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Transplant Team Ireland

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Sep 03rd
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James HANNON
Longford Transplant Recipient Ready to Take On the World PDF Print E-mail
Written by Liam Horan   
Saturday, 25 July 2009
A 26 year-old Longford man is off to Australia next month (AUGUST) as a member of the Irish team at the World Transplant Games – where, in their own eyes, all 19 team members are winners already by just getting to the starting-line.
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Breaking news - Friday's news from Athletics and Bowling PDF Print E-mail
Written by Liam Horan in Wurzburg   
Friday, 05 September 2008
Breaking news from Track & Field and Bowling events at European Transplant & Dialysis Games, in Wurzburg, Germany. It’s a very busy day, with every athlete out there competing, so do stay tuned here. We will be adding updates throughout the day. Please read below for full news updates.
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Magic arrows PDF Print E-mail
Written by Liam Horan in Wurzburg   
Tuesday, 02 September 2008
James Hannon is hoping for success in the darts tournament

 
Games vital PDF Print E-mail
Written by Liam Horan in Wurzburg   
Tuesday, 02 September 2008
Martin Hannon, father of James and a member of the board of the Irish Kidney Association, says the Games are vital for people on dialysis and those who have received transplants.

 
Medal hope PDF Print E-mail
Written by Liam Horan in Wurzburg   
Tuesday, 02 September 2008
Teresa Hannon has attended recent European and World Games and hopes her son James can bring home a medal to Edgeworthstown from Wurzburg this week.

 
Athletics legend Eamonn Coghlan to deliver motivational talk to transplant and dialysis athletes

Irish running legend Eamonn Coghlan is to deliver a motivational talk to an “inspirational” bunch of Irish athletes – all of whom have had major organ transplants or are currently on dialysis.

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Huge number of new athletes on Irish team

This year, the Irish team welcomes a huge number of new athletes to the team. Keep an eye on this story – we will add to this list as we build the profiles of all the athletes.

We have received about 12 profiles from new athletes so far, and will be adding those here - if you haven't sent in your profile yet, see note below.

Some of the athletes mentioned below have competed previously for Ireland, but before the establishment of this site in 2007 - hence, their inclusion in this 'new' list.

Strictly speaking, so, it's new athletes, and athletes new to the site!

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Irish transplant team retain five-nations golf title

A team of ten Irish golfers, all of whom revived their sporting careers after major organ transplantations, this weekend retained a major golf title in Scotland.

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James Hannon

 

Name: James Hannon

Competes at: Adult

Lives: Longford

Transplant: Two kidney transplants, first in January 1991, second in January 2005

Sports:

Won gold for badminton and bronze for tennis at the 2004 European Games in Slovenia (for dialysis section)

Won silver for ten pin bowling and bronze for darts at the 2006 European Games in Hungary

Won bronze in the badminton doubles at the National Games 2006

Won silver for the track and field ball throw at the National Games 2006

Won gold for the ball throw at the National Games 2007


Games Events:
Darts Singles, Darts Triples, Bowling Singles, Bowling Doubles, Ball Throw

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News reports from World Games

Sli Nua Communications' Liam Horan will be providing regular reports from the 2009 World Transplant Games for Irish newspapers, radios, and websites. To obtain reports, email This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it .