Lindsays Cross Country Season – all our key championship dates and venues for 2025-26

Thursday 4th September 2025

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The Lindsays Cross Country Season is coming soon – and we know athletes, coaches and clubs cannot wait!

We are delighted today to confirm dates and venues for all your favourite events over the coming months.

The action starts next month with the Lindsays District Relay events taking place at three venues.

Entries have opened for those events at Livingston (East), Kilmarnock (West) and Inverness (North). These take place on Saturday 11 October.

Clubs should note that entries close at 5pm on Thursday 25 September.

Thereafter we head as usual to Cumbernauld for the Lindsays National Relays in what is always one of the best days on the athletics calendar in Scotland.

Lanark Racecourse – a traditional home of cross country in the late 1800s – is the venue this year for the Lindsays Short Course XC in early November.

After the Districts and the Inter-Districts, there should be a large turnout for the Lindsays Masters XC at Tollcross Park in Glasgow on January 31.

And then we move on to the ‘big one’ on Saturday 21 February 2026 – with the Lindsays National XC once again scheduled for Callendar Park in Falkirk with the venue and occasion much lobed across our club community.

Race start from the Lindsays National XC at Falkirk in February 2024 (photo by Bobby Gavin)

LIST OF DATES AND VENUES

Lindsays District Cross Country Relay Championships
11 October 2025
EAST: Dechmont Law, Livingston
NORTH: Bught Park, Inverness
WEST: Ayrshire Athletics Arena, Kilmarnock

Lindsays National Cross Country Relay Championships
25 October 2025
Cumbernauld

Lindsays National Short Course Cross Country Championships
8 November 2025
Lanark

Lindsays District Cross Country Championships
6 December 2025
EAST: University of Stirling
NORTH: Gordonstoun, Elgin
WEST: Barwood Park, Erskine

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Inter-District Cross Country Championships
10 January 2026
Alexandra Park, Glasgow

Lindsays National Masters Cross Country Championships
31 January 2026
Tollcross Park, Glasgow

Lindsays National Cross Country Championships
21 February 2026
Falkirk

Scottish Disability Sport Cross Country Championships
March 2026
TBC

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Age Group details for the coming Cross Country Season

https://www.scottishathletics.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/2025-26-Age-Group-Dates-1.pdf

Other points to note for the season ahead:

*The Lindsays Trophy will once again be contested by clubs across the three-tier league format with finishers to count at Cumbernauld, Lanark and Falkirk.

*The Cross Country Team Challenge will be a feature of the opening events, starting with the Lindsays District Relays in October.

*The Cross Country Grand Prix will feature £4000 in prize-money for Senior athletes with points allocated at Lanark, the Districts, the Inter-Districts and Falkirk.