Christine's Story

My In June 2015 I had an emergency liver transplant. I had been poorly for a few months previous to the transplant but doctors couldn’t find what was wrong. A couple of weeks before my transplant we had gone away to a campsite for the weekend. I felt awful but I did some archery which I really enjoyed and got a good score.

Soon after my transplant I was told about the Transplant Games and that they did archery at the games. I thought about competing and I met lady who was visiting someone else whilst I was in hospital. I got sent all the details of the games and it really gave me the motivation to get better.

Six months later I joined my local archery club and attended my first games the same year. I only spent a couple of days there but I attended Lanarkshire games in 2017 and got much more involved with the games. I won my first medal and have gone on to win in British, European and World Games.

I have met so many amazing people and can see how well organ donation is promoted.

The games have given me so much to look forward to, so many new friends and it’s wonderful to be part of a “family”.

The games mean so much to me.