Entry Costs

£23.25 per individual category (e.g. 100m, High Jump)

£41.50 per relay team

£2 per reserve entry

Entry Dates

Entries Open

Tuesday 25 November 2025

Entries Close

Tuesday 6 January 2026 at 23:59 – Student / Competitor Deadline

(Students / Competitors must apply by this deadline)

Thursday 8 January 2026 at 23:59 – Institution Administrator Deadline

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

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.

Please see Appendix 1 for available BUCS Points.

The following ambulant events will take place at the Indoor Championships 2025-26:

Ambulant 60m (Male and Female)

Ambulant Long Jump (Male and Female)

Ambulant Shot Put (Male and Female)

Guest Entries

BUCS will consider accepting guest entries from non-BUCS member institutions for Ambulant events taking place at the Indoor Championships. Athletes wishing to enter as a guest should contact Maddi Cannell and apply for the event via BUCS Play. This will be taking as an expression of interest, and any applicants will be contacted after entries close to confirm whether they will be given a place at the event or not.

For information about how to enter as a Guest please refer to this help guide.

Guest Entries will be charged the same entry fees as athletes representing member institutions. BUCS will take payment for these entries on the day at the Registration desk.

All BUCS member institutions may submit two entries per event. If an event reaches capacity one athlete per institution will be granted entry in the first instance (the athlete with the best performance over the qualification period).

The second entrants per institution will then be ranked in best performance order within the qualification period and will fill the remaining spaces in that event.

Please note that for ALL events, 2 athletes can be selected as guaranteed.

If you enter more than 2 athletes into an event, all entries outside the 2 guaranteed spots will be automatically moved to the reserve list and be subject to the £2 reserve entry fee.

Athletes MUST have a valid performance in the required qualifying period in the event(s) that they wish to enter.  Failure to do so, will result in automatic rejection. The qualifying period for the BUCS Athletics Indoor Championships 2025-26 Is the 1^st January 2023 - 6^th January 2026, inclusive.

Reserves must be entered on BUCS Play alongside the entries which must include a link to Power of 10 or equivalent.

Do not submit a reserve if they are already entered into an event.

There is no limit to the number of reserves an institution can enter. Only athletes named on the reserve list or already competing in the competition will be able to be used as substitutes.

Substitutes must have an eligible BP within the qualifying period, meaning between 1^st January 2023 and the entry closing date 6^th January 2026, inclusive, for the event they are to be substituted into, and this will be checked when the substitution is made.

Following the closure of entries and any subsequent checking of Best Performances, athletes on the reserve list will not be allowed to be substituted into an event from which they have previously been rejected if the reason for rejection was failing to provide a Best Performance within the  qualifying period, failing to provide a Power of 10 link (or equivalent results link) or not meeting the required entry standard where standards are necessary.

All athletes must provide a link to their Power of 10 Profile (European Athletics or World Athletics  equivalent), emailed to Maddi Cannell and translated into English) when applying for the event on BUCS Play. All electronic links for Best Performance will be checked.

These standards MUST have been achieved between 1^st January 2023 and the entry closing date 6^th January 2026. This applies to Reserves/substitutes as well.

All performances MUST be achieved between 1^st January 2023 and the entry closing date 6^th January 2026, inclusive.

This event is open to students at BUCS member institutions only (please see Ambulant Event tab for information on exceptions). Competitors should have available a valid student identification card, or another form of photographic identification, to confirm their eligibility for the competition. These may be requested at any time during the event.

• Entry rejections will be published on Tuesday 20^th January 2025 at or before midday on the BUCS Website. 
• There will be a 48 hour appeal window for entry rejections. This will close at 23:59 on Thursday 22^nd January 2025.
• No late entries will be accepted regardless of reason.
• Any entry without a Po10 link (or equivalent) will be rejected.
• Entries that do not meet an Entry Standard will be rejected.
• Entries without a BP achieved between 1^st January 2023 and the entry closing date 6^th January 2025,. inclusive will be rejected, if there is not a required performance found within the time frame, when entries are checked.
• Entries for an event that the athlete has not competed in, WILL be rejected.

Entries without a BP submitted may be rejected.

Anyone wishing to compete in overlapping events MUST inform seeding by filling out the Entry clashes form (which will be made live online once entries close). If possible, please email Maddi Cannell by midday on Wednesday 11^th February 2026.  After that they will have to fill in the form which will be available at the event and handing in to registration at least 120 minutes before the first of the events.  Track events always take precedence.

The BUCS Indoor Athletics Championships will take place over three days to allow us to accommodate greater numbers of students. A provisional copy of the timetable will be uploaded closer to the event.

Athletes and teams who fail to advise the Event Manager (Maddi Cannell) about withdrawals or substitutions prior to the 120-minute deadline before the event will be liable to a fine. 

Pre-event Substitutions and Withdrawals will close at noon on Wednesday 11^th February 2026. After this point substitutions and withdrawals MUST be made at the event.

Withdrawals and substitutions may be made up to 120 minutes before the start of each event. Team captains must complete a withdrawal/substitution form and submit this to the Withdrawals and Substitutions Desk by this time.

Please note the exceptional withdrawal procedure for the following:

Female Pole Vault – Friday 11.30

Male and Female Long Jump – Friday 17.00

Male Shot – Friday 17:00

Male Pole Vault – Saturday 16.00

Female Shot – Saturday 16:00

Start lists will be on the boards by end of that day’s events.

1. The 120 minute deadline will be judged from the clock on the Registration Desk.
2. Substitutions can only be made from the list of reserves submitted to BUCS by institutions electronically prior to the event or with an individual who has already been entered into another event and is listed elsewhere in the programme.
3. Substitutes must have an eligible BP within the qualifying period, i.e. 1^st January 2023 and the entry closing date 6^th January 2026, inclusive, for the event they are to be substituted into and will be checked on the day. Standards and permitted performances will also apply to substitutions.
4. Following the closure of entries and any subsequent checking of BPs, athletes on the reserve list will not be allowed to be substituted into an event from which they have previously been rejected if the reason for rejection was failing to provide a BP within the last 2 years, i.e. between 1^st January 2023 and the entry closing date 6^th January 2026, inclusive, failing to provide a Po10 link (or equivalent results link) or not meeting the required standard for the 3000m, Pole Vault or Triple Jump.
5. The online withdrawal and substitution forms will be live when entries close for this event. They will remain open until midday on Wednesday 11^th February 2026.  After this time withdrawals and substitutions must be made at the event. The live withdrawal and substitution forms will open when registration opens on Friday 13^th February 2026.
6. Mass withdrawals or substitutions may be submitted via email to Maddi Cannell but must be on an excel sheet. In the format of the examples below.  They will remain open until midday on Wednesday 11^th February 2026.

Important to note: 

Entry standards will apply to any substitutions. Following the closure of entries and any subsequent checking of Best Performances, athletes on the reserve list will not be allowed to be substituted into an event from which they have previously been rejected if the reason for rejection was failing to provide a Best Performance within the qualifying period, failing to provide a Power of 10 link (or equivalent results link) or not meeting the required standard where standards are necessary.

An entrant shall be deemed to have made him/herself/their self, familiar with, and agreed to be bound by the UKA Anti-Doping Rules and to submit to the authority of UK Anti-Doping in the application and enforcement of the Anti-Doping Rules.
The UKA Anti-Doping Rules apply to entrants participating in the sport of Athletics, for 12 months from the date of entry, whether or not the licence holder is a citizen of, or resident in, the UK

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