Snooker Championships 2024-25

DATES

Thursday 13 March 2025 to Sunday 16 March 2025

VENUE

The event is split over two venues where players will be required to go to different venues during the event:

The Towers: Botany Avenue, Mansfield, NG18 5NG (Google Maps link)

Cueball: Mansfield Road, Derby, DE21 4AW (Google Maps link)

Times for registering for the individual competition on Thursday 13 March 2025 for each competitor will be published on the UPC website. Any competitor not registering by the time stated on the draw will be scratched from the individual competition. All competitors in the team competition must register before they play, although players only need to register once during the whole event.

A more detailed timetable will be published on the UPC website. If any players are uncertain to the schedule for the event, they should ask the UPC officials who will be able to advise. The timetable is subject to change during the event.

Thursday 13 March: Men’s Individual Championships and Men’s Individual Trophy up to the first main round (stages and rounds to be confirmed in the UPC published schedule).

Friday 14 March: Team Championship/Trophy group-stage: First round of matches; followed by the Individual Championship and Individual Trophy down to the last two competitors in each tier (stage to be confirmed on timings on the day).

Saturday 15 March: Team Championship/Trophy group-stage: Final matches in the team competition group-stages; followed by the Team Championship Last 16 round; followed by the completion of all individual competitions and individual presentations.

Sunday 16 March (at Towers Mansfield only): Completion of the knock-out stages of the Team Championship and Team Trophy, followed by team presentations.

The detailed set of rules and regulations for the event can be found on the UPC website. By entering the event, competitors have agreed to abide by these rules and regulations.

The entry fee provides competitors entry into both the individual competition, as well as the team competition if they enter as part of an institution team.

There are BUCS medals and BUCS points (see Appendix 1 here) applicable to this event. There will also be prize money as detailed in the competition rules and regulations on the UPC website.

The competition dress code is detailed on the UPC website in the rules and regulations for the event. All players must conform to this dress code while playing.

Team Competition: Team Championship & Trophy

• The competition begins with a round-robin group-stage where all teams play each other to determine the final placings. Each player will play a single frame against an opponent as indicated on the team matchsheet.
• Subject to having won at least one match, the top two first teams from each group will progress to the Team Championship knock-out stage. The next highest ranked team, of any    denomination, not qualifying for the Team Championship will qualify for the Team Trophy knock-out stage. All knock-out stages will be single-elimination to determine the champions of both competitions.
• Each knock-out stage match will consist of a maximum of ten frames in the Team Championship and a maximum of five frames in the Team Trophy. Each player will play one frame against a maximum of two different opponents as indicated on the team matchsheet. Once a team reaches six frames in the Team Championship and three frames in the Team Trophy, they are declared the winners and the match is over, any frames in progress are stopped immediately. Should a match in the second phase end in a draw after the completion of ten frames, the winner shall be determined by shoot-out. This will begin by the two respective captains nominating three players who will play a single opponent over a single re-spotted black. Once a team wins two of these re-spotted blacks, they are deemed to be the winners.

Individual competition: Individual Championship & Trophy

• Both the Individual Championship and Individual Trophy will be single-elimination throughout.
• All Individual Championship and Individual Trophy matches will be races to two frames apart from the Individual Championship final which is a race to three frames. Individual Trophy matches which go to 1-1 will be decided by a single respotted-black rather than a third frame.
• All players in institution first teams, as well as unattached individuals, will play in the Individual Championship.
• All non-first team players will by default play in the Individual Trophy, unless the Player Details Form sent to the UPC states they would like to play in the Individual Championship instead.
• The Individual Trophy is subject to the field being at least a fifth of the total number of individual entrants with a minimum number of sixteen entrants in the Individual Trophy; if these criteria are not met there will be no Individual Trophy for that event and all entrants will play in the Individual Championship.

All competitors that an Institution Administrator has approved on BUCS Play by 11:59pm on Thursday 20 February 2025 will be charged the entry fee, but if a competitor later withdraws then a reserve may directly take their place at the event. Player changes will only be accepted if the proposed replacement has been added as a reserve on the BUCS Play entry system in ‘Stage 2’ entries. This ‘Stage 2’ BUCS Play entry system will go live when ‘Stage 1’ entries have closed. These reserves will only play at the event if they are replacing withdrawn players.

The institution main contact will also need to message the Tournament Director, Jon Shapland, either via e-mail or by messaging our Facebook page, detailing the replacement. The UPC will then confirm the replacement as well as the detail the amendments made to the individual competition draw following this change.

Any replacements after the entry deadline but before the publication of the draw, which is usually the Sunday before the event, attracts a £10 surcharge. Any replacements after the publication of the draws attracts a £20 surcharge. These surcharges must be paid before play starts at the event, either by cash at the event, or by bank transfer before the event. There is no cost for listing any reserves on BUCS Play who are then not used to replace a withdrawn player. Any withdrawn players not replaced at the event will forfeit their entry fees.

Please see REG 7.9 for our withdrawal policy

There are either free residential spaces or pay-to-park car parks within close walking distance of all venues.

There are no changing facilities on site apart from standard toilet facilities. Some venues involve steps or staircases, so it may not be possible for some physically disabled participants to play in the event. If this pertains to any student, we recommend they contact the venue to check disabled access.

Food and drink are sold by the venues.

No food and drink bought outside the venue should be brought onto the premises. If any outside food or drink is found within the venue, these will be confiscated and a warning given to that institution. Repeated warnings may be cause for removal from the venue and the event.

There will be both an individual presentation on Saturday evening and a team presentation on Sunday afternoon for those who have won BUCS medals shortly after the close of play for that day.

All players finishing in medal positions must attend the presentations in full UPC dress code for the official event photographs. Failure to comply may result in medals and prize money being forfeited.

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. All questions should be communicated to your Institution Administrator in the first instance, who can subsequently get in touch with BUCS if necessary.

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.

Please see Appendix 1 for the BUCS Points available at this event.

There are local buses links to all venues. The UPC will also be putting on coach travel to facilitate travel between venues on the Friday for those who require it for the individual matches.

All event information is provided online and can be accessed on a phone – There will be no paper copies of information which is in the public domain online, which minimises paper use.

We suggest all participate bring refillable bottles if they wish to drink tap water from the venue, which saves helps sustainability by reducing glasses being washed on site.