ENTRY OPENING DATE

Tuesday 12^th December 2023

ENTRY RE-OPENING DATE 

Tuesday 12th March 2024 

STAGE 1 ENTRY CLOSING DATE

Individual Events

Tuesday 16^th April 2024 at 23:59 – Student Entry Deadline

(Students / Competitors must apply by this deadline)

Thursday 18th April 2024 at 23:59 – IA Selection Deadline

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

Team Events 

Tuesday 16^th April 2024 at 23:59 - Team Entry Deadline 

(Institution Administrators must create and enter a team by this deadline)

Thursday 18th April 2024 at 23:59 – Team Join and Approval Deadline 

(Students must join the team and Institution Administrators must approve teams by this deadline) 

ENTRY COSTS

Individual Events (K1M, K1W, C1M, C1W, C2): £29.50

Team Events (Open and Mixed): £35

Please note that when entering both the Mixed Team and the Open Team, ALL competitors must enter the ‘team’ on BUCS Play.

STAGE 2 ENTRIES

A Stage 2 window is now open and will close on the below dates: 

Individual Events

Thursday 25^th April 2024 at 23:59 – Student Entry Deadline

(Students / Competitors must apply by this deadline)

Tuesday 30th April 2024 at 23:59 – IA Selection Deadline

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

Team Events 

Thursday 25^th April 2024 at 23:59 - Team Entry Deadline 

(Institution Administrators must create and enter a team by this deadline)

Tuesday 30th April 2024 at 23:59 – Team Join and Approval Deadline 

(Students must join the team and Institution Administrators must approve teams by this deadline) 

Men’s K1 Championship (K1M - All types of K1 kayak allowed)

Women’s K1 Championship (K1W - All types of K1 kayak allowed)

Men’s C1 Championship (C1M - All types of C1 closed-cockpit 1-person canoe allowed)

Women’s C1 Championship (C1W - All types of C1 closed-cockpit 1-person canoe allowed)

Open C2 Championship (C2 - Event open to both men and women. All types of C2 closed-cockpit 2-person canoe allowed)

Open Team Championship

Mixed Team Championship

Please note, an Open Team can be made of any 3 boats per team of any gender of person. A Mixed Team can be made up of 3 boats per team and is open to all boats of either gender except Men’s K1. A Mixed Team must contain at least one member of the opposite gender.

In addition, an individual competitor may only enter each team event once, and if entering both the Open and Mixed team events must paddle a different boat class in each, so a competitor cannot paddle their K1, C1 or C2 in both an Open and a Mixed Team.

Please note Team events and the C2 event require all individuals in the team to enter and be approved by the institution administrator (e.g all members of an open team must enter that discipline). Please see the entry allowance tab for more information on how to rank these entries.

Institutions can request an unlimited number of non-guaranteed entries, however should the event reach capacity BUCS may need to restrict the number of entries per institution. Therefore, when submitting entries on BUCS Play, entries should be ranked in order of preference of entry before being submitted e.g 1, 2, 3, 4. Should BUCS need to restrict entries this will be done equally across institutions.

Additionally, entries for the C2 discipline must be ranked as pairs, based on who is competing together in a boat (e.g 1, 1, followed by 2, 2 and so on). Please ensure BOTH competitors enter this event.

Any institution that has 12 or more entries accepted into the competition will be required to provide a water safety officer at the event. This will be required for every 12 competitors accepted, so if an institution has 24 entries accepted, they will need to provide two water safety officers, and so on. Institutions who do not provide their allocation of water safety officers will be fined £150 per officer.

All institutions will also be required to provide judges at allocated points during the competition, which will be published in advance of the event. Any institution that does not provide a judge when required will be fined £50.

A representative from each institution will collect all of their competitors' bibs for their institution altogether. On collecting the bibs we will require a deposit in the form of either a student ID or credit/debit card. When you return the bibs altogether, you will then have your card returned to you.