What’s not to love about this event?! The race director has thought of everything. The obstacles are great. Some really innovative challenges to have a go at and great use of the terrain which has its own natural obstacles.

 (Laura Heyword, Tartan Warrior Runner 2024)

Tartan Warrior Short and Sprint Courses - Saturday 29th March 2025

(For our 8km/5km Classic Course click here )

The 3km Short Course also acts as the British 3km Championships for Adults, Juniors and Para Athletes

Short Course Description (3km)

The short course will be approx 3km long and will feature 20+ awesome obstacles with a number of technical obstacles to challenge you. It will be run on a mixture of fields, short hills, burns (aka streams) and trails.  

The course will be marked and marshalled all the way allowing you to focus on your race and have fun safely.

There will only be competitive waves for the short course.

Sprint Course Description (100m)

The sprint course will be approx 100m long and will feature between 6 and 10 obstacles with a mixture of balance, agility and grip strength obstacles. 

It will be run on a hard surface with a mix of indoor and outdoor obstacles.

There will be competitive waves only for the sprint course.

Please keep reading for wave info, start times and entry prices. 

The Venue

 Tartan Warrior is set in the stunning surroundings of Fit Body Farm.

 The address is...

Wheatrig Farm

Kilmaurs

Ayrshire

KA3 2NG

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AWARD WINNING

Tartan Warrior won OCR Small Event of the Year at the 2023 UKOCR awards and Fit Body Farm is a past finalist in the National Fitness Awards for Outdoor Facility of the Year. We regularly have over 100 kids and adults doing OCR training with us each week and now we have an annual race to our fantastic venue. We’re inviting participants from across the UK and abroad to come and take on a fresh, exciting and fun challenge!

Tartan Warrior is also a British Obstacle Sports licenced event.

3km Overview

• Our 3km race is the British Championship Event and also acts as Race 1 in the 3km OCR UK Series as well as Race 2 in the Scottish OCR Series
• This race is open to everyone. No qualification is required.
• OPEN COURSE PRACTICE. There will be a 1 hour open course practice held on the morning of the race approximately 1-2 hours prior to the first wave starting.
• A multi-band penalty system will be used as this is the international penalty method
• British Obstacle Sports membership will be required to participate. Find out more and join here
• International athletes are welcome to participate but only British citizens and residents will be eligable for prizes
• Up to 66 Podiums will be awarded in the following categories...
• Overall podium (Elite - must be 16 yrs+)
• Age groups (10-11, 12-13, 14-17, 18-29, 30-39, 40-49, 50-59, 60+)

For Juniors (10-17 yrs) Age Groups are based on your age on Race Day

For Adults (18+) Age Groups are based on your age on December 31st, 2025

• Para Athletes (If you are a wheelchair user then please contact gavin@fitbodyfarm.com to discuss)
• Those on the Elite Podium will receive Trophies and Special British Championship Rozettes with the winner also receiving £100 prize money.
• Those on the Age Group/Para Podiums will receive a special British Championship Rozette
• Please note that finisher medals and t-shirts will only be awarded for the classic course (8km/5km) event on Sunday 30th March.
• 3km runners will be set off in mini waves of up to 6 people with a 2 minute gap between mini waves. This is to help avoid any queues at obstacles and help the race flow. These mini waves will be made up of athletes of same gender and age group.
• Each runner will be chip timed so winners will be determined by fastest time, not necessarily first past the post.

British OCR Team Selection - 3km FISO European and World Obstacle Championship 

Qualification to represent the British OCR National Team in the 3km race at the FISO European and World Obstacle Championships are as follows...

ADULTS (16+)

• The top 3 male and female elite finishers will qualify to run the elite 3km race 
• The top 10 in each age group (50% rule applies) will qualify to run the age group 3km race
• The top 3 in each age group (regardless of 50% rule) will qualify to run the age group 3km race

JUNIORS 10-17 yrs

• The top 5 in each age group (no 50% rule) qualify to the run the age group 3km race

Find out more about the championships....

OCR Europeon Championships

OCR World Championships

Please note: To be selected to represent the British National Team, athletes will be required to be British Obstacle Sports (BOS) members, a British citizen, and sign a team members agreement. 

Find out more and become a British Obstacle Sports (BOS) member here

Please direct any questions about qualification to info@britishobstacle.org

100m Sprint Course Overview

• The sprint course will only be for competitive runners (10 yrs+). Depending on the number of entries, the 100m will be completed as either...

A) A time trial with 2 runners on the course at once (1 lane each). Each runner will get two chances to run the course with their fastest time counting. 

OR

B) A time trial followed by head to head knock out rounds.

• There will be podium prizes for overall top 3 males and top 3 females

Short Course (3km) - Start Times*

*Start times will be subject to change according to number of entries

11am - Elite Men (16 yrs+)

11.15am - AG Men (18 - 29, 30 - 39)

11.30am - AG Men (40 - 49, 50 - 59, 60+)

11.45am - Elite Women (16 yrs+)

12pm - AG Women (18 - 29, 30 - 39)

12.15pm - AG Women (40 - 49, 50 - 59, 60+)

12.30pm - AG Boys (10-11, 12-13, 14-17 yrs)

12.45pm - AG Girls (10-11, 12-13, 14-17 yrs)

1pm - Para Athletes 

2pm - 3km Podium Awards

Sprint Course (100m) Start Times 

2.30pm - Competitive Males 10 yrs+

4.15pm - 100m Male Podium Awards

4.30pm  - Competitive Females 10 yrs+

5.45pm - 100m Female Podium Awards

Entry Fees

SHORT COURSE (3km)

EARLY BIRD: Enter on or before 3rd Nov 2024

Elite - £45.00

Age Group (18+) - £40.00

Junior (10-17) - £32.50

Enter 4th Nov to 31st Jan 2025

Elite - £52.50

Age Group (18+) - £47.50

Junior (10-17) - £40.00

Enter after 31st Jan 2025

Elite - £60.00

Age Group (18+) - £55.00

Junior (10-17) - £47.50

SPRINT COURSE (100m)

EARLY BIRD: Enter on or before 3rd Nov 2024

£20.00

Enter 4th Nov to 31st Jan 2025

£25.00

Enter after 31st Jan 2025

£30.00

Getting to and arrival at the venue

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OR address is Wheatrig Farm,Kilmaurs, KA3 2NG.

Race numbers will be given out on the day, please arrive at least 1 hour before your wave time to allow you to collect your number and warm up before you start. Please be on the start 10mins before your start time as we want to make sure you are warmed up and ready to go.

We will have a one way system in operation 

Please come via the village of Kilmaurs and approach the venue from this side (most routes will naturally bring you through Kilmaurs anyway). Once you drive through the village and are about to exit the 30 mph zone you will see a Tartan Warrior sign post telling you to turn left along Standalane. Drive for three quarters of a mile along that road and you will see the farm road on your left. 

Exiting the venue

The farm road is single track so please do not drive back down it otherwise you could cause a traffic jam. 

Instead you will be signposted down a different farm road running parallel to the road you came up. At the bottom you will be directed left to take a slightly longer loop back to Kilmaurs. Please do not turn right as you could cause a traffic jam.

We ask all drivers to drive slowly along the nearby country roads as there could be dog walkers, horses or children walking on them 

Car Parking/Charity/Key Drop

For car parking we would appreciate a small donation (recommended £5) for Stewarton Annick Boys Club who will be helping with the parking

We will have designated hard surface car parking available for up to maximum of 80 cars and a small amount of field space.

With this in mind please car share as much as possible. 

The parking will be very close to the start/finish line so you can leave bags in the car. 

There won't be a bag drop but there will be a key drop

Facilities

Toilet facilities are available on site in the form of portaloos. There will be no showers available so please bring a towel and change of clothes and be prepared to change at your vehicles. Food and Refreshments will also be available on site.

By entering, you agree to the following conditions

1.     All participants must wear appropriate clothing and footwear (strictly no football boots or spikes). It is also important to bring a change of clothing and footwear for after the event as you do get wet and muddy. There are no shower facilities.

2.     Participants take part at entirely their own risk and the organisers will not be liable for any injury before, during or after the event.

3.     Participants under the age of 16 cannot enter without parent/guardian's permission.

4.     Entry Fees are non-refundable and cannot be transferred to another race date.

5.     There will be a £5 fee for entry transfers to another person.

6.     By entering, participants declare that they are physically fit and have sufficiently trained for this event and waive and renounce any rights and claims for damages they may have against Tartan Warrior (trading as OCR Ayrshire Ltd).

7.     Children under the age of 10 should be accompanied by a participating adult when running. 1 participating adult can accompany up to a maximum of 3 children under 10.

8.     Adverse weather conditions on the day may cause the race to be rescheduled.

9.     Photographs and filming will be done at this event and by entering you consent to this and their use by Tartan Warrior and their partners.

*Tartan Warrior will only share your details with British Obstacle Sports for the purposes of automatic team selection and will not pass on to any third party.

More information 

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