ENTRY OPENING DATE

Tuesday 29 November 2022

STAGE 1 ENTRY CLOSING DATE

Tuesday 31 January 2023 at 23:59 – Student / Competitor Deadline

(Students / Competitors must apply by this deadline)

Thursday 2 February 2023 at 23:59 – Institution Administrator Deadline

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

ENTRY COSTS

Singles entry   -  £36.50
Doubles entry  -  £50.50

SINGLE ENTRY

This competition operates a staged entry process. Entries received before the Stage 1 entry closing date (Thursday 2 February 2023 at 23:59) will be accepted where the competition allows. After this deadline, Stage 2 entry may open where the competition allows and will have a closing date of Thursday 9 February 2023 at 23:59. Stage 2 is not guaranteed to open. Priority will remain with the entries received before the Stage 1 entry closing date.

Entries received after the Stage 1 entry closing date and before the Stage 2 entry closing date that are accepted into the competition, will be charged an additional 20% fee. We will not accept any late entries under any circumstances.

Each institution is allowed one guaranteed entry into MS, WS, MD, WD and XD competitions.

Each institution may submit an additional two non-guaranteed entries per competition. Non-guaranteed entries may be accepted for each competition following the entry closing date if the competition allows. Each competition draw is limited to 128 competitors at the start of Round 1 (excluding the top 16 seeded competitors). Seeded competitors will join the competition at Round 4. 

Please ensure competitors are ranked in order of preference (e.g 1, 2, 3). For doubles entries, please rank competitors in their pairs (e.g 1, 1, 2, 2 and so on). 

Consultation and seeding of the additional entries accepted into the competition will be taken with the BUCS Badminton Sport Advisory Group (SAG).

Institutions may submit a list of up to 10 reserve competitors (5 men and 5 women) which may be used should withdrawals occur in advance of the competition starting. Reserve competitors must be entered online via BUCS Play within the ‘Reserve List’ before the entry closing date. There is no cost for submitting competitors to the reserve lists. Institutions are encouraged to fully utilise the submission of a reserve list.

Reserves will only be charged an entry fee if they are accepted into the competition.

All competitions are run using a straight knockout stage.

Specific competition start times for all competitions will be published in the pre-event information.

The seeding of competitors and draw will be made under the supervision of a neutral referee. Institutions should include details of competitor’s past performances for the guidance of the referee in making the draw, which will be made according to the international draw system (adapted).

Where possible competitors from the same institution will be placed in different quarters of the draw.

Competitors who provide a Badminton England Membership Number are able to receive ranking points.

When entering individual competitors an institution is required to:

1 - Provide the competitor's Badminton England Membership Number or Badminton Scotland Membership ID (if available). This will provide access to the competitor’s ranking and grading.

2 – Badminton England grading

3 – Badminton England ranking

4 - Provide the competitor's Badminton World Federation Ranking (if applicable).

5 - Provide the competitor's Badminton World Federation Member ID (if applicable).

6 - Provide additional information regarding previous playing experience and achievements including international or national rankings and honours (if applicable).

This will be released closer to the competition date.

Institutions can make changes to their entries through until the entry closing date.

Changes, including withdrawals, after the entry closing date must be made in writing by an athletic union or students’ union and e-mailed to the BUCS Event Manager (Harry Spinks) using the format outlined below:

Withdrawals after the entry closing date will still be charged the entry fee. Withdrawal of a competitor does not guarantee a replacement into the competition. Appropriate replacements due to withdrawals will be selected based on the competitor’s information provided with their entry.

Institutions can only make changes to their entries from competitors listed as guaranteed, non-guaranteed, or on the reserve lists. The reserve lists must be entered via BUCS Play before the entry closing date.

Competitors who do not withdraw, and do not register at the venue, will be classified as a ‘no-show’ and charged the entry fee. An additional £20 fine payable by the competitor’s athletic union or students’ union will be issued.