - Coventry July 30th - August 2nd British Transplant Games - Coventry August 22nd – 30th 2009 17th World Transplant Games Gold Coast. Australia October 23rd – 25th 2009 27th Annual Dinner - The Midland Hotel Derby -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DIARY DATES 2010 June 30th – July 4th 2010 13th European Heart/Lung Transplant Games – Vaxjo Sweden -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
The Club was founded in 1982 by a small group of heart
transplant patients while at the Fifth British Transplant Games in Cardiff since
this time the club has grown considerably in numbers and above all in reputation
and in 1996 gained Charitable status.
The Charity's objects are to provide for the relief of
persons and their family and carers who have had or are hoping to have an organ
transplant through the provision of counseling and recreational and sporting
activities, in order to rehabilitate those persons and improve their condition
of life.
Of the sporting activities undertaken during the year the
biggest is the British Transplant Games. These games, open to all transplant
patients whether they be heart, kidney etc., are held in various locations
throughout the UK and are well attended by Club members who regularly win medals
in a variety of disciplines. These functions are not only a sporting occasion
but offer a first class means of socializing with people in similar situations. Every two years the European Heart & Lung Transplant Games are held at different venues in Europe. Whenever possible the Club provides a subsidy to members taking part in these events thus allowing more people to take part. An average of 50 transplants attend the Harefield annual jog held in and around the hospital grounds on a Sunday in September. It is a fun run/walk with courses of 1 and 3 miles. We would like to see more transplants patients taking part. The run is open to everyone and usually there are 1000 participants led off by Professor Sir Magdi Yacoub. In
October every year we hold an annual dinner and A.G.M. This is a well attended
event and is a good way to meet transplants old and new and socialize away from
the hospital environment where every day problems and experiences can be
exchanged. There are also local get togethers through transplants celebrating
anniversaries, fund raising etc all helping everyone to maintain contact. We
have strong affiliations with other transplant associations such as the New
Hearts in Dallas Texas also clubs in other parts of Europe and through the
European Heart and Lung Transplant Association hope to widen our field of
contacts. The main means of contact with our members is through this Website and Newsletter produced as a bimonthly publication. The Newsletter contains news and views supplied by members, articles from hospital staff members and a diary of forthcoming events.
Contact InformationFor further information please contact the following committee members Chairman : . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chairman Membership secretary : . . Membership Secretary News Information: . . . . . . . Secretary
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