Sam repeats double gold success at British Transplant Games

Archery gold medallist Sam Newton
Archery gold medallist Sam Newton

Spalding’s Sam Newton repeated his success of last year and won two gold medals at The Westfield Health British Transplant Games.

He retained his title as archery champion for the 30-39 age category and again helped Addenbrookes’ volleyball team to glory.
Sam (34), of Spalding, fired an archery score of 300 points out of a possible 360, to win by a margin of 45 – and admits to being disappointed.
This despite being hampered by two frozen shoulders and an inflamed tendon in his left shoulder.

“I was happy with how I shot and not happy with how I scored,” said Sam. “I wasn’t able to shoot as I like because my body is not letting me at the moment.
“But I’m happy to have won the gold medal again and hope to make it a hat-trick next year.”

Sam, who underwent a simultaneous kidney and pancreas transplant last year beat a fellow Addenbrookes archer into the silver position, both of them helping the hospital to be the Games’ top team again, this year held in Gateshead.
Sam is targeting a shot at the World Transport Games in Malaga in 2017.

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