Canoe: Slalom Championships 2024-25

22 – 23 February 2025

Holme Pierrepont Country Park, Home of the National Water Sports Centre

Adbolton Ln, Holme Pierrepont, Nottingham NG12 2LU

Tuesday 10 December 2024

Individual (MK1, WK1, MC1, WC1, Open C2, Kayak Cross) Events

Tuesday 4 February 2025 at 23:59 – Student / Competitor Deadline

(Students / Competitors must apply to Individual AND Team Events by this deadline)

Thursday 6 February 2025 at 23:59 – IA Approval Deadline

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

Team (Open and Mixed) Events

Tuesday 4 February 2025 at 23:59 –Team Entry Deadline

(Deadline for teams to have been entered on BUCS Play by an Institution Administrator)

Thursday 6 February 2025 at 23:59 – IA Approval Deadline

(Players to have been approved and assigned in a team by an Institution Administrator on BUCS Play)

This competition will NOT operate a staged entry process. As such, please ensure all entries are submitted through BUCS Play prior to the closing date listed above.

Individual Events (Men’s and Women’s K1, Men’s and Women’s C1): £29.50

Individual Event - Open C2: £29.50 (£14.75 per person) BOTH individuals must enter on BUCS Play

Team Events (Open and Mixed): £35

Kayak Cross (Men’s and Women’s): £15

Individual Events

To apply for the competition all eligible competitors must follow these steps:

1. Competitor to apply to the event on BUCS Play (Instructions on how to do this can be found here)
2. Institution administrator approves entry (Instructions on how to do this can be found here)
3. BUCS approves/denies entry into competition and publishes confirmed entry list

Any data will be handled in accordance with BUCS Privacy Policy

By participating in this event, you agree to adhere to BUCS General Event Disclaimer

To check whether you are eligible to compete in BUCS competitions, please visit REG 4 Individual Eligibility.

Team Events

To apply for this competition:

1. Entries will need to be submitted via the team entries section of our online entry system, BUCS Play (Instructions on how to do this can be found here)
2. Please speak to your Institution Administrator as they will need to enter the correct number of teams for you.
3. Competitors then need to apply for the respective event. (Instructions on how to do this can be found here)
4. Institution Administrators must assign competitors to the correct team during the approval process. (Instructions on how to do this can be found here)

Any data will be handled in accordance with BUCS Privacy Policy

By participating in this event, you agree to adhere to BUCS General Event Disclaimer

To check whether you are eligible to compete in BUCS competitions, please visit REG 4 Individual Eligibility.

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.

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

Kayak Cross – Test Event for 2024-25

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.

For available BUCS Points, please see Appendix 1.

BUCS Canoeing Rules and Regulations

Saturday

• Men’s K1
• Women’s K1
• Open C2
• Mixed Team

Sunday

• Men’s C1
• Women’s C1
• Open Team
• Kayak Cross

We welcome the participation of para-athletes at this event. If you are a para-athlete that is looking to take part in this year’s BUCS Canoe Slalom event, then please email [email protected] to express your interest and to see if appropriate accommodations can be made for your participation.

Kayak Cross is being introduced to BUCS Canoe Slalom 2024-25 Event as a test discipline.

Anyone can apply if their equipment meets the following criteria, as per the ICF guidance:

Boat and Paddle 

Only mass-produced boats freely available for purchase on the open market are permitted. 

• Maximum length of boats: 2.75m 
• Minimum weight of boats: 18kg
• Plastic boats only  

• The paddle is not permitted to have any sharp edges on the paddle blade. 
• Metal tipped paddle blades are also not allowed. 
• The paddle edges must have a minimum thickness of 5mm (radius of 2.5mm).
• Paddles can be taped to make up 5mm and remove sharp edges

Body Protection and Equipment Control 

• Full body buoyance aid.
• Full head protective helmet.
• Additional protection equipment is allowed (e.g. side protection, mouthguard, elbow protection). 

If an athlete's equipment does not comply with the requirements and pre-competition Equipment Control is in operation, they will not be allowed to start and will receive the DNS code. If an athlete's equipment does not comply with the requirements and post-competition Equipment Control is in operation, they will receive the DSQ code. 

Qualification For Kayak Cross

The top 32 from Men’s K1 and C1 and the top 32 from Women’s K1 and C1 that have entered Kayak Cross will qualify. You must have entered before the deadline stated above to qualify for the event.

Should you enter the event and not qualify in the top 32 for your category, your entry fee will not be charged and your £15 entry fee will be returned to your institution.

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.

Please see REG 7.9 for our withdrawal policy.

Competitors who withdraw after 23:59 on Friday 14 February 2025 or who do not attend the event will be classed as a late withdrawal/no show and therefore will be charged the entry fee and fined £10.

Withdrawals must be made in writing by the institution administrator to Tanyel Mustafa, BUCS Event Coordinator.

This will be released closer to the competition date.

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

BUCS reserves the right to prohibit photography equipment being used at a BUCS event. BUCS reserves the right to request that the individual ceases to take photographs, deletes any images and, if considered necessary, leaves the venue.

If you wish to take photos or videos at this event, please contact the BUCS Event Lead. 

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.

All questions should in the first instance should be directed to your Institution Administration.