Athletics: Cross Country Championships 2024-25

Blackweir Fields

Cardiff Castle & Bute Park

Castle Street

Cardiff

CF10 3FD

Entry Costs

£18.50 per individual competitor

Entry Dates

Entries Open

Tuesday 26 November 2024

Entries Close

Tuesday 14 January 2025 at 23:59 – Student / Competitor Deadline

(Students / Competitors must apply by this deadline)

Thursday 16 January 2024 at 23:59 – Institution Administrator Deadline

(Institutional Administrators are given 48 hours after the student / competitor deadline to approve entries)

Should the competition allow more entries a Stage 2 Entry window will open. Priority will remain with the entries received before the Stage 1 entry closing date. Entries received in the Stage 2 window and accepted into the competition, will be charged an additional 20% fee.

Please rank your athletes in order of entry priority. If the event is oversubscribed, we will look to distribute entry to athletes from all institutions as evenly as possible based on these rankings.

Please read BUCS Appendix 1 in conjunction with BUCS Regulation 6

BUCS Athletics Rules and Regulations

This event is a closed university event. There is no requirement for athletes to be registered, and therefore have a URN number, linked to their institution’s Athletics Club registered with the relevant home nation association to compete.

Athlete’s URN numbers will be asked for at the point of entry, however if an athlete does not hold a URN number they DO NOT need to input this information.

If athletes / clubs wish to query this please do this via your Institution Administrator, who should contact the event lead.

Please find more guidance here on what institution's need to do in the club affiliation / athlete registration space.

Please see REG 7.9 for our withdrawal policy

Anyone wishing to take photos or video at this event must complete the BUCS Media Accreditation Form prior to the event

BUCS’ mission is to provide exceptional student sporting experiences that inspire, develop and unite.

Critical to our success is our commitment to always providing safe, friendly and enjoyable environments for all participants. Whether competing, coaching, officiating, volunteering, working or spectating at these events, the welfare of all is critical to our mission.

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Any athletes entering the BUCS Outdoor Athletics Championships (i) acknowledge that they are bound by UKA’s Anti-Doping rules, (ii) agree to submit to drugs testing in connection with this event in accordance with UKA’s Anti-Doping rules (which may involve providing a blood and/or urine sample); and (iii) confirm that they are either aged 18 years or older or that the person(s) having parental responsibility for them consent to the above testing. To check the status of registered medicines please visit www.globaldro.com. For information on testing procedures please visit www.ukad.org.uk. The UKA Anti-Doping Rules are available at www.uka.org.uk. For general anti-doping queries please contact [email protected].