Second time taking part in Tartan Warrior in this new location and organised by Gavin. I didn't think it could get any better than last year but what an absolutely fabulous day I and my team had. Well organised, from booking your tickets, to parking, to taking part and finishing.We all took part in the 5k fun run, great obstacles, wet and muddy fun, screams of laughter, and THEE best marshals and volunteers. The most encouraging, helpful and happy bunch, you'd be hard pushed to find a more enthusiastic people. We are a team of all ages and levels of fitness, every single one of us had an absolute ball. And can I just say to anyone reading this who is thinking about OCR, Tartan Warrior is a must!! They thoroughly deserved their "small event of the year" award 2023. We all can't wait until March next year. Huge congratulations and thanks to every single person involved.

(Carol Shields, Tartan Warrior Runner 2024)

Tartan Warrior Classic Obstacle Course is back!

(For our competitive short course (3km) and sprint course (100m) click here )

The 8km and 5km distances from our award winning, family friendly obstacle course event will be on Sunday 30th March 

The event will also be open to para athletes. 

If you are a wheelchair user then please contact gavin@fitbodyfarm.com to discuss

The Course 

The course will be 5km for all non-competitive fun runners (5yrs+)

It will also be 5km for competitive 10-13 yr olds

It will be 8km for competitive runners (14 yrs+). 

The course will be a mixture of fields, short hills, burns (aka streams) and trails. We'll have around 40 awesome obstacles spread out over the course to keep all of the family on their toes. Be prepared and dressed appropriately to get wet and muddy and have loads of fun. You will be crawling, jumping, climbing and swinging your way around. The course will be marked and marshalled all the way allowing you to focus on your race and have fun safely.

Please dispose of any rubbish responsibly being mindful of the environment and local residents.

The Venue

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

The address is... 

Wheatrig Farm

Kilmaurs

Ayrshire

KA3 2NG

What3words: vets.played.reduce

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.

What do you get?

Apart from an awesome experience with your friends, family and fellow competitors you will also receive the following...

• Tartan Warrior Finishers Medal
• Tartan Warrior Tec T-shirt
• Water and snack at the finish line and water at one point on the course
• FREE Photos (we'll have 5 photographers positioned around the course to get some great action shots of you in the mud and on the obstacles. These will be free to download in the week following the race)
• FREE Face Painting
• FREE Tartan Toddlers Course
• Music from our outdoor DJ
• Meeting and photos with Hamish the Highland Cow and Jock (real name) the Piper 
• There will also be prizes for our competitive waves. 

Dress to Impress

Don't forget to look out your Tartan and get your thinking bonnets on, the more Tartan and Scottish themed outfits the better, could we be seeing Nessie in the burn?

Competitive Waves and UKOCR Series

We will have waves for more competitive Adults and Juniors

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

WAVE 1 MALES - This wave will ONLY be for competitive junior males (14-17 years olds) and adult males (18+). 

WAVE 2 FEMALES - This wave will ONLY be for competitive junior females (14-17 years olds) and adult females (18+).

The race distance for each of these waves will be approximately 8km with a few additional obstacles to tackle.  

WAVE 1 and 2 will also be part of the UK OCR Series 2025 and Scottish OCR Series

You do not need to be taking part in either series to run in the 8km competitive waves - all competitive runners are welcome.

Please note: To be part of the series, athletes will be required to be British Obstacle Sports (BOS) members.

Find out more and become a British Obstacle Sports (BOS) member at the link below

https://britishobstacle.org/membership/

WAVE 3 - This 5km wave will ONLY be for COMPETITIVE Kids age 10-13 years old. 

Prizes

There will be podium prizes for the overall top 3 male and top 3 females for each of the competitive races

For the 8km there will also be prizes for top 3 male and top 3 female juniors (14-17) and masters (40+)

Non Competitive Waves

WAVES 4 to 9 - These fun waves are open to all runners aged 5-105. 

Under 10's must be accompanied by a participating adult with a maximum of three under 10's to one adult. The course distance will be approximately 5km. 

CHARITY WAVE - We have a special wave for those raising money for the Ayrshire Hospice. 

'The Ayrshire Hospice provides excellence in palliative and end of life care for patients and their families.'

Entry price for thise wave will remain at our early bird price up until event day.

Your Tartan Warrior event t-shirts will also be unique with the Ayrshire hospice logo on them.

The recommended fundraising target is £50.

Wave Times

8k - 10.15  Wave 1 (Competitive 14-17 yrs and Competitive Males)

8K - 10.45 Wave 2 (Competitive 14-17 yrs and Competitive Females)

5K - 11:30 Wave 3 (Competitive 10-13 yrs)

5K - 12.00 Wave 4 (5-105 year olds)

5K - 12.30 Wave 5 (5-105 year olds)

5K - 13.00 Wave 6 (5-105 year olds)

5K - 13.30 Wave 7 (5-105 year olds)

5K - 14.00 Ayrshire Hospice Charity Wave (5-105 year olds)

5K - 14.30 Wave 9 (5-105 year olds)

5k - 16.00ish Volunteers Wave

Entry Fees

Classic Course (8km)

Competitive Juniors (14-17yrs) and Adults

Waves 1+2

EARLY BIRD: Enter on or before 3rd November 2024

Competitive Junior (14-17yrs) - £40.00

Competitive Adult (18 yrs+) - £47.50

Enter 3rd Nov to 31st Jan 2025

Competitive Junior (14-17yrs) - £45.00

Competitive Adult (18 yrs+) - £52.50

Enter after 31st Jan 2025

Competitive Junior (14-17yrs) - £50.00

Competitive Adult (18 yrs+) - £57.50

Classic Course (5km)

Competitive Juniors (10-13 yrs)

Wave 3

EARLY BIRD: Enter on or before 3rd Nov 2024

£32.50

Enter 3rd Nov to 31st Jan 2025

£37.50

Enter after 31st Jan 2025

£42.50

Classic Course (5km)

Non Competitive Juniors and Adults (5-105 yrs)

Waves 4-9

EARLY BIRD: Enter on or before 3rd Nov 2024

Non Competitive Junior (5-17yrs) - £27.50

Non Competitive Adult (18 yrs+) - £37.50

Enter 3rd Nov to 31st Jan 2025

Non Competitive Junior (5 - 17yrs) - £32.50

Non Competitive Adult (18 yrs+) - £42.50

Enter after 31st Jan 2025

Non Competitive Junior (5-17yrs) - £37.50

Non Competitive Adult (18 yrs+) - £47.50

*Entry price for the Ayrshire Hospice Charity Wave will remain at our early bird price up until event day.

Tartan Toddlers

We will have a short course set up for parents to take kids under 5 around. This is free. Just rock up and have a go.

Please note: Kids must be accompanied (and assisted where required) at all times by parent/guardian whilst on the Tartan Toddlers course

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 our car parking attandants from Stewarton Annick FC. All money raised will go towards team kit for the junior teams.

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.

Race Capacity 

We want to be sure we can deliver a quality race for you, that runs as smoothly as possible.

With this in mind will we be limiting entries to 400 people (50-60 in each wave) - if we feel nearer the time that can accomadate more cars and therefore offer more places then we will open these up.

Please book early to avoid missing out

Also whilst we would love to have everyone stay all day, we would ask if possible, that you limit your time at the venue to a maximum of 2.5 hours to help free up parking for people arriving for later waves. This should still give you plenty of time to race and get some food/drink afterwards. Please only arrive 1 hour before your wave start time. 

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 

For more information and reveals as we near race day please visit our Facebook page http://www.facebook.com/TartanWarriorOCR