Team Wythenshawe made their presence felt at the British Transplant Games last weekend with a fantastic total of 23 medals (9 Gold, 8 Silver and 6 Bronze)

68 year old Bill Noble who had his heart transplant 8 years ago was our teams stand -out performance. He won 6 gold for swimming. At the glitzy gala dinner he was awarded with the Super Veteran of the games and also Heart Transplant  athlete of the games. He said

“This is my 7th British Transplant Games since receiving a heart transplant in April 2007, at the age of 60. My sport is swimming, but I had been unable to swim for about forty years because of a congenital heart defect; I used swimming as part of my rehabilitation programme. However, because it rekindled the competitive spirit in me I decided to enter the Transplant  Games. This year was my best year taking gold medals in all my individual events plus an additional gold in the relay.”

New Start were pleased to have 2 teams representing them at the recent event held in Heaton Park in Manchester. One was a group of friends led by Julianne Downham and they have managed to raise a fantastic £2000.

The other team comprised of 4 members of staff from the Unit – Sue Ewings, Laura McGarrigle, Dawn Murray and Ruth Bradley who managed to raise  £500. They have also put a claim into the Charity for washing powder!

We are pleased to announce that Wythenshawe Transplant unit  has undertaken its first heart and lung transplant for fifteen years. Pauline Ginn from Bolton who had been on the waiting list since January 2015  had her Transplant in April and is now at home recovering well.

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Thank you to the generous members of Werneth Lodge who presented us with a very nice cheque