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2011 British Transplant Games
Date: Thursday 4 - Sunday 7 August 2011Venue: Throughout Belfast
The Westfield Health British Transplant Games will be held in Belfast on 4 - 7 August.
Around 600 competitors aged between two and 80 years old - who are all recipients of a life-saving organ transplant, be it heart, lung, liver, kidney, pancreas, small bowel or bone marrow - will compete at the Games in 16 sports and attend social events with their families. The event is a celebration - all athletes have won the race for life and competing to win a medal is a bonus!
The British Transplant Games are organised by Transplant Sport UK (TSUK) and staged annually in host cities around the UK, with competitors being selected every two years for the World Transplant Games.
Opening ceremony
The event will be launched in Belfast city centre with a parade of the athletes starting from Belfast City Hall on Thursday 4 August at 6.30pm. Come along and show your support for the event, which will welcome the athletes and their families to Belfast.Donor Run (Saturday 6 August, Ormeau Park)
Show your support by taking part in the Belfast Telegraph Donor Run at Ormeau Park on Saturday 6 August. With distances of 3km and 5km to choose from, why not walk or run the course? To enter, visit the NI Athletics website
Join the Organ Donor Register
There is a shortage of available organs in the UK. Three hundred people in Northern Ireland are currently awaiting organ donations. Only one in four adults here are registered as potential organ donors. Join the Organ Donor Register online
