2026 Scottish Orienteering Fixtures – Diaries at the ready?

Published: December 30, 2025

The fixtures calendar for 2026 has been finalised and we are very grateful for all those clubs who have volunteered to host the key dates in the Scottish Orienteering calendar in 2026. We want to make sure you avoid disappointment so we have pulled them all together with the other important orienteering dates of the year ahead – get them in your diary now!

Scottish Championships

Scottish Night Championships14th February 2026Mar Orienteering Club (MAROC)Muir of Dinnet, Deeside
Scottish Middle Championships21st February 2026Forth Valley Orienteering (FVO)Trossachs
Scottish Inter Club Championships (more details here)22nd February 2026Forth Valley Orienteering (FVO)Trossachs
Scottish Individual Championships 23rd May 2026West AreaGrandtully, Pitlochry
Scottish Relay Championships24th May 2026West AreaGrandtully, Pitlochry
Scottish Sprint Championships30th May 2026St Andrew’s Orienteering Club of Glasgow (STAG)Cumbernauld
Scottish Score Championships24th October 2026Moravian Orienteering Club (MOR)Culbin, Moray

Scottish Orienteering League (SOL)

Scottish Orienteering League event 112th April 2026Badenoch and Strathspey Orienteering Club (BASOC)Dunachtonmore
Scottish Orienteering League event 23rd May 2026Grampian Orienteering Club (GRAMP)Glen Dye
Scottish Orienteering League event 36th September 2026Inverness Orienteering Club (INVOC)Glen Affric (TBC)
Scottish Orienteering League Event 413th September 2026Edinburgh Southern Orienteering Club (ESOC)Cademuir, Peebles
Scottish Orienteering League Event 510th October 2026Forth Valley Orienteering (FVO)Edinchip, Lochearnhead

Scottish Orienteering Urban League (SOUL)

Scottish Orienteering Urban League event 124th January 2026Edinburgh University Orienteering Club (EUOC)Edinburgh Central & Calton HIll
Scottish Orienteering Urban League event 22nd May 2026Mar Orienteering Club (MAROC)Aboyne
Scottish Orienteering Urban League event 331st May 2026St Andrew’s Orienteering Club of Glasgow (STAG)Cumbernauld
Scottish Orienteering Urban League event 47th June 2026Roxburgh Reivers (RR)Eyemouth
Scottish Orienteering Urban League event 55th September 2026Inverness Orienteering Club (INVOC)Inverness
Scottish Orienteering Urban League event 625th October 2026Moravian Orienteering Club (MOR)Keith
Scottish Orienteering Urban League event 78th November 2026Forth Valley Orienteering (FVO)Stirling

Jan Kellstrom Orienteering Festival 2026

Jan Kellstrom Orienteering Festival ( The JK 2026)Easter Weekend – Friday 3rd April to Monday 6th April 2026Sprint – Friday – Perth
Middle – Saturday – Rannoch
Long – Sunday – Rannoch
Relay – Monday – Tullochcroisk

Junior Competitions

Read more about the junior competitions on the Junior Orienteering page

Scottish Schools Orienteering FestivalThursday 4th June 2026Central Belt
Jamie Stevenson TrophySunday 21st June 2026??Central Belt
Junior Inter Regional Championships (JIRCs)Weekend – 26th and 27th September 2026East Anglia – Writtle Forest and Hatfield Forest
Junior Home Internationals (JHIs)Weekend – 10th and 11th October 2026Scotland – Edinchip and Dundurn
Scottish Junior Inter Areas WeekendWeekend – 31st October and 1st November 2026East Area organising

Senior Competitions

Veteran Home InternationalsWeekend – 19th and 20th September 2026South Yorkshire – Cowms Rocks and Hagg Side
Senior Home InternationalsWeekend – 3rd and 4th October 2026 Northern Ireland

Other Notable Dates for your diary

British Night ChampionshipsSaturday 7th February 2026Hertfordshire Orienteering ClubSlough
CompassSport Cup/ Trophy Heat – Scotland Sunday 22nd February 2026Forth Valley Orienteering (FVO)Trossachs
British Orienteering ChampionshipsSaturday 28th February 2026Swansea Bay Orienteering Club Carreg Goch, South Wales
British Relay ChampionshipsSunday 1st March 2026South Wales Orienteering Club Margam Country Park, Port Talbot
British Universities and Colleges Sport (BUCS) ChampionshipsWeekend – 14th and 15th March 2026University of Bristol Orienteering and Trail Running ClubMerthyr Mawr and Clevedon Court
British Middle ChampionshipsSaturday 18th April 2026Harlequins Orienteering ClubBridgnorth
British Sprint ChampionshipsSaturday 27th June 2026Bristol Orienteering KlubBath
British Sprint Relay Championships Sunday 28th June 2026Bristol Orienteering KlubBristol
CompassSport Cup/Trophy FinalSunday 18th October 2026Mole Valley Orienteering ClubPippingford Park, East Grinstead