All Events
The events below represent the expected calendar for OARC events in 2026. They may change due to volunteer or venue availability. Event entry tends to open up between 3-6 weeks ahead of these events, but please get in touch if you have any questions.
We also include regional and national events that we think will be of interest to our members, but these are non-OARC organised events and information may not be fully up to date. Scottish Athletics maintain an event calendar which will be more up to date for their events: https://www.scottishathletics.org.uk/events/championship-events/
In 2026, competition age groups are changing to be even years (U12, U14, U16, U18) rather than odd (U11, U13, U15, U17). Age groups for U20 and above have not changed. Details can be found here: https://www.scottishathletics.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/2025-26-Age-Group-Dates-1.pdf
| Shapinsay 10k | April 18, 2026 | READ MORE |
| Starlings Open Graded Track & Field Competition | April 26, 2026 | READ MORE |
| Kirkwall 10k | May 3, 2026 | READ MORE |
| Kirkwall Half Marathon 1 | May 31, 2026 | READ MORE |
| OARC Club Championships | June 28, 2026 | READ MORE |
| Stromness 10k | July 25, 2026 | READ MORE |
| Kirkwall Half Marathon 2 | August 16, 2026 | READ MORE |
| Possible Track & Field Competition Date | September 6, 2026 | READ MORE |
| Dounby Pharmacy 10k | September 20, 2026 | READ MORE |
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Entries for the Kirkwall 10k on 3rd May close this Sunday, 26th: please get your entries in. The run starts and finishes from Picky and will begin at 10am, so they'll still be serving brunch when you finish!
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OARC Kirkwall 10K Event Sunday 3rd May 2026 - 10:00 am Starting point and registration: The Pickaquoy center , Muddisdale road, Kirkwall KW15 1LR The Kirkwall 10K will be run over a route made up of l...
Four OARC athletes were representing their Universities at the Scottish Student Athletics competition in Aberdeen today: Bobby Harcus, Zander Scott and William MacDonald for Robert Gordon in the 400m, 200m and throws events respectively and Connor Harcus for NE Scotland College in the 200m.
Bobby was first to run, placing second in his heat in 52.21 to advance automatically to the final in which he showed his true pace: breaking the 50s barrier for the first time with a time of 49.97s and picking up a bronze medal. Bobby is now just over a second off Neil Gray’s long standing Orkney senior record which he'll have in his sights. Both of Bobby's runs were inside the Faroes 2027 qualifying standard.
Zander and Connor also both made the qualifying standard in their heats of the 200m, finishing first and second in the third heat and third and sixth in the standings in 23.14 and 23.21s respectively. Zander has had a tough couple of years with injuries and didn't run in the semi final out of an abundance of caution, but certainly showed the talent he has in his one outing.
Connor did have another outing in the semi final, clocking 23.18 for a season’s best and earning a spot in the final: again managing a return from injury, Connor decided a third run in the space of a few hours was unwise and did not start the final.
Meanwhile on the field, William MacDonald was busy filling his trophy cabinet with silver, finishing in second place in all three throws events he entered: firstly in the javelin (44.23m), then the shot put (11.82m) and then perhaps most impressively of the three the discus (36.6m). The discus is an event that hasn't been coached in Orkney for a long time and William only picked it up with Aberdeen AAC in January, and this was his first competition outing. To take a silver medal at this level - and break the Orkney record set at the 1989 Island Games by Robert Cross - by almost three metres - at his very first attempt shows his real potential in this event. Both William’s javelin and shot put marks were games qualifying standards, with the discus only narrowly outside. Watch this space for more throwing exploits in this golden age for Orkney men's throws!
Some fantastic performances, from fantastic lads. Congratulations, you should be so proud of yourselves .
Amazing, well done all! 🤩
Well done lads 💪🏽
Awesome work boys!! 👏🏼💪🏼
Brilliant, well done! 👏
Well done guys!
Fab. Well done to all of you. 🏃♂️🌟
Great performances lads 👌🏻💪
Superb efforts all round. Great to see these epic performances.
Amazing 🤩
Well done guys 👊
Brilliant! Well done to you all 🤩
Well done guys!! 👏
GOOD LUCK IN LONDON!
The TCS London Marathon is always a highlight of the running year and we're delighted to have four members running this year: Sarah Finn & Judith Bonner were the lucky winners of this year's member place draw, Magnus Harrold has qualified by time and Dawn Williams is running for Clan Cancer Support in memory of her mum Karen - and is doing so in a full clown costume as she pursues her second Guinness World Record for a fancy dress marathon after completing the course inside a house for Shelter two years ago: this costume looks a little easier to run in at least!
For Sarah, club trustee, Couch to 5k leader and all round good egg, the marathon will mark (I think) her 2704th consecutive day of running: a bit of a shame the organisers couldn't have moved the date of next year's race to her 3000th day milestone, but it'll have to do!
Good luck to Dawn, Magnus, Judith & Sarah and we look forward to spotting you on the TV! Good luck also to anyone else travelling from Orkney down to London to take part, including Karen from Scholes CA. It'll be a brilliant day. See less
You can find Dawn's fundraising page here: www.justgiving.com/page/dawn-williams-clown
Good luck to all the runners! 🙌💪 Dawn also got in with a qualifying time from last year's Loch Ness Marathon. She is just another good egg that enjoys supporting a good cause whilst attempting world records! 🤡
Good luck to you all! 🍀🤩
Good luck everyone ❤️❤️❤️
Good luck guys x
Haha, if I get to day 3000 we can do something to celebrate in Orkney on the 16th Feb next year! Thanks
Good luck all of you !
Good luck all! 🎉🙌
Good luck everyone 💪
Good luck!! 💪🏼
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As well as providing regular athletic instruction and training sessions, one of the key aims of OARC is to promote pathways to performance and as part of this, the Club organises and participates in a range of home and away competitions throughout the year.