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21 October 2026

Make 10MILA 2027 your club’s big spring goal

Västervik · 1–2 May 2027 · 80th edition · 50 years of the Women’s Relay

Bring your club together for a weekend of orienteering, relay excitement and club spirit. At Horns gård in Västervik, the Youth, Women’s and Men’s Relays welcome everyone from world-class athletes to club teams with very different ambitions.

This page offers advice and answers for anyone organising their club’s trip. For competition rules, entry fees and provisional leg details, please see the invitation.

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Start with your club’s ambitions

Would you like to enter a youth team for the first time, bring more women’s teams or welcome back runners who have competed at 10MILA before? Set a shared goal that suits your club.

You do not need to finalise your team line-ups before you start planning. Asking members to express their interest early helps you estimate accommodation and transport needs – and gives you time to find more runners.

A good place to start is to:

appoint a coordinator for your club’s participation
invite runners, team leaders and supporters to express their interest
set a provisional target for the number of teams
explore accommodation and group travel options
estimate the cost per participant
agree on when the club needs to make its decisions.

Entries open on 1 November 2026. The standard entry deadline is 1 March 2027. Set an earlier deadline within your club so you have time to coordinate entries and bookings.

Do we need to be an elite club?

No. World-class athletes and regular club teams compete in the same event, with different goals.

Your ambition might be to complete the relay together, give young runners valuable experience or bring more teams than before. Look at the leg details and talk to your runners about distance, night orienteering and experience. This will help you find a suitable role for each person.

What if we are not sure we can field a full team?

Start by asking beyond your usual relay squad. A personal invitation to a former participant, a masters runner or a clubmate who has not run a relay for a while can make all the difference.

If you still need more runners, combined teams from more than one club are permitted under the applicable competition rules. A service to help runners and teams find each other is also planned for tiomila.se.

If you have questions about your team’s options, contact tavling2027@10mila.se.

How can we involve more young runners?

Make the Youth Relay a shared club project, with training, travel and team spirit all part of the experience.

The Youth Relay allows two runners to run in parallel on each of two legs, creating room for more young runners in the team. The legs also have different levels of technical difficulty, which can help you plan suitable roles.

See the invitation for leg details, age limits and team composition rules. Make sure team leaders have clear responsibilities and that young runners receive support before their start and after their finish.

What does the new Women’s Relay format mean for our club?

As the Women’s Relay celebrates its 50th anniversary, it expands to seven legs, including three night legs. The total expected racing time remains approximately the same as in previous editions with six legs. The racing is shared between more runners, giving one more clubmate a place in the team.

Start discussing your teams and night orienteering preparations early. Group night training sessions during winter and spring can help more runners feel ready. Use the leg details in the invitation to discuss which roles suit your runners.

Which accommodation suits our club?

Think about how you would like to spend the weekend together. Would you prefer to stay close to the competition, keep a large group in one place or prioritise comfort and opportunities to rest?

Options include indoor floor accommodation, camping and accommodation tents, as well as cabins, hotels and other commercial accommodation in and around Västervik.

Consider transport between your accommodation and the arena, especially for runners who need to rest between different parts of the competition.

Accommodation and a club base at the arena serve different purposes. Even if you stay elsewhere, you may still want a shared meeting point at the arena for runners and team leaders.

Explore accommodation options

How should we organise the trip?

Consider travelling together with young runners, senior and masters runners, team leaders and supporters. Shared travel can simplify logistics and make the weekend a club experience from the outset.

Allow enough time on arrival to get familiar with the arena and prepare without rushing. Be careful about fixing your return departure too early: the estimated finish times in the competition programme do not mean that every club team will have finished by then.

A detailed timetable will be published in Bulletin 3. Use it, together with your own teams’ expected progress, to finalise your travel plans.

Can people who are not running in a relay come along?

Absolutely! Team leaders, families and supporters are an important part of the club weekend.

Open courses and a model event will also be available during the competition weekend, in a separate area close to the arena. This gives those without a relay place an opportunity to enjoy some orienteering themselves.

When asking who would like to come, invite the whole club – not just your prospective relay runners.

Can we prepare together in Västervik?

Yes. From 30 October 2026, training opportunities will be available in terrain relevant to 10MILA. The programme includes day and night orienteering, with middle-distance, long-distance and relay-focused training.

A club training camp is a great way to get to know the terrain, practise relay skills and build team spirit before the competition. An extended training weekend is planned for Easter, 25–29 March 2027.

Explore the training options and order training packages