Sprint - Friday 3 April 2026

Perth City (Sponsor: Altra Running)

Central Perth is a historical location with a mixture of modern streets and buildings with older alleyways and narrow lanes.

Much of the competition area is pedestrianised, and there are some outdoor cafes and other areas of temporary street furniture. Courses will go through some urban parks, with grass and paved surfaces.

Start times

Start times are currently expected to be from 1130-1530. This start window is not yet fully confirmed but is unlikely to change by more than 30 minutes in either direction.

Entrants to M/W18/20/21 (who will be running on the two world ranking courses) are reminded that start times for these courses are based on world ranking order with the highest ranked starting last. Please make sure you (and those you are travelling with) take this into account when making travel plans.

Maps

Survey and cartography for JK26 by Graham Gristwood (FVO)

Scales are 1:4000 or enlarged to 1:3000 as appropriate for some courses, with a 2.5m contour interval.

Day Officials

Planners - Fiona Eades (INT), Joe Sunley (MA)

Organisers - Trevor Hoey (FVO), Cathy Tilbrook (FVO)

Controller - Keith Tonkin (BL)

IOF Advisor - Ted Finch (FVO)

Further information

Middle & Long - Saturday 4 April/Sunday 5 April 2026

Rannoch Forest 

For the Middle and Long, the competition moves into Highland Perthshire to the mature Scottish pine forest of Rannoch Forest, venue for a day of JK 2000 and for the 2010 Scottish Championships.

Close to the picturesque village of Kinloch Rannoch at the east end of Loch Rannoch, these two days share the same finish arena adjacent to the forestry campsite at Kilvrecht.

Start times

Start times are currently expected to be from 1000 until 1400.

Entrants to M/W18E/20E/21E are reminded that start times for these courses are seeded with start lists on Saturday based upon rankings (highest ranked starting last. Start times for M/W18E/20E/21E on Sunday are in reverse order from finish positions on the Saturday (ie with the winner from Saturday starting last).

Please make sure you (and those you are travelling with) take this into account when making travel plans.

Maps

Map Scales are 1:7,500, 1:10,000 (and 1:15,000 for the long) depending on class, with 5m contours.

Survey and cartography for JK26 by Peel Land Surveys and Deeside Orienteering and Leisure Maps.

Day Officials

Further information

Relay - Monday 6 April 2026

Tullochroisk

After the weekend in Rannoch Forest, for Easter Monday, we move a few miles further east for the relay, to Tullochroisk on the Dunalastair Estate.

The arena and parking are close together (and also adjacent to the fictional Craigh na Dun stone circle from the Outlander TV series! This is the vital location where Claire Randall travels through time from 1945 to 1743 in the very first episode.

Start times

To be updated.

Maps

New map for JK 2026, by Alasdair Pedley (MA/AROS).

Day Officials

Planners - Iain Cattermole (STAG) and Fredrik Nordvall Forsberg (STAG)

Organisers - Angela Dixon (TAY)

Controller - Andy Lewsley (BL)

Further information