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British Transplant Games 2025
31 July 2025 to 03 August 2025
Various venues across Oxford
About British Transplant Games 2025
Oxford is set to host the Westfield Health British Transplant Games, the flagship event of charity Transplant Sport, for the first time in 2025. Organised by Transplant Active – formerly known as Transplant Sport – this annual four-day event celebrates transplants, donors and life.
The Games aim to raise awareness of the life-saving benefits of organ transplantation and demonstrate the transformative power of organ donation while encouraging transplant recipients to stay active post-recovery.
One of the UK’s biggest multi-sport festivals, transplanted athletes of all abilities ranging from the age of three to 80 plus, from over 60 hospital teams across the UK, will represent their transplant unit in 24 different events with the support of family, friends, and volunteers.
What is the British Transplant Games
The British Transplant Games are the flagship project of the charity Transplant Active – formerly known as Transplant Sport – and has been in existence for over 40 years since the first “Transplant Olympics” took place in Portsmouth in 1978.
At that time, these Games were an international event that included teams from France, Greece and even the USA. Since these early beginnings with competitors, affectionately known as “99 blooming miracles”, the Games have grown and are held in different cities throughout the UK every year.
The British Transplant Games have been staged annually since 1978 in 17 host cities across the UK, including Portsmouth (1994), Edinburgh (2007), Belfast (1998) Medway (2012), Sheffield (2013), Bolton (2014), Newcastle Gateshead (2015), Liverpool (2016), North Lanarkshire (2017), Birmingham (2018), Newport (2019) and Leeds (2022).
Nowadays, the British Transplant Games sees up to 2,500 people of all ages and abilities come together to take part in a wide range of sporting events. They have one crucial thing in common: they have all had life-changing transplants.
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Provisional schedule
Wednesday 30 July
| Time | Event | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 5.00pm–7.30pm | Registration | White Horse Leisure Centre |
Thursday 31 July
| Time | Event | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 10.00am–4.30pm | Archery | Blenheim Palace |
| 10.00am–4.30pm | Live Donor Archery | Blenheim Palace |
| 12.00pm–3.30pm | Volleyball | Iffley Road University of Oxford Sport |
| 12.30pm–3.30pm | Practice Golf | The Oxfordshire |
| 1.30pm–4.30pm | Snooker | Thame Snooker Club |
| 1.30pm–3.30pm | Squash | Iffley Road University of Oxford Sport |
| 1.30pm–5.00pm | Children’s Table Tennis | White Horse Leisure Centre |
| 5.00pm–6.00pm | Civic Reception | Blenheim Palace |
| 5.30pm–8.00pm | Opening Ceremony | Blenheim Palace |
Friday 01 August
| Time | Event | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 10.00am–4.30pm | Archery | Blenheim Palace |
| 10.00am–4.30pm | Live Donor Archery | Blenheim Palace |
| 12.00pm–3.30pm | Volleyball | Iffley Road University of Oxford Sport |
| 12.30pm–3.30pm | Practice Golf | The Oxfordshire |
| 1.30pm–4.30pm | Snooker | Thame Snooker Club |
| 1.30pm–3.30pm | Squash | Iffley Road University of Oxford Sport |
| 1.30pm–5.00pm | Children’s Table Tennis | White Horse Leisure Centre |
| 5.00pm–6.00pm | Civic Reception | Blenheim Palace |
| 5.30pm–8.00pm | Opening Ceremony | Blenheim Palace |
Saturday 02 August
| Time | Event | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 8.30am–12.30pm | Badminton | White Horse Leisure Centre |
| 9.00am–5.30pm | Bowls | Oxford City & County Bowls Club |
| 9.30am–12.30pm | Children’s Swimming | Leys Pools and Leisure Centre |
| 9.30am–12.30pm | Live Donor Swimming | Leys Pools and Leisure Centre |
| 9.30am–1.30pm | 6 A Side Football | The MGroup Stadium |
| 10.00am–3.00pm | Walk | Tilsley Park |
| 10.00am–3.00pm | Children’s Walk | Tilsley Park |
| 11.00am–12.30pm | Children’s U5’s Archery | Leys Pools and Leisure Centre |
| 11.00am–12.30pm | Children’s U5’s Long Jump | Leys Pools and Leisure Centre |
| 11.00am–12.30pm | Children’s U5s Sport Stacking | Leys Pools and Leisure Centre |
| 1.30pm–5.30pm | Swimming | Leys Pools and Leisure Centre |
| 1.30pm–5.30pm | Children’s Badminton | White Horse Leisure Centre |
| 1.30pm–4.30pm | Children’s 5 A Side Football | Tilsley Park |
| 6.30pm–9.00pm | Road Race | Blenheim Palace |
| 6.30pm–9.00pm | Children’s Road Race | Blenheim Palace |
| 6.30pm–9.00pm | Live Donor Road Race | Blenheim Palace |
| 7.00pm–9.30pm | Donor Run* *Please note the Donor Run is an open event | Blenheim Palace |
Sunday 03 August
| Time | Event | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 9.30am–4.00pm | Tennis | White Horse Leisure Centre |
| 9.00am–5.30pm | Track and Field | Tilsley Park |
| 9.00am–3.30pm | Children’s Track and Field | Tilsley Park |
| 9.00am–5.30pm | Live Donor Track and Field | Tilsley Park |
| 10.00am–3.00pm | Petanque | Blenheim Palace |
| 1.30pm–2.00pm | Handover Ceremony to 2026 British Transplant Games Hosts | Tilsley Park |
