What a day in the glorious South Belfast sunshine! Great friendly win for our transplant football team as they prepare for WTGF World Cup. Six weeks and counting until we go for real in Italy. 💚🤍

* joint manager with Michael Boyd OBE being the brains of the operation. Roll on the WTGF World Cup. Six weeks and counting…

Next coaching clinic 13/8/24 Abbey CBGS, Newry - We have 5 slots, each lasting 75 mins that can be booked for a one to one skills session or small group training (max 6 players). These sessions are open to U14 - Senior players, male and female. To book - forms.office.com/Pages/Response…

If a high performance strategy is to develop athletes to be World Class, there must also be a parallel strategy to develop coaches to be World Class. One without the other is not possible in any serious field of endeavour.

Fk. Would so love to see the one in four try… Instagram v reality right there…

The drop out rate of girls in sport is criminal. And yep- female PE still has a lot to answer for. Especially for the non hockey/netball girls. There haven’t been anywhere near enough advances since my day. Put this on the curriculum. And show your daughters!

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Ya live and learn…

The best bunch… ey Michael Boyd OBE !

The stuff that does drive participation is far less sexy than Olympic medals. It’s ambitious policies; accessible facilities; a huge network of coaches and volunteers; it’s a proper PE curriculum and a wide array of introductory programmes with low barriers to entry. Column:

In 17 days time Transplant Sport NI are off to the first ever Transplant World Cup. With countries as far as Chile & Australia we get to publicly thank our donors & families on the World stage & show what their gift enables our bodies to do. The power of Organ Donation right there.

I spoke with AC Milan captain christy grimshaw & the club’s Head of Women’s Football Elisabet Spina to discuss the impact of their impressive new maternity policy. “We don't have to choose between being a mum and football” ✍🏻👇🏻 bbc.co.uk/sport/football…

And I didn’t think it could get any worse. I was wrong… Not even Marksies macaroni and cheese with truffle would have me going anywhere near this place now.

And we’re so lucky to have Damian Fogarty 🇮🇹💪💚🤍

Ok lads. 16th August. My Garden. Newcastle County Down. I have every single and B side from the first two albums. Will play them all back to back. Admission- a ticket stub from the 90s & half a dozen white lightening. Who’s in?

The squad is looking GOOD, both on and off the pitch! Excitement building ahead of the Transplant Football World Cup in just 1 week ⚽ #PoweredByTheGiftOfLife #OrganDonation Transplant Sport NI Irish FA WTGF

Our last session before we head off to WTGF World Cup. Brilliant in house game with amazing support from Organ Donation Northern Ireland We are so lucky to have Michael Boyd OBE and our living donor IFA ref. They’ve prepared this team amazingly well. We’re ready. 6 sleeps to go 🇮🇹

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Tired. No exhausted. Emotional. Grateful. Full of love and joy. And exhausted… did I say that already!? A phenomenal week with Transplant Sport NI ,Damian Fogarty & Michael Boyd OBE

My amazing bestie Stephanie Stephens . 💚