Team Bristol is overall top team! The British games took place between the 27th and 30th July in North Lanarkshire, Scotland. Events were based in several towns such as Motherwell, Hamilton and Wishaw and the lovely Strathclyde country park hosted the Cycling, 3km Walk and Mini Marathon. Team Bristol had a smaller team than usual, …
Held on Saturday 26th November at Begbrooke and Stapleton Community Centre. Around 40 people attended and I have to say that I personally enjoyed it very much. There was much fun and laughter as well as a disco, Tombola ran by the wonderful Andy and Anne Strange. Where do they get all their prizes from? …
Bristol Drama Group Donation The Bartholomites are a drama group based in St Andrews, Bristol. Every year they perform a pantomime and this year it was Dick Whittington. They always choose a charity to support and ask the audience if they would like to put money in a collection pot after each of the four …
Held on 28th – 31st July Bristol bring home the medals By team member Ella Gibson This year’s British Transplant Games saw 23 of Bristol’s finest transplant athletes compete in a range of activities from athletics and swimming to badminton and ten-pin bowling in a fantastic weekend of sport. The host city, Liverpool, offered great facilities and a …
Monday 30/11/2015 The money was donated to the charity by Philip Mann in recognition of the 25th anniversary of his kidney transplant at Southmead Hospital. The unit serves as a recovery area for patients who have the planned day case procedures on the ward. Depending on the procedure they have undergone patients will stay in …
Valerie Coombe’s Celebration Congratulations to Valerie – 80 years old and 38 years of her transplanted kidney Great Grandmother Valerie Coombe of Charlton Kings, near Cheltenham recently celebrated her 80th birthday with her husband Pete, Son and two grandsons and one granddaughter, three great grandsons and one great granddaughter and all her family and friends at …
By Team Bristol manager Catharine Hall A total of 40 medals were won by Team Bristol, a good result considering we had a smaller team than we have had for several years. Medals won Gold – 19Silver- 12Bronze-9 Hopefully next year we will have all our regulars back fighting fit and ready to go!We should also have …
Held at Medway 23 – 27th August By Team Bristol manager Catharine Hall This years games took place in Medway Kent, sporting venues were spread throughout the area with events in Rochester, Chatham, Gillingham and Dartford. Many of the venues were used by Olympic teams prior to London 2012 and will be used by the upcoming …
We have great spirit and humour in our team, not to mention a lot of talent. We brought back a lot of memories from Northern Ireland, memories of hysterical laughter, sporting success and even an odd tear shed… So on to the results: This was an excellent games for Bristol and our second highest ever …
Held on 19-22nd August By Team Bristol manager Catharine Hall This year we took a record number of athletes to the games, no less than 26 competed under the banner of Team Bristol and certainly did their home city proud. The games commenced on Thursday 19th with a parade around Bath city centre and an …
