Event Management Office and Enquiries

The BUCS Registration desk will be located in the indoor warm-up area facility.

The BUCS Registration and Withdrawal and Substitutions desk will open from 07:45 on all 3 event days, and will be open until the last event has finished.

Registration Procedure

On arrival at Manchester Regional Arena team captains/coaches need to register at the BUCS Registration Desk and collect their competition numbers.

Teams need to register only once. It will be assumed that once an Institution has registered, ALL their competitors will participate in every event that they have entered. 

Relay teams must still declare on the day and AGAIN for the final. Any individual entered into an event or the reserve list is eligible to be declared for an institution’s relay team. The declaration process will be outlined by the BUCS Registration Desk on both event days. Please refer to the notes further down the page for more relay declaration information.

Captain’s Meeting

The Captain's Meeting will be held 14:30-15:00 on 05/05/25 in the Squash Court area at the far side of the indoor warm-up area.

Please queue outside the double doors and wait to be let in by a member of BUCS event staff.

All competitors MUST report to Call Room a specific number of minutes before the event start time. They MUST be wearing their correct competition numbers as detailed in the seeding lists.

The competition numbers must be worn as issued and not be cut, folded or otherwise concealed or mutilated in any way.

Please note that you cannot take the following items into the arena – please leave with someone before entering the Call Room: 

• NO Mobile Phones
• NO iPods/MP3 Players or any other music listening device
• NO Photo or Video Camera
• NO Video Recorders
• NO Radios
• NO shoes with too many spikes
• NO over-sized spare spikes (maximum spike length 6mm)

In the Call Room, Officials will:  

• Ensure that athletes are wearing their University coloured appropriate athletic kit (see note below)
• Ensure that all competition numbers are worn correctly and correspond with start lists (see note below)
• Issue leg numbers if needed
• Ensure that shoes, number and dimension of spikes, advertising on clothing and athletes’ bags comply with UKA Rules
• Ensure that unauthorised material is not taken into the arena.

The Call Room Schedule will be posted.  The responsibility to be in Call Room lies entirely with the competitor who must then remain in Call Room ready to be escorted to their event.

Under the guidelines of UKA these standards have been set based on the nationally recognised method of looking at the BPs submitted for the event.

The starting heights/progressions and qualification heights/distances will be displayed in the registration area at the event, and a copy can be downloaded here within the Competition Rules document.

The Captain's Meeting will be held 14:30-15:00 on 05/05/25 in the Squash Court area at the far side of the indoor warm-up area.

Please queue outside the double doors and wait to be let in by a member of BUCS event staff.

Please click here to read the BUCS Athletics Rules and Regulations

Please click here to download a copy of the Competition Rules 

If you have not booked parking for this competition on the online forms sent to your Institution staff,
you WILL NOT be able to park at the venue. This is due to multiple events being hosted at the SportCity campus and ANPR being in operation.

Please look at travelling to the venue using public transport, taxis or finding an alternative car park and walking to the venue.

This will be in place for all three competition days. 

There are changing and toilet facilities, including accessible facilities, throughout the stadium and indoor warm up area.

There will be a café on site selling food and drink for competitors and spectators

The equipment weigh in deadline is 120 minutes prior to first scheduled event. Please ensure all pieces are equipment are taken to the weigh in room by the deadline.

Athletes have been allocated individual competition numbers. Each competitor must wear their individual competition number as stated on the entry lists. Athletes will wear the same competition number in every event they compete in. Every athlete shall be provided with two bibs which, during the competition shall be worn visibly on the front of the torso and back, except in the jumping events, where one bib may be worn on the front of the torso or back only. (UKA Rule T5.7) In the event of a substitution the athlete being substituted in must wear their own number and not change to the original entrants’ number.

In the relays, teams will be allocated team letters which must be retained for the final.
Number reprinting will be at the cost of £2 per print. 

UKA (Rule 5 (1)) must be followed by all athletes with respect to kit. All athletes must wear university coloured appropriate athletic kit, e.g. vest, cropped top, shorts, lycra all-in-one etc., which is which is clean, and designed to be worn so as not to be objectionable. The clothing must be made of a material which is non-transparent even if wet. T-shirts and tracksuit bottoms are not permitted.

All three days of competition will be streamed on the BUCS YouTube account.

All three days of competition will be streamed on the BUCS YouTube account.

Warm up should be conducted in the indoor warm-up area.

Any warm-ups on the indoor track MUST follow the directional signage indicating the one-way system.

 For safety reasons, NO Ear/Headphones are to be worn in the warm up area.

An entrant shall be deemed to have made him/herself/their self, familiar with, and agreed to be bound by the UKA Anti-Doping Rules and to submit to the authority of UK Anti-Doping in the application and enforcement of the Anti-Doping Rules.
The UKA Anti-Doping Rules apply to entrants participating in the sport of Athletics, for 12 months from the date of entry, whether or not the licence holder is a citizen of, or resident in, the UK

Any alcohol consumption on site during the competition is strictly prohibited.  Any competitor failing to adhere to this regulation will be automatically disqualified from the competition and asked to leave the venue.

During this event, various filming, photography, and broadcasting may take place. By your presence at this event, you grant your permission for your likeness and voice to be included in pictures and/or on film, and their advertising without compensation or credit.  

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

Please read Appendix 1 in conjunction with Regulation 6 for a full breakdown of BUCS Points available.

Presentations will be made at the earliest possible opportunity following the conclusion of the discipline.

Athletes and teams who fail to advise the BUCS Registration desk of any withdrawals or substitutions prior to the 120-minute deadline before the event will be liable to a fine. 

Any student withdrawing from the final of an event will face the above fine and will not be permitted to compete in any other events during the Championships.

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.

To find out more or report a concern, please click here.

The sustainability of our event matters to us and these are the positive steps we are taking to manage our environmental impact:

· All staff and volunteers are encouraged to travel to the event via public transport

· We have used local suppliers where possible

· Lots of our event documentation such as event programmes, heat sheets, start lists, and results are all online, minimising paper usage

How can you help at this event? Here’s some ideas:

· Be self-sufficient by using refillable bottles and coffee cups to reduce waste

· Travel smarter – as a team on a minibus, cycle or use public transport

· Go paperless - use your phone for all event information

· Check out the Active Travel link on Manchester City Council website here