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Day 1
Friday, August 15, 2025
☀️ 21 °C
Altitude: 154 m
Ireland Ballyboden 53.265255, -6.30965753°15’55” N 6°18’35” W
1. Countdown:World Transplant Games 2025
August 15 in Ireland ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C
🌍❤️The World Transplant Games – A Celebration of Second Chances ❤️🌍

The World Transplant Games began in 1978 with just 99 competitors. Today, they’ve grown into a global celebration of life — I am delighted to be one of 29 athletes and over 30 supporters representing Transplant Sports Ireland (TSI) at this year’s Games in Dresden Germany. Just for your information, the Irish athletes trips are all self funded.

🏆This year’s Games will welcome 2,200 people, 1,513 athletes and 115 incredible donors and donor family members (83 living donors and 32 donor families). Approx. 50 nations are taking part — all united by that gift of life.

🏌️‍♀️Every athlete attending has been impacted by organ donation. stem cell transplant etc. Eligibility ranges from ages 4 to 80+ and we come together to compete, connect, and celebrate that gift. Now, let me be honest- would I love to medal.? Absolutely Yes- everyone who knows me would recognise the lie if I said otherwise. But I am beyond thrilled to be well enough, to just be a part of them. Last year, two days after my transplant, I contacted the Irish Kidney association. The plan even then was to attend the 2025 World Transplant Games. There were more than a few challenges along the way but heading to the games was No. 1 and so booked my place less than 5 months later ( which was fairly optimistic given how things were going)- but I love nothing better than a good plan.

With the recent changes to Organ Donation in Ireland, I am attaching a link to the IKA and to their Digital Donor Card. Their website at the bottom of this page will provide you with accurate information and answer questions about Organ Donation.

🏊‍♀️ There are 17 sports taking place in Dresden – from athletics and swimming to cycling, golf and more – Don’t think the games are just about turning up however. The golf time sheet is filled to the brim. The current 100m record stands at 11.18 seconds, and the long jump record is 6.85 metres. 😳 Hugh, one of the Irish team has previously won the gold medal in the Gross competition at the games, playing off scratch at the time.

🏟️Transplant Sport Ireland (TSI) held its Annual Kit Day for both the British Transplant and World Transplant Games in Kilcullen Community Centre on Sunday July 27th. 100 athletes and supporters were in attendance. It was a very special day. The guest speaker was Champion jockey Rachael Blackmore- who spoke about her career and success in National Hunt Racing. Acknowledging the huge challenges that the athletes in the room have faced, she noted that the mental challenge of competition is always tough. Her advice to athletes was to remain in the moment and stay relaxed and calm. There was a big thank you from the floor for all the winners Rachael had achieved over the years -a few members of TSI definitely in the money.

🙏 A heartfelt thank you to the organisers and volunteers from TSI. Also thanks to James Nolan and family along with the Punchestown Kidney Research Fund (PKRF) for their generous sponsorship of Team Kit. Most of all, thanks to the donors and their families. Your generosity made all of this possible. Every finish line crossed- that’s because of you.

Hope you continue to follow my journey over the week of the games. Thanks for reading.

💕Pam
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Day 2
Saturday, August 16, 2025 at 9:00 PM
⛅ 21 °C
Altitude: 143 m
Germany Dresden 51.044174, 13.73505151°2’39” N 13°44’6” E
2. Heading toDresden
August 16 in Germany ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C
✈️ 3:30am start was grim. Handy that son Daire had an early flight to Spain as well- a very useful bag-sherpa for me, particularly with golf clubs. Easier though than last year travelling to Cádiz - as I had to plug into the dialysis machine at 4pm in the afternoon just to get treatment finished and get it packed. for the flight.

On the flight were some of the athletes from Northern Ireland. When Harry our team manager realised they didn’t have transport heading to Berlin- he offered them the spare seats on our bus. That seems to be the WTG way- an extended family.

The hotel is central-not luxurious but the South African squad, some British, Canadian are all based here as well .
After a quick bag drop we trooped down to the International Congress Centre to collect our Accreditation, Goodie Bag and pass for free public transport throughout the games.

I had booked a restaurant for dinner last week using the “Find me Gluten Free app. Brennnessel restaurant” , Great reviews online but I obviously missed the Vegan 🥑 part! Stunning food thankfully or I might have been lynched by the meat eaters😤

🏹Victor is one of the athletes here. If you want to be inspired read his story below. Victor on arriving in Berlin:”I'm just happy luggage came out the other side, security questioned the suncream but the big bag of arrows was grand 😬”

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Day 3
Sunday, August 17, 2025 at 7:18 AM
☀️ 14 °C
Altitude: 114 m
Germany Dresden 51.059956, 13.78882351°3’36” N 13°47’20” E
3. Opening Ceremony
August 17 in Germany ⋅ ☀️ 14 °C
Today is a special day- the Opening Day of the Transplant Games. It began with the #ReasonToGive - Dresden’s Organ Donation Run in the beautiful Great Garden of Dresden at the Palais. Needless to say Marie, Amanda and moi- the non runners were already on the golf course having a practice- no surprise there.

3pm-The Parade of Nations took place through Dresden’s City Festival to the newly built Ballsport Arena, Dresden. 50 countries taking part, it was a colourful event. Team Ireland - led by Kilkenny athlete Mags Kirwan ( aka Roadrunner!) .
We were legging it just to keep up with her.

Today the photos tell the story. As the Athletes, country by country filed one by one into the stadium, the last group to enter are the Donor families and the living Donors. ( There is a sports program within the Transplant games for the Donor families and Living Donors.) Even now- I can still feel that emotion as they walked in. The love, the appreciation, the gratitude- the stands and stands of Transplanted Athletes and families just spontaneously stood and clapped and clapped and clapped as they entered the stadium. It’s something I’ll never forget. These families and the living Donors all represent the gift we have received.

We are the lucky ones- the Donor families and living Donors- they are the heroes.
In the words of the WTG President today- Forget living each day as if it’s your last -“Live every day as if it’s your first “

Absolutely 💯

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Day 4
Monday, August 18, 2025 at 12:15 PM
☀️ 21 °C
Altitude: 112 m
Germany Dresden 51.062569, 13.72279851°3’45” N 13°43’22” E
4. Competition begins WTG 2025
August 18 in Germany ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C
Last night was the first WTG dinner. Despite finally finding a chef to state what was supposed to be Gluten free in the buffet -( none of us spotted any mandatory EU labelling for allergens for any dish!) The incident that followed later that evening was like a scene from “The Exorcist. “

Let’s just say the World Transplant Games Federation got an email from me at 4am.😤

Was due at table tennis at 9am this morning but finally made it there at 10:30am, expecting I would be turned away. Thanks to Lisa, Junior Team Manager for Team GB , she took me under her wing and I ended up managing to play in my division, even though my first match was a walkover.

I last played Table Tennis regularly at school and then on a 3/4 size table at home with my son Dáire - so being competitive wasn’t the aim. My first opponent was Helen Tasker from Team GB- I was competitive in 2 of the games. Next opponent was Val, also Team GB ( they have 275 athletes here) and I managed to win a game, and lose another on tie break despite suffering the post gluten sweats. The last opponent in my group 1 league was Gabrielle Szabò, a Hungarian silver medalist in previous WTGames. The ball was whizzing past my ear, bouncing and skidding sideways, the laws of physics definitely at play. That I scored points in every game was a blessing. 😊 My bat was apparently illegal -when they asked me where I got it- don’t think the chest of drawers in my son’s bedroom was the answer they were expecting.

Thankfully the Irish 🇮🇪 runners are a hardy and fast bunch so I am delighted to share some videos and photos from their successful 5k runs this morning as well as a couple of interviews from the athletes- courtesy of roving reporter Emma. Athletes run in their respective age /gender divisions .
Also serial WTG medalist Marie O’Connor took bronze in the Pétanque.

Golf singles tomorrow - 🤞

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Day 5
Tuesday, August 19, 2025 at 9:32 PM
🌙 20 °C
Altitude: 131 m
Germany Dresden 51.045174, 13.73813851°2’43” N 13°44’17” E
5. WTG: Golf Singles
August 19 in Germany ⋅ 🌙 20 °C
Today was the Singles Men’s and Ladies Golf Competition. It was played in
Golfclub Dresden Ullersdorf.
A fairly tough track and definitely a course made for men. Soft spongy fairways- as much run as March in Rathfarnham and nice deep bunkers at the front of nearly every green. Had a good front nine but greens were challenging 😥 Our 4 ball took 6 hours and that was only because the group in front were slow. The local organisers booked buggies for the competition- the ones that turned up were a mixture of those that hold the sand in the back and the ones with two seats in the back. Not having a caddy they had rachet straps instead to tie the bags - “Nein, es hat nicht funktioniert”. A Canadian golfer arrived back at the clubhouse post round with his new driver in 2 pieces, the shaft broken during the round after being bounced around the sand buggy. 😤

It was strokes- and despite a max score. rule, Pat O’Sullivan , one of the golfers had a player in his 4ball who hit 5 shots off the tee after going out of bounds multiple times- this was later said through gritted teeth- thankfully he had a beer in his hand. But today for me was never just about the score- ( only partly) I was here.

“Nein” - as referenced earlier is a very popular word here. In Amanda’s case , eating before golf is necessary. But when your room number isn’t on the breakfast list despite having paid - well don’t expect a change of heart. Even Vinnie’s excellent German couldn’t persuade them otherwise- nor did she get a refund.

At the golf course today, I met the World Transplant Games Federation President who spoke at the Opening Ceremony: “Live each day as if it’s your first” I had thought she was Swiss originally with great English but Liz Schick is originally English. Fabulous lady, 27 years post Liver Transplant and looks amazing. Liz was kind enough to do an interview and it’s included tonight as a video. To survive cancer and liver failure caused by it at the same time- takes a remarkable spirit.

Back for team event tomorrow c Marie O’Connor- hopefully a better day.

💕Pam

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Day 6
Wednesday, August 20, 2025
🌙 16 °C
Altitude: 131 m
Germany Dresden 51.045166, 13.73811451°2’43” N 13°44’17” E
6 . Golf Team Event
August 20 in Germany ⋅ 🌙 16 °C
Today is Golf: Team event- As usual some photos and a very special video.

Today is special above all else, because today I met Keren, whose husband Mark passed away tragically and she gave permission for Organ Donation. She is a member of the Donors family network who all walked last into the Stadium for the Opening Ceremony on Sunday, where we all stood and clapped. The Donor family network attend the games to promote Organ Donation- their bravery to continue to do this in the face of their loss is remarkable. Such a beautiful lady. While we, the recipients can write a letter of gratitude to the donor family, it is unlikely we will ever meet. So just hugging Keren and saying thank you - it’s a universal thank you to all the donors and families - that’s what I felt today.

They were calling me to the tee but Keren’s interview which she kindly did for me, was way more important than golf. It’s included today at the end- not because it’s least important but because it’s the most important- the lasting memory I will have of these games despite the friendship, fun, sport etc . Keren travels to the games as part of Team UK. I think Keren knows how special our meeting meant to me and as I hit my first shot today, I said - “ This is for you Mark”

On that day when Keren lost everything, she also gave everything . 8 people, she saved that day. 💕 Eight people, who will always be grateful for that second chance.

Day 2 : Golf - another early morning and another 6 hours of golf potentially. I’d need to have done Ironman endurance training for these games with the early mornings and late nights. Tomorrow is a day off, so support others and a bit of tourism. I was supposed to have discus training but the Archery was on the same area so they were concerned it might have evolved into some mad form of clay pigeon shooting c arrows. Who knows- there’s a lot of lovely nutters here.

Back to the golf. I smoked the ball today and played bar a few bad putts on the back 9, a good day overall. We probably didn’t dovetail as we needed to but Marie was amazing. She was the first Transplant Athlete to make contact and invite me to partner with her in the Team event. Marie is a games stalwart and many RGC members know her as she plays in Lahinch.

There was a beach party on tonight for the Athletes but by the time we finished the golf (there were more than a few glasses of beer and wine and a few goodbyes as golf was the last event for Rob and Sean and their partner’s Kathy and Bernie)- it was too late to attend and so Tom, fellow GF and myself headed off to find dinner.

Congratulations to Victor who won a Silver medal in Archery. He has competed in Archery events throughout Europe, not just at the Transplant Games so this is a special day for him. 🥈

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Day 7
Thursday, August 21, 2025
☁️ 24 °C
Altitude: 110 m
Germany Dresden 51.053284, 13.73582451°3’12” N 13°44’9” E
7. Triathlon, Athletics
August 21 in Germany ⋅ ☁️ 24 °C
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Hi, I am putting the fundraiser link front and central tonight. For those who have donated, thank you.

For those who are enjoying the digital diary, please donate.

For those who are not, please donate- this is not for me. This is for others. It doesn’t have to be a huge amount, just something please. Also Please Share.

By downloading the free Find Penguins app, you can see all the days of this digital diary, if you ask to follow my journey. The digital Diary for the Transplant Games trip will end this Sunday but will continue to be available on the App.

I’ve been in hospital more than a few times and have always had an electric bed, even in Non Surgical wards. Post Transplant, the integrity of the ureter graft to the bladder is vital. I had 2 large vertical incisions post surgery, one approx 6 inches, the other 12 inches- yes, I did measure them. My first graft failed but it took 4 days of severe pain before the diagnosis was made. After my first surgery, I spent that evening in a manual bed. The pain of getting out of that bed was indescribable and as I was still in renal failure, limited pain medication could be used- I also react spectacularly badly to the legal Schedule 2 drugs like morphine or OxyContin. I am not the first Beaumont Transplant patient to mention the manual beds post transplant. Why is something so vital to recovery so ignored by the Hospital /HSE management.

That’s my rant over- now to the games. I was going to do some sight seeing today but then combined that with a bit of discus and javelin practice . The discus - I’m more likely to break the thing than get a legitimate hurl/throw as I couldn’t actually reach the grass- cracking the discus on the concrete 😳-maybe I should have taken that offer of discus training after all. I fared better with the javelin as a Polish 70+ transplant athlete gave us some coaching while he was training so 🤞. Also met John, a US Veteran Paratrooper whose injuries in Afghanistan lead ultimately to Renal failure- a beast of a man but an absolute sweetheart, now competing for Team USA.

Did manage to get a little sightseeing in /around Zwinger Palace and Dresden Cathedral using the amazing tram network.

The plan was to go support our Darts 🎯 singles team tonight but three of our athletes are undergoing medical treatment- one for dehydration - 9 hours under sun exposure despite oral hydration - some shade please organisers and our other athlete tested positive for Covid. The 3rd was jostled off his bike during the Triathlon and is very lucky he didn’t break something. Blood streaming from his arm and knees, bent handlebars- he got back on the bike and finished the race before receiving medical treatment etc. In respect for their privacy- I am not naming them but offer them 🙏 and best wishes for a full recovery. Being on immunosuppressants for life, infection is a constant risk and the Darts arena has been described as a Covid breeding ground, due to the lack of ventilation. So I will wish our Athletes good luck tonight, from a distance. 🤞🙏.

Some photos from triathlon today, tennis and the darts, a few bits of tourism as well.

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Day 8
Friday, August 22, 2025 at 10:59 PM
☁️ 15 °C
Altitude: 98 m
Germany Dresden 51.061626, 13.72960851°3’42” N 13°43’47” E
8. Track/Field and Golf Results
August 22 in Germany ⋅ ☁️ 15 °C
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The Golf Results- you’d think it should be easy- put the scores in the computer- generate results, check scores and assign winners. Nothing could be further from the truth.
The course was a long tough test which wasn’t helped by 6+ hour rounds .
Women 73 75.CR 134 SLOPE 5491 m
Apparently I wasn’t the only one who struggled that day and when the scores came out- I had struggled less, both in handicap range class and gross ( age related class) So YES- I won Gold.
( passport office issues 😤) re name.

Pam Cassidy ne McCrea Gold
Hugh Nolan Gold:
Nick Heather Gold
Claire Dolan Gold

My son Daire when he donated to the fundraiser €45 - stipulated that if I medalled gold ( not bronze or silver) he’d double it- but if I didn’t- he wanted his money 💰 back. Daire - stump up the cash 💴 please 🤣.

Athletics goes by age category:20-29,30-39 etc so they decided to do this hybrid thing of Age Categories for Gross- which is deemed the higher award and then net for Handicap Classes: 0-15, 16-24, 25-36. When it came to Division results- all the low handicap golfers had won gross in their age division- hence 0-15 net medals weren’t given out as you can’t win a net and gross prize. But I am sitting on top of the 0-15 division as well. 😊 The English Pro golfer Alison Johns finished with the second highest net to me in the 0-15. I’ll need to enjoy this gold because when Alison reaches my age category- there will be no chance of me ever winning the gross again.

We also got silver in the team event with Nick and Tom. Silver for Amanda and Marie, Bronze for James.

25 countries played in the golf competitions- There’s no limit on the number of athletes from countries but when the timesheet is full, that’s it. We all booked our spots early to secure a place. Ireland secured the 2nd highest number of medals to Great Britain in golf. Some achievement when you consider GB has 275 athletes here and USA 175 approx. We have 28.

Yesterday I went for the Javelin practice, so I rocked up today with at least an idea of how to get it to spear into the ground and doing a little bit of a side shuffle and back/arm tension before sending it towards the sun, head up. Yes, I listened. By chance I met my Polish coach again for some final instructions. It was great to be in the stadium and a lovely event as there were 20 + of us over the 2 age categories of 50-59, 60-69. With the coaching I thankfully received, I got a silver medal for my age category. The Winner of the 50-59 section was a German athlete whose twin sister donated her a kidney. The German organ donation rate is among the lowest in Europe- thanks to her sister, she was very fortunate.

I am now officially retiring from competitive track and field-as my golf shoulder can’t take it and putting on the tape is a pain.

Spent the day in the Stadium supporting our athletes. We have 30 spectators , family, friends attending as well so there’s always someone ready to travel, eat with, have a few snipes of Prosecco etc The supporters have been amazing over the week and it’s been a great family event as they meet year on year nearly. Emma, James’s wife has been taking photos, doing interviews that are then uploaded Transplant Sport Ireland.

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Day 9
Saturday, August 23, 2025 at 8:45 AM
⛅ 14 °C
Altitude: 142 m
Germany Dresden 51.043995, 13.73480951°2’38” N 13°44’5” E
9. Closing of the Games and Gala Dinner
August 23 in Germany ⋅ ⛅ 14 °C
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Today marks the end of the games with the Gala dinner held tonight.

The irony is not lost on me, that these games, held in Dresden this week are in a city , that was razed to the ground in WW2 and rebuilt. It’s not unlike our lives post Transplant.

Today marked the last relays with a number of Irish teams running and a junior girls 100m. After that the games officially closed with the Circle of Life- all athletes, spectators, family make their way and stand around the track. It pays tribute to the donors and families and symbolises the cyclical nature of life where life continues from the generosity of the donors. Flags and mascots aplenty with the team managers in the centre of the ground- there’s a mad sprint into the middle, holding hands and flags then enough hugs to keep us going until the next games in 2 years - Belgium 🇧🇪 2027.

I was sitting with the other members of the Irish team and supporters in the stands so it took a while to make it down to the track. Watching all these people, the families make their way there-None of this would happen without Organ Donation. There would be no Transplant games- It’s the gift that keeps on giving.

A bit of a sleep then down to the ICD for the Gala Dinner- the last official event where the Northern Ireland team manager Orla, called over to the Irish table to inform Mairead that she had beaten her own WR 800m by 0.2 seconds. Needless to say- we all went a bit bonkers. Such an amazing week for the Wonder Woman of the Irish team. 🍀 Not everyone on the team medalled but for everyone here, just an incredible week.

On Tuesday at the golf, after chatting and interviewing Liz, the WTG president. I was asked to tell my tale about getting to the Paris Olympics and my transplant journey, to put up on their Instagram feed. The WTGF is linked with the IOC. In work they used to joke that I was the Armadillo-crunchy on the outside- soft in the centre. I shared the Instagram post with my family, choosing not to post it online- but they went and shared 🙈 it anyway- so I might as well too. 😊 Not sure how the wording laid over the video is so off - Northern accent maybe?

See links below for Instagram feed for WTG: Circle of Life and WTG: Interview.

💕Pam

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Day 10
Sunday, August 24, 2025
⛅ 19 °C
Altitude: 144 m
Germany Dresden 51.044357, 13.73495951°2’40” N 13°44’6” E
10. Heading Home What a week
August 24 in Germany ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C
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Today we are packed up and now heading home. Today is looking forward to sleep and reflecting on the journey.

This diary has been my Genesis project . Since my Transplant, I have thought often about setting up a fundraiser but always found an excuse not to.

The day in Kilcullen- Countdown day , when we received our Irish Transplant Cap was effectively-“Get over yourself and do this” I signed up to the Beaumont Foundation that evening. The app Find Penguins appeared best suited for the project and I forwarded an early draft to a few people for comment. I owe my son Daire some thanks-( Yes, he paid up on his double donation for the gold- He thought he was the Poker ♣️ player- seen and raised son.). Anyway Daire read my practice diary entry and as the son of a blunt talking Northerner - laid it straight and said “ Mum- you need to read some blogs”

What I realised is, there are funny ones, reporting ones ( boring) and ones that come from the heart. ❤️. To connect - it had to be real.

Getting to know my Transplant family better, has been a joy. They are without doubt some of the craziest, funniest and full of the joys of life group, I have ever met and the latent nutter in me has been reawoken.

Why- because simply we all know how lucky we are. That’s why our donors and their families are always in our thoughts. Gratitude for that most precious of gifts will last a lifetime

I am including some athlete profiles tonight that will give you a sense of how sometimes normal life can quickly change with devastating effect.

I also include my final interview taken by roving Irish Supporter, photographer/videographer, Emma, who nabbed me after the Gold medal presentation. Doing my best to back out of it- Emma said - “You haven’t done one-we’ll keep it short- this is what I’ll ask”and thankfully Emma was true to her word.

Firstly, thank you to our Donors and their families - we compete only because of your gift of life.

To all those who have donated, shared, sent messages of support this week, I will never be able to fully express my gratitude. Thank you.

Thanks are due to the Athletes, Manager Harry, the travelling families -for friendship and allowing me to share their week and beyond.

Thanks also to Transplant Sport Ireland, Colin White of the IKA for sound advice, the interviewees, WTGF for Dresden 2025, the volunteers, James Nolan and the PKRF, Robbie Merrigan and The gift of Life Golf Challenge. But lastly, thanks to my family , Conal, Keelin, Rian, Daire, sister Rosie and sister in law Corona, who have been there for me during difficult times. 💕

The diary will remain on Find Penguins but only on the fundraising page of the Beaumont Foundation until the 25th September.

This trip now ends but the journey continues. 💕🍀 Pam

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August 24, 2025