We are proud that our partnership with scottishathletics to support the Scottish Cross Country Season is already one of the longest-running sponsorship agreements in Scottish sport. We are now excited to announce that we are extending this agreement for a further four years and expanding our support to the road race series, with sponsorship of both series running until 2029.
Since launching the Lindsays Cross Country Season in 2014, there has been a significant increase in engagement with the key events for athletics clubs and individual runners nationally.
The expanded sponsorship will also include seven Scottish National Championship events in road racing, to be branded as the Lindsays Road Race Series.
Ian Beattie, Lindsays’ Chief Operating Officer, said: “We are excited to not just extend our relationship with scottishathletics, but also to expand it.
“Given the longevity of our sponsorship of the Lindsays Cross Country Season, we are proud to see the way it has grown and the way in which clubs and individual runners enjoy and engage with it.
“That success makes it a natural step for us to get behind the road racing events as well, hopefully ensuring there is a pathway for even more people to share the camaraderie and competition of being part of Scotland’s running community.”
The profile of the Lindsays Cross Country season is strong, with scottishathletics reporting 3.1 million views of its content last year, #LindsaysXC is now a recogniseable brand within the national club community.
The new Lindsays Road Race Series will feature events across five distances – including the 5K at Silverknowes – and there will also be support for the Lindsays Young Athletes Road Races and Lindsays National Road Relays (both usually held in March).
scottishathletics will generate content under the #LindsaysRoad hashtag and banner and will encourage athletes and clubs to support these championship events in large numbers.
Colin Hutchison, Chief Executive of scottishathletics, said: “I am absolutely delighted to confirm this superb sponsorship support from Lindsays.
“It has now been a long-standing agreement for cross country and I think everyone will have noticed the growth in profile of our big events there.
“But now the partnership will evolve even more with a series of Scottish Road Race Championships coming under the Lindsays brand and banner.
“I think it makes perfect sense because the audience – of athletes, clubs, coaches and volunteers – is very similar.
“Last year, we delivered an outcome of 3.1 million views of content from the Lindsays Cross Country Season. This strongly backed up our own anecdotal feelings about comms impact and indeed that 3.1 million figure was only across our own channels. We know there is even more #LindsaysXC content out there (via club channels and mainstream media for example).
“So we see the momentum and the room for growth. Now, with the addition of the road events, the support of Lindsays for athletics in Scotland will be prominent for nine or ten months of the year.
“I want to thank Lindsays for this support – it is very much appreciated by ourselves and our clubs.”
Photo by bobby Gavin: Lynn McKenna crossing the line at Falkirk in February 2025 to become Scottish champion.
Lindsays has a track record of supporting initiatives that promote health and wellbeing, including partnerships with mental health charity SAMH. With offices in Edinburgh, Glasgow, Dundee, Perth and Crieff, we are proud to invest in causes that make a real difference to communities across Scotland.
Published 6 October 2025.
