Athletics: Outdoor Championships 2022-23

The Captain's Meeting will be held 14:30-15:00 on 01/05/23 in the Squash Court area at the far side of the indoor warm-up area.

Please queue outside the double doors and wait to be let in by a member of BUCS event staff.

Dates

Saturday 29th April - 1st May 2023

Venue

Manchester Regional Arena, Rowsley Street, Manchester, M11 3ff

Presentations will be made at the earliest possible opportunity following the conclusion of the discipline.

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

Appendix 1 should be read alongside Regulation 6

Please click here to read the BUCS Athletics Rules and Regulations

Please click here to download the Competition Rules

Substitutions, Withdrawals and Clashing Events forms will be accepted pre-event via the online forms below until Wednesday 26th April at 12:00 midday.

Following the closure of these forms, substitutions, withdrawals and clashing events forms must be submitted on paper in person at the event. This must be done no later than 120 minutes prior to the beginning of the event discipline it is related to.

Clashing Event Form

Withdrawals Form

Substitutions Form

Parking for coaches and cars will be located in the Blue Car Park which can be found off Alan Turing Way

There are changing and toilet facilities, including accessible facilities, throughout the stadium and indoor warm up area.

There will be a café on site selling food and drink for competitors and spectators

Further information can be found:

- In the entry information drop-down labelled Parallel Success

- In the tab labelled Accepted / Rejected Entries

UKA (Rule 5 (1)) must be followed by all athletes with respect to kit. All athletes must wear university coloured appropriate athletic kit, e.g. vest, cropped top, shorts, lycra all-in-one etc., which is which is clean, and designed to be worn so as not to be objectionable. The clothing must be made of a material which is non-transparent even if wet. T-shirts and tracksuit bottoms are not permitted.

Institutions that do not have a team kit may wear a plain running vest/cropped top and shorts at the discretion of the Event Manager/Competition Director, please contact Maddi Cannell prior to the event. If you do not have a plain vest then you can hire a BUCS vest for £20 deposit for the duration of the event. To pick one of these up please go to the registration desk, you will be required to leave your passport or driving license as security. When you return the vest you will get your £20 and ID back.

Warm up should be conducted in the indoor warm-up area away from the track.

Any warm-ups on the indoor track MUST follow the directional signage indicating the one-way system.

 For safety reasons, NO Ear/Headphones are to be worn in the warm up area.

Where Anti-Doping is present at an event it is standard practice for Doping Control Officers to notify athletes of their selection for testing upon leaving the competition arena.  However, athletes should make the Officer aware if they have another event to compete in.  Any athlete who is notified that they are required for testing must comply with this request and provide a sample.

Any athletes entering the BUCS Outdoor Athletics Championships (i) acknowledge that they are bound by UKA’s Anti-Doping rules, (ii) agree to submit to drugs testing in connection with this event in accordance with UKA’s Anti-Doping rules (which may involve providing a blood and/or urine sample); and (iii) confirm that they are either aged 18 years or older or that the person(s) having parental responsibility for them consent to the above testing.

To check the status of registered medicines please visit www.globaldro.com. For information on testing procedures please visit www.ukad.org.uk.  The UKA Anti-Doping Rules are available at www.uka.org.uk.  For general anti-doping queries please contact [email protected].

Any alcohol consumption on site during the competition is strictly prohibited.  Any competitor failing to adhere to this regulation will be automatically disqualified from the competition and asked to leave the venue.

If institutions wish to protest a result they must come through the BUCS Registration Desk.

Relays

Results can be protested for up to 20 minutes after they are posted. After this there will be no more protests accepted.