Entry dates and cost
Entries open on Tuesday 18 February 2020.
Entries close for students on Tuesday 3 March 2020 at 11:59pm
Institution Administrators deadline is Thursday 5 March 2020 at 11:59pm. This gives them 48 hours after the student deadline to approve entries.
Entry Costs
£33.75 per person
This includes entry into individual and team competitions.
Staged Entry
Stage 2 window (for the addition of reserves only):
Friday 6 March – Friday 13 March
PLEASE NOTE: This deadline is different to the usual Thursday closing of BUCS Play events to enable institutions to add reserve players (and subsequently make substitutions) right up until the commencement of the team competition.
Entry Allowance
There is one player that is guranteed per institution. The rest are non guaranteed.
Teams are to be made up of a maximum of six players, five of which will play in a match.
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, please use “101”.
A maximum of 48 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 60 entries are received comprised of 30 first teams, 15 second teams, 10 third teams and 5 fourth teams then all of the first teams, all of the second teams and the three highest-ranked institutions’ third teams would be accepted (with the fourth-highest ranked institution’s third team being first reserve, the fifth-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.
Furthermore, after entries have closed no refunds will be given for withdrawals. This applies regardless of the reason for a withdrawal.
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 competitor’s Institution Admins by Notifications of withdrawal and any substitution requests must be emailed to the Tournament Director, Ben Hubbard, with BUCS Event Administrator, Cleo Lyn, cc'd prior to the start of competition.
Withdrawals before the entry deadline, Thursday 5 March at 11:59pm [Stage 1] will not be charged.
Withdrawals after the entry deadline 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.
