Entry Dates and Costs
Entries open Tuesday 22 October
Entry cost: £33.75 per competitor (Stage One)
Entries close for student/competitors on Tuesday 5 November 2019 at 11:59pm.
Institutional Administrators have 48 hours after the student/ competitor deadline to approve entries
Stage Two
The opening window is Friday 8 November – Tuesday 3 December 2019
Stage Two is for the addition of reserves only
This deadline is different to the usual Thursday closing of BUCS Play events to enable institutions to add reserve players (and make subsequently make substitutions) right up until the commencement of the team competition of the event.
BUCS points
BUCS points are awarded for the top eight individuals and the top eight teams in the Championship and Trophy competition.
Entry allowance
Teams are to be made up of a maximum of four players, three of which will play in a match.
A maximum of 64 teams will be accepted and preference will be given to first teams, then second teams, etc then to institutions highest in the competition rankings. For example, if 80 entries are received comprised of 40 first teams, 20 second teams, 12 third teams and 8 fourth teams then all of the first teams, all of the second teams and the four highest-ranked institutions’ third teams would be accepted (with the fifth-highest ranked institution’s third team being first reserve, the sixth-highest ranked institution’s third team being second reserve, etc).
If your institution enters multiple teams, other than in exceptional circumstances players ascribed to a particular team will unable to compete for any lower ranked team in the tournament. As such, please make your team selections carefully. Players may be moved up from a lower to a higher ranked team (e.g. seconds to firsts) or from the reserve list into a team.
IA acceptance guidelines
For each competitor, institutions will be required to rank their players for a particular team.
For example, the strongest player for the 1st team should be assigned the code “101”, the second-strongest player for the 1st team would be “102”, etc.
The strongest player for the 2nd team would be “201”, the second-strongest player for the 2nd team would be “202”, etc.
This process allows UPC to determine the team and rank of each entrant needed to complete the draw. If your institution is only entering one individual entry, please use “101”.
Withdrawals and changes
Competitor withdrawals must be made by a competitors Institution Admins by Notifications of withdrawal and any substitution requests must be emailed to the Tournament Director, Stephanie Laba, with BUCS Event Administrator, Cleo Lyn, cc'ed prior to the start of competition.
Withdrawals before the entry deadline, Thursday 7 November at 11:59pm [Stage 1] will not be charged.
Withdrawals after the entry deadline, Thursday 7 November at 11:59pm [Stage 1] will still be charged the entry fee.
Changes made after the entry deadline but before the publication of the draw will be subject to a surcharge of £10 per player. Any changes made after the publication of the draw will be subject to a surcharge of £20 per player. Substitutions will only be accepted if the proposed competitor is listed on the reserve list downloaded from BUCS Play.
