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Friday, August 24, 2012

Emotional cathedral opening ceremony for transplant games

Medway Messenger


Dancers, a Welsh male choir and an actor dressed up as Charles Dickens all helped to welcome athletes from across the country to Medway for the Westfield Health British Transplant Games.

Two thousand people packed into Rochester Cathedral on Thursday for the official opening ceremony.

The 600 athletes who will be competing in the Games paraded into the cathedral from Rochester Castle, to loud cheers from family and friends gathered inside.

They include teams from Belfast, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Bristol, Oxford and Portsmouth.

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