Three Dublin golfers today (THURSDAY, AUGUST 27TH) won medals for gold at the 17th World Transplant Games in Gold Coast, Australia – and now Ireland’s medals tally stands at eleven with two days of competition left.
A Cabinteely man will captain the Irish team at the World Transplant Games in Australia next month – and, in their own eyes, all 19 team members are winners already by just getting to the starting-line.
The Irish team performed superbly in the ultra-competitive Badminton
arena, which was the focal point of Wednesday action here at the 5th
European Transplant & Dialysis Games in Wurzburg, Germany.
The arena was extremely warm, which proved taxing for all players, but
when a long day of competition came to an end, Ireland could boast four
medals – John Cormican, Deirdre Faul, Harry Ward and Mick Dwyer.
Irish
players were the undisputed kings and queens of the fairways at the 5th
European Transplant & Dialysis Games in Wurzburg, Germany yesterday – with
the top male and female prizes going to members of the Irish team.
Irish team captain Michael Dwyer missed last year’s World Transplant Games due to a hip replacement operation – but now he’s back better than ever, and resuming his role as the man to rally the troops here in Wurzburg, for the 5th European Transplant & Dialysis Games.