A SPREYTON kidney transplant patient will be going for gold later this month as she repsents Great Britain for the third time at the World Transplant Games in Canada. Wendy Sincock has been selected as a member of the British squad at the World Transplant Games taking place in London Ontario, Canada. Wendy qualified for the event by winning six medals and the cup for the best female in her age group in the pool at last year?s British Games in Norfolk. In Canada, Wendy will be taking part in five events, three in the pool -100 metres backstroke, 50 metres freestyle and backstroke, and in a new event for her, the single and double sculls rowing. With no canoeing event this year, Wendy decided to make the switch to rowing. ?I am in full training, swimming and cycling and have even been out on Roadford Reservoir for my first time trying out rowing,? she said. This will be Wendy?s third World Transplant Games, having previously been among the medals in Japan in 2001 and France two years ago. She visited Canada once before, when she travelled to Vancouver as an 18-year-old, and is looking forward to seeing the country again. She said the British team had organised an intensive training programme in preparation for the events, but they did have one day off, when they were planning to visit Niagara Falls. Wendy is the team manager of the Exeter and District Transplant Games team which now has nine members, three of whom are new transplant patients. Great Britain is sending 93 team members to the transplantee equivalent of the Olympic Games. ?It is the most wonderful thing to attend, let alone take part in,? she said. Following the World Games, the British Transplant Games will be held at Loughborough University from August 25 to 30, and Wendy will again be taking part. The range of sports varies from archery to tennis to lawn bowls. In July, National Transplant Week took place and Wendy said the aim of the nationwide week of activities was to raise awareness of transplant operations as many people knew very little about the subject. She said she wanted to encourage as many people as possible to consider signing the NHS Organ Donor Register. ?Our area, the South West, is very good for people who are registered donors, but we still don?t have enough organs.? Wendy said it was almost seven years since she had her kidney transplant and she was extremely grateful to her donor family who had given her the gift of life. ?I make use of every day, because for me, every day is so special,? she said.