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Tree climbing championships: every organiser, date, entry route and results page

A table of the tree climbing championships whose organisers publish a page, with where and when each is held, how a climber enters as the organiser states it, and a link to the organiser's own results page. The world final, three of the four regional finals, and the Canadian, British, Australian and New Zealand events have a page each.

Checked against the sources at the bottom of this page on October 9, 2026. Rules, fees and pay change: the source has the last word.

This page reports what the organisers say on their own pages. It does not name any champion: every organiser publishes its own results, and each row links to them. For how the five preliminary events and the Masters' Challenge work, see the guide to climbing competitions. For dates in a calendar, see the events page.

How the events connect

The International Society of Arboriculture (ISA) runs the world final, called the ITCC. Its events page says ISA chapters and associate organisations hold their own competitions, and that the male and female winners are invited to represent their organisation at the ITCC. It adds that chapters can also send climbers to a regional final, and that each regional final qualifies one man and one woman for the world final. The ISA regional page names four regional finals: Asia Pacific, Europe, Latin America and North America.

Not every event on this page sits inside that chain. The ARB Show Open in the UK has its own format, and the Arboricultural Association says its UK and Ireland event is run under ISA rules. State and chapter events differ in who may enter, so the row for each says what the organiser's page says and nothing more.

Regional and world finals

Event and organiserWhere and when, entry and results as the organiser states them
International Tree Climbing Championship, the 50th
International Society of Arboriculture		St. Louis, Missouri, October 9 to 11, 2026. The 2027 edition is listed for September 25 to 27, 2027, in Tournai, Belgium.
Entry: Winners of chapter, associate organisation and regional events are invited.
See the ISA results page
North American Tree Climbing Championship
International Society of Arboriculture		Charlotte, North Carolina, March 19 to 21, 2027
Entry: Up to three climbers per North American chapter, chosen by the chapter. Details on its own page.
See the NATCC page
Asia Pacific Tree Climbing Championship
International Society of Arboriculture		Auckland, April 30 to May 2, 2027
Entry: Each chapter or associate organisation may nominate up to eight climbers; the terms are on the competitor information page.
See the APTCC page
European Tree Climbing Championship
International Society of Arboriculture		Riga, Latvia, July 9 to 11, 2027
Entry: A European country's chapter or associate organisation may nominate up to five climbers; the terms are on the competitor information page.
See the ETCC page
Latin American Tree Climbing Championship
International Society of Arboriculture		São Paulo, Brazil, December 4 to 6, 2026
Entry: Competitors represent an ISA Latin American chapter or associate organisation; the terms are on the competitor information page.
See the LATCC page

National and chapter championships

Event and organiserWhere and when, entry and results as the organiser states them
UK and Ireland Tree Climbing Competition
Arboricultural Association		Pittville Park, Cheltenham, September 5 and 6, 2026
Entry: Open to members and non-members. Top placed eligible competitors can represent the UK and Ireland at the European and international finals.
See the UKITCC results page
ARB Show Open
Arboricultural Association		The page lists the 2025 edition, May 16 and 17, 2025, at Westonbirt, the National Arboretum, and no later date.
Entry: Open to all levels, with Novice, Expert and Premier categories.
See the ARB Show Open results page
Australian Tree Climbing Championships
Arboriculture Australia		Kings Park, Perth, April 16 to 18, 2027. The 2026 edition was listed for April 10 to 12, 2026, at Sandy Bay, Tasmania.
Entry: State nomination, wildcard or guest invitation, set out in the ATCC policy.
See the ATCC page
Victorian Tree Climbing Championships
Victorian Tree Industry Organisation		Wangaratta, November 7 and 8, 2026. The qualifying event is August 29, 2026, at Geelong Botanic Gardens.
Entry: Direct entry by application; unsuccessful applicants are offered a place in the qualifying event.
See the VTIO events page
WA State Tree Climbing Championships
ArbWest		Perth Hills Discovery Centre, November 13 and 14, 2026
Entry: The page lists no entry rules.
See the ArbWest page
NZ Arb national championship
New Zealand Arboricultural Association		Rotorua, October 30 and 31, 2026
Entry: Top climbers from four regional competitions each year gain entry; national competitors must be NZ Arb members or work for a member business.
See the NZ Arb tree climbing page
Prairie Chapter Tree Climbing Competition
ISA Prairie Chapter		Kildonen Park, 2015 Main St, as the page writes it, August 21 to 23, 2026
Entry: Climbers need their own Prairie Chapter membership; out-of-chapter climbers may enter the preliminary events only. Capped at the first 44 paid registrations.
See the Prairie page
Atlantic Tree Climbing Championships
ISA Atlantic Chapter		Victoria Park, Moncton, New Brunswick, September 12, 2026, after a reschedule
Entry: Registration capped at 25 climbers. Only climbers living in Atlantic Canada may enter the Masters' Climb.
See the Atlantic page
Ontario Tree Climbing Championship
ISA Ontario		The 2026 edition was held at Niagara Parks Botanical Gardens. No 2027 date is published on the page.
Entry: Open to the public to watch; the page lists no climber entry terms.
See the OTCC page
Florida Chapter Tree Climbing Championship
Florida Chapter ISA		Goodwood Museum and Gardens, Tallahassee, March 5 to 7, 2027
Entry: Limit of 45 climbers, 5 held for women. Fees US$125 for chapter members and US$175 for non-members, with 12 months of chapter membership included.
See the Florida chapter page
Georgia Tree Climbing Championships, the 28th
Georgia Arborist Association		Violet F. Stout Park, Lithia Springs, November 6 to 8, 2026
Entry: Competitor registration on the association's member site; spectators are free.
See the Georgia association page
Kentucky Tree Climbing Championship
Kentucky Arborists' Association		Woodland Park, Lexington, October 23 and 24, 2026
Entry: In-state climber tickets first; out-of-state tickets from September 11, 2026. Every climber also fills in a participation waiver.
See the ticket page
Midwestern Chapter Tree Climbing Championship
MW-ISA		Kirkwood Park, Kirkwood, Missouri, June 4 to 6, 2027
Entry: The schedule lists a first-time climbers class on the Friday. The page lists no entry terms.
See the MW-ISA page
Texas Tree Climbing Championship
Texas Chapter ISA		May 13 to 15, 2027, place to be announced, as the ISA entry says
Entry: A workshop on the Thursday is open to anyone; the preliminaries are on the Friday and the Masters' Challenge on the Saturday.
See the ISA calendar entry

Results and names

ISA lists results for the world final from 2012 to 2019 and from 2022 to 2025, with Masters' champions and score files. The Arboricultural Association lists winners of the UK competition by year from 1995, and marks 2020, 2021 and 2022 as years with no competition. The Atlantic, Ontario and Florida chapters and MW-ISA each post their own winners or scores, and the Prairie page marks its results section as under construction. None of those pages states terms that allow reuse, so this site links to them and does not copy a name.

The ISA Hall of Champions page also keeps two head-to-head ascent records, one for men and one for women, with the event where each was set. The Ontario chapter posts its own ascent records, set at its 2024 event.

One page for each championship

Sources