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European Transplant and Dialysis Games 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 August. After months of not being able to interact socially, and the 2020 Games in Dublin being cancelled due to the COVID-19 Pandemic, The European Transplant and Dialysis Games 2022 are set to be bigger and better than ever as they head to the UK for the first time ever. The multi-sport event is being hosted in the UK by Transplant Sport and will take place at venues across Oxfordshire including Radley College, the iconic Oxford, University Sheldonian Theatre and Blenheim Palace. The games will see competitors participate in multi-sport events, including everything from tennis and football to athletics, squash, and swimming using the excellent facilities at Radley College, which will act as a Games Village for the week.

BTG 2022

The charity Transplant Sport flagship event aims to encourage transplant recipients to remain active, demonstrate the benefits of transplantation and raise public awareness of the importance to speak to your loved ones about your wishes around organ donation.

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#Virtual Transplant Games

The 30 July– 2 August 2020 saw Transplant Sport present their first ever Virtual Westfield Health British Transplant Games. Taking place on social media and in people’s homes across the UK replacing the annual British Games which were postponed due to the pandemic. The COVID-19 pandemic didn't stop the transplant community from continuing to celebrate the gift of life as they took the celebrations online! Athletes were encouraged to do as much as they could from home. The Virtual Opening Ceremony kicked off the weekend with a series of videos from past ceremonies and athlete parades, messages from the host city Coventry as well as a lighting of the Donor Family Flame to mark the official start of the Games. Over the course of the weekend transplant recipients were encouraged to complete activities at home in place of the events they were due to be competing in and share their results. Whether that was throwing paper airplanes instead of javelins, swimming in paddling pools, cycling or playing table tennis on the kitchen table, the more creative the better! Sunday then saw the closing ceremony and official handover to Leeds who are due to host in 2021. Team Oxford did their bit for the weekend. With 3 hospital members of staff and 3 transplant patients (all socially distanced) cycle 50k around the picturesque Oxfordshire villages.

Surviving Lockdown

When Big Bens clock chimed at midnight 2019 who would have thought 2020 would bring what is has? Dealing with a chronic illness at a young age is hard enough, but then throw 6 months of shielding on top of this, restrictions on everything, no social interaction and no leaving the house. The OYAC group as well as 1.5 million others who were shielding have had it hard. Then when a faint light appears at the end of a very long dark tunnel we are all faced with another potential lockdown. When will this end? With all the doom and gloom published daily by the media how did the OYAC cope through lockdown? Daley the youth worker who manages the OYAC group role changed somewhat as he took to the world of virtual youth work. The closed young adult Facebook page became a hub of social interaction with regular updates, games, bingo sessions, musical nights, cooking classes, magic shows, weekly quizzes, live sessions with Renal Doctors, psychologists and professional stand-up comedy from, Jo Brand, Tom Allen and Greg Davies. The young adults even made their own movie which can be found on our twitter page @OxfordYAC. All of this helped keep the young adults engaged and give them something to forward to. Daley also ran many 1-1 online virtual session providing the much-needed emotional support. The support element of the OYAC meant that the young adults could access the support they gratefully needed. Hospital clinics were still able to run where the young adults had face to face appointments and still met (socially distanced) with the youth worker to talk through any issues.

2019 Charity Dinner

2019 saw the return of the bio annual Oxford Young Adult clinic charity dinner, featuring the hilarious Jo Brand. Guests were treated to a fabulous 3 course meal in the elegant ballroom at the Randolph hotel, Oxford. The evening was compared by auctioneer extraordinaire Charlie Ross who certainly entertained and got peoples cheque books engaged. The evening was a great success with a substantial amount of money being raised to support the young adult clinic. Thanks to the Randolph for their great hospitality.

British Transplant Games 2019

2019 saw the British Transplant Games travel to Newport as they hosted for the first time. Taking a total team size of 40 (25 Competitors and 15 supporters) Team Oxford can be extremely proud of their efforts returning with an impressive haul of 27 medals, 12 of which were Gold, 9 Silver and 6 Bronze. Taking place from 25th-29th July the British Transplant Games ventured to Wales for the first time, with an amazing 900 transplant recipients competing in a wide range of sports representing over 50 transplant centers from across the UK. Team Oxford are a group of transplant patients who have received care of a life enhancing transplant at the Oxford Transplant Centre. Each individual is a real ambassador of the service provided by Oxford University hospitals. An impressive 50% of the team representing Team Oxford were young adult patients (aged 16-30) and were encouraged to participate in the games through the Oxford Young Adult Clinic. One member of team said, “It’s such an honor to participate in the games each year and represent Oxford. I am here fighting fit, playing sports and winning medals because of my donor, I will be forever grateful to them.” This year we welcomed in 7 new additions to the growing Oxford Team who all performed amazingly well. Special mention goes to the football team for beating team Wales in the final and winning gold after 3 previous years coming runners up taking home silver. Sean Walsh was given the award by the team manager Daley for the best team athlete, following completing the medal set for winning Gold in football, Silver in table tennis and Bronze in 100m. Will Kempster became king of the archers winning Gold in the archery with Golds also coming in from Jamie Lonsdale in the squash and an impressive run by Sarah Reynolds in the 100m. Matt Domingo also impressed at his first games taking Silver in the 800m and Bronze in the Javelin. A huge well done to all the other medalists and competitors, you made Oxford proud and your donor’s even prouder.

British Transplant Games 2018

Triumphant Team Oxford in Birmingham. Team Oxford can be very proud of their efforts at the British Transplant Games 2018 in Birmingham. Taking their largest team to date, Team Oxford returned with an impressive haul of 37 medals. Taking place from 2nd-5th August the British Transplant Games returned to Birmingham for the first time in 19 years and saw the largest ever number of competitors from over 50 teams across the UK. Over 1,000 transplant recipients competed in a wide range of sports. The British Transplant Games are the flagship project of the charity Transplant Sport and have been in existence for 40 years. Transplant Sport aims to demonstrate the benefits of transplantation whilst increasing public awareness of the need for more people to join the NHS Organ Donation Register and discuss their wishes with their families. Team Oxford are a group of transplant patients who have received care of a life enhancing transplant at the Oxford Transplant Centre. Each individual is a real ambassador of the service provided by OUH hospitals. Special mention goes to super star Flora king who came away with 4 gold medals! Michael Oliver for his two Golds in the cycling; the gold squash duo of Jamie Lonsdale and Joshua Mayhead, Richard Newport and Robert Price for winning gold in Badminton doubles; Marina Lyons for her Golden quality in the tennis and Andrew Hook for retaining his golden crown in the table tennis. A huge well done to all the other medalists and competitors, you made Oxford proud.

109km Cape Town Cycle Challenge

Sunday the 11th March 2018 saw the return of the Oxford Young Adult Clinic team taking part in the worlds largest timed cycle event. Following on from a successful race in 2016 and raising a substantial amount of money for young adult kidney patients, the team returned to tackle the grueling challenge of cycling 109km