Entries Open: Friday 27^th May  

Entry Closing Date: Friday 4^th June

Team Entry Cost: £40 team

While clubs are encouraged to enter multiple teams, first teams of different institutions will be given priority before additional teams are considered. Whether your team has been successfully entered will be communicated across after the team entry deadline on Friday 04 June. 

Institution Administrators (IAs) must enter the desired number of team(s) on BUCS Play. Once IAs have entered the team(s) students can join the team. Players must join the team before Thursday 10 June, otherwise they will not be permitted to be part of the match day playing squad.

If you wish to withdraw your team after the closing date, please submit this in writing to LUSL prior to the event. Withdrawals after the closing date will incur a £25 fine.

Please also take note of the BUCS Cancellations, Withdrawals and Refunds Policy.

What are we doing to ensure your safety?

What’s new for 2020-21?

Like always, we are taking safety at our event seriously. After careful consideration during the off season regarding the current Covid-19 pandemic, the BUCS and LUSL teams have implemented the following measures to promote the health and wellbeing of competitors, officials, volunteers and staff.

 

We created these measures by:

1. Seeking advice from local authorities and National Governing Bodies regarding the current Covid-19 restrictions and recommendations
2. Collaboration with the host venues
3. Following of Government and NHS advice
4. Consultation with BUCS Chief Medical Officer

 

New Measures:

1. Event Disclaimer updated to include specifics around Covid-19
2. Limited entries to adhere to capacity restrictions
3. New event format to enforce all safety protocols such as social distancing, NGB guidance … etc. (EG. Registration, flow, equipment etc.)
4. Designated times for arrival and departure (These will be communicated after team entries close)
5. Staff members and volunteers interacting with competitors will be wearing appropriate PPE/face coverings
6. Temperature checks on arrival. Any competitor failing a temperature check will not be permitted to compete.
7. Covid-19 questionnaire completed in advance of the event
8. Self-collection for event paperwork (EG. Captains Pack)
9. Access to hand-washing facilities, or hand sanitiser
10. Increased signage on hand washing
11. No handshakes, high-fives and spitting
12. Extra cleaning and disinfecting of frequently touched surfaces and facilities
13. We will be operating on a restricted access policy and no spectators are permitted
14. Competitors must depart promptly after competition finishes – no hanging around post event

 

What’s expected of competitors:

5. Event competitors should stay home if they have any Covid-19 symptoms, live in the same household with someone with Covid-19 symptoms or have been diagnosed with, or suspected to have, Covid-19 in the past 14 days.
6. Competitors must follow direction from BUCS staff
7. Competitors must comply with temperature checks. Any competitor failing a temperature check will not be permitted to compete.
8. Competitors must complete Covid-19 questionnaire before competing
9. Competitors should always follow social distancing guidance
10. Competitors should ensure they are following hand hygiene practices at all times
11. Competitors should wear a face covering when indoors
12. Competitors should not share equipment at this time unless permitted within NGB guidance

Follow the guidance and safety procedures outlined for the event you are attending. These can be found in the Event Guide.