BUCS Cycling: Track Championships

Entries open: Tuesday 15 October 2019

Entries Close: 

Student/Competitor Deadline: Tuesday 5 November 2019 at 11:59pm
(Students/Competitors must apply by this deadline)

Institution Administrator Approval Deadline: Thursday 7 November 2019 at 11:59pm
(Institutional Administrators have 48 hours after the student/ competitor deadline to approve entries)

Entry closing dates - stage two: 

Should the competition allow more entries, a stage two entry window will open. Priority will be given to the entries received before the stage one entry closing date. Entries received in the stage two window and accepted into the competition, will be charged an additional 20% fee.

Stage two window: Friday 8 November – Tuesday 12 November 2019

Entry Costs

Men’s Championship Events 

• Individual Pursuit 4km £21.50
• Individual Sprint 200m £21.50
• Kilo Time Trial £21.50
• Points Race £29.50
• Elimination Race £29.50
• Team Pursuit 4km £35.25
• Team Sprint 750m £35.25

Women’s Championship Events

• Individual Pursuit 3km £21.50
• Individual Sprint 200m £21.50
• 500m Time Trial £21.50
• Points Race £29.50
• Elimination Race £29.50
• Team Pursuit 4km £35.25
• Team Sprint 500m £35.25

Men’s Para-Cycling Championship Events

• Individual Pursuit 4km £21.50
• Individual Sprint 200m £21.50
• Kilo Time Trial £21.50

Women’s Para-Cycling Championship Events

• Individual Pursuit 3km £21.50
• Individual Sprint 200m £21.50
• 500m Time Trial £21.50 

Individual Championships (Men’s and Women’s)

Overall Team (Men’s and Women’s)

Overall Team = All athletes are eligible to count towards their University’s overall team total. The top 8 competitors in each event will score 20, 14, 10, 7, 5, 3, 2, 1 points respectively.

BUCS Points available for the aforementioned categories for individual championships are:

Points will be available for para-athletes where applicable.

Please note that BUCS Points will not be allocated where the minimum number of competitors/teams has not been reached, or where there are not enough individual scores to extract a team score. Furthermore, an individual/team must have beaten another individual/team to score BUCS Points (i.e. if 3 individuals/teams compete in an event, only 2 will score BUCS Points). This does not apply to extracted teams. Individuals/teams are regarded as having competed if they started the event; therefore DNS will not be regarded as having competed.

The following races will have restricted entries:

• Individual Pursuit (Men’s and Women’s) – 2 riders per Institution
• Points race (Men only) – 1 rider per Institution
• Points race (Women only) – 2 riders per Institution
• Team Pursuit (Men’s and Women’s) – 2 teams per Institution
• Team Sprint (Men’s and Women’s) – 3 teams per Institution
• Elimination race (Men’s and Women’s) – 3 riders per Institution

For all other categories up to 20 non-guaranteed entries may be submitted. Should the event reach capacity, BUCS may need to restrict the number of entries per institution further. Therefore, when submitting entries on BUCS Play, for both the Men’s competition and Women’s competition, riders should be sorted into your ranked order of preference before being submitted. The final list of entries will be available within the pre-event information document.

To apply for this competition:

1. Competitor to complete competition application on BUCS Play

2. Institution administrator approves entry

3. BUCS approves/denies entry into competition and publishes confirmed entry list.

Any data will be handled in accordance with BUCS Privacy Policy
By participating in this event you agree to adhere to BUCS General Event Disclaimer
To check whether you are eligible to compete in BUCS competitions, please visit BUCS individual eligibility REG 4.

Substitutions:

Only substitutions for the Team Pursuit, Team Sprint and Points will be permitted.

Only athletes already entered into the Track Cycling Championships will be an eligible substitute. Before the competition, Athletic Union staff should request, by email, a substitution to Ali Root. From Thursday 21 November, and at the event, substitutions should be requested in person at the BUCS event desk.

Withdrawals:

Prior to entries closing, withdrawals can be made free of charge. After entries have closed, no refunds will be given for withdrawals. This applies regardless of the reason for withdrawal. All withdrawals must be emailed to Ali Root.

Any riders/teams that ‘Do Not Show’ (DNS) for their race will be subject to a £100.00 fine.

In case of a new injury, evidence provided by a doctor’s note or equivalent will be accepted.

The exact format and number of events will be decided once entry numbers are known.

To compete at the BUCS Track Cycling Championship you will need a Racing Licence. If you do not hold a British Cycling racing licence you will need to buy a Day Licence at the event on each of the days you compete, (e.g. one licence for Saturday and one for Sunday).

The cost of a licence (per day) depends on which British Cycling Membership you have:

EVENTS WITH PROVISION FOR PARA-CYCLISTS

With the support of British Cycling, BUCS offers entries for:

Women: Sprint, 500m Time Trial and 3000m Individual Pursuit.

Men: Sprint, 1km Time Trial and 4000m Individual Pursuit.

Para-cycling Track Competition will follow IPC Regulations, and is open to those who are classified either with locomotive or learning disabilities.

HOW IT WILL WORK

Para-Cycling categories at our events will be open to all athletes with locomotive and learning disabilities. There will be separate Men’s and Women’s competitions.

All para-cyclists are given a disability classification to allow them to compete. Using a factor system, races of mixed classification athletes can be run. The original finishing times are then converted in order to compile the results lists using the UCI Comparison Table.

All BUCS eligibility rules will still apply.

WILL THERE BE BUCS POINTS?

As per Rules and Regulation, BUCS Points for individual competitions are distributed to the top four individuals. An individual must have beaten another individual to score BUCS Points (i.e. if 3 individuals/ teams compete in an event, only 2 will score BUCS Points).

WILL THERE BE BUCS MEDALS?

The top three competitors will receive a BUCS medal.

WHAT IF THERE IS ONLY ONE ENTRY?

For individual or extracted events there needs to be a minimum of 2 entrants not from the same institution to be eligible to compete and be awarded BUCS points.