Duathlon: Championships 2022-23

Event Date

Sunday 20th November 2022

Entry Opening Date
Tuesday 4th October 2022

Entry Closing Date
Tuesday 1st November 2022 at 23:59 – Student/Competitor Deadline
(Students/Competitors must apply by this deadline)

Thursday 3rd November 2022 at 23:59 – Institution Administrator Deadline
(Institutional Administrators are given 48 hours after the student/competitor deadline to approve entries)

Entry Cost
£44 per competitor

Staged Entry
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.

**Update 02/11/2022 - Due to the number of entries received in stage one, there will be no stage two entry window**

Stage 2 Entry Cost

Entries received in the Stage 2 window and accepted into the competition, will be charged an additional 20% fee.

Stage 2 Cost - £52.80

Please Note – Non-British Triathlon Members will be required to pay £6 on the day for their licensing fee.

• Individual Championships (Men’s and Women’s)
• Overall Team (Men’s and Women’s)
• Men’s Overall Team: The team placing shall be determined by the fastest cumulative time for three athletes from the same institution.
• Women’s Overall Team: The team placing shall be determined by the fastest cumulative time for three athletes from the same institution.

Please note - Only one team per University per competition will be awarded BUCS points.

BUCS Points will be awarded in accordance with Appendix 1

Please note that BUCS points will not be allocated where the minimum number of competitors has not been reached, and where there are not enough individual scores to extract a team score. Furthermore, an individual/team must have beaten another individual/team to score BUCS points (i.e. if 3 individuals finish an event, only 2 will score BUCS points)

Institutions are permitted two guaranteed entries, and an unlimited number of non-guaranteed entries. Institutions must rank their competitors on BUCS Play in order of preference before the closing date. If the event reaches capacity these rankings will be used to determine the start list.

This event has a capacity of 700 competitors.

The BUCS Duathlon Championships will comprise of a 5km run, 21km bike, 3km run.

To apply for this competition:

1. Competitor to complete competition application on BUCS Play
2. Institution administrator approves entry
3. BUCS approves or 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 BUCS Individual Eligibility REG 4.

The Rules and Regulations for BUCS Duathlon Championships can be found here

The Event Withdrawal Policy for 2022-23 can be found here

Athletes of all classifications (PTWC, PTS2-5 and PTVI) will compete in the existing events, with modifications made to the course and transition where necessary. The individual paratriathlon category will use a factoring system to determine the individual male and female podium.

If you have not been classified nationally by British Triathlon, please apply for classification using this link 

Para-athletes will be integrated into start times, chairs will be provided in transition areas if required. 

Upon entry, please provide:

• British Triathlon Membership Number (if you have one)
• Para category (if applicable)
• Estimated 5km run time
• Overall estimated finish time (5k run, 21k bike, 3k run)

Times cannot be changed once waves have been allocated, therefore please enter your time carefully.

If you are having any problems with the BUCS Play app please contact BUCS app support