Brig Bash

The 2027 (28th) Brig Bash will take place on Wednesday 7th July 2027.

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The 2026 (27th) Brig Bash took place on Wednesday 1st July 2026.

Individual results appear here. Team results follow shortly, and a race press report can be read here.

Some tremendous photos from Pete Bracegirdle and from Fishygordon can be found on those links there.

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First run in 1998 (see here for some historic video footage from that first evening and here for the press report), this friendly summer evening five-mile race is fast and flat (less than 25m of climbing in total), all on tarmac and largely over quiet country roads to the south of Perth.

It is eminently suitable for producing a personal best time or just having a really enjoyable run. Since its start, the race has attracted runners of all standards from total beginners to internationals.

With five-mile races in short supply, yet still included in many clubs’ time standards, why not include it in your race targets for this year? The now-famous after-race spread (= monster buffet; see below <NB: contents may vary…>) is well worth the journey/race fee in its own right ….

Sponsors

In 2026, we are delighted to again be sponsored by John’s Scone Mad – based in Bridge of Earn itself, a great baker of artisan scones and home baking. Provide a range of excellent savoury and sweet scones to the race, which have typically vanished in a few minutes (more again are being procured in 2026!). John sponsored the race for the first time in 2023.

Licensing

The race is licensed by Scottish Athletics; the 2026 licence is here.

Health & safety

The race’s risk assessment can be found here. We encourage participants to take a look.
Insurance is provided via the Scottish Athletics licence; policy details are here.
First aid will again be provided by Active First Aid Scotland.

Race entry

is via Entry Central. There are no on-the-night entries. 332 places in total are available in 2026. The race is always popular with clubs from across Scotland – many of whom use the race as part of their championship/GP/etc series – and typically sells out quickly (inside 3 hrs in 2024, just 43 mins in 2025!). Minimum entry age is 16.

Race entry fees for 2026 are £17 (SA members) and £20 (non-SA). This, we recognise, is a significant uplift on previous years. We have always sought to make the BB a veritable bargain of a race, so increases of this scale are rather against our aims. However, traffic volumes and speeds have been increasing on the BB’s course over the years. For the first time in 2026, traffic will be calmed/slowed (via a TTRO and police enforcement) on a 1km section of the race. This comes with attendant costs, most of which we necessarily pass onto entrants. We hope you will agree that the race and buffet remain great value within the spectrum of UK races!

Updates

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The course

+ A map of the course can be found here.

+ The Brig Bash 5 course Strava segment is here (NB: the short section from the start to the first right turn after ~100m does not feature).

+ See here for a video of the course (albeit missing that same first 100m or so from the start).

+ The distance on that map shows, we know, as more than 5 miles; this occurs owing to a smoothing of distance by the map software.

+ The course is AUKCM distance certified, as per its 2026 certificate here.Course records (and previous winners)

The all-comers records for the Brig Bash are:

Male: Jamie Crowe (Central AC), 22:58 (2026).

Female: Nicola Duncan (Portobello RC), 27:30 (2014).

+ We’ve pulled out all the race winners plus the records and record-holders across the history of the Brig Bash for men and women (that’s across all the age groups; zooming-in on the document is required for any reader that is not a kestrel).

+ The fastest-ever 25 runs by men and ladies can be found here.

+ Race-by-race results can be found at the bottom of this page.

Race prizes

1st, 2nd, 3rd prizes for male & female – (£80, £60, £50 + memento glasses)
1st non-binary finisher – (£30 + memento glass)

The men’s and ladies’ overall winners also receive the Brig Bash Teapot trophies, added to the race in 2024:

Teapots + race champions of 2026, Jamie Crowe (Central AC) and Gayle Lindsay (PH Racing)

1st prize for male & female teams (XC scoring, 3 in each team score) – (unusually good wine)
1st prize only for male & female age categories as below – (all £30 + memento glass)
- Under 20s: M and F categories for athletes aged 16-19 inclusive on the day (NB: if aged 20, athlete competes in the Senior category);
- Vets: M 40-49 and F 40-49;
- Supervets: M 50-59 and F 50-59;
- Master Vets: M 60-69 and F 60-69; and
- Vintage Vets: M 70+ and F 70+.
All of the above categories are subject to the the proviso that the cash prize stated will only be awarded if there are a minimum of three entrants in the category. The memento glass will be awarded in any event.
Course records (£60). To be 100% clear, this is all-comers (overall/absolute) records, not age group records! … but see also…
Age category records (£30). See links above for current age group records.
Course and category record prizes will be awarded regardless of the number of entrants (if a record is broken!).
We are not running the Brig Bash Mile contest in 2026.