Entry Information

Entry Dates and Costs

Entry Dates and Costs

Entries open on Tuesday 07 January 2020.
Entries close for students on Tuesday 28 January 2020 at 11:59pm

Institution Administrators deadline is Thursday 30 January 2020 at 11:59pm. This gives them 48 hours after the student deadline to approve entries. 

Entry Costs

  • Sparring entry (double elimination): £37.50
  • Individual patterns entry: £25
     

Stage Two

Should the competition allow more entries, a stage two entry window will open.

Stage two window: Friday 31 January - Tuesday 4 February 2020

Institution Administrators deadline is Thursday 4 February 2020 at 11:59pm.

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 entry costs:

  • Sparring entry (double elimination) £45;
  • Individual patterns entry £30;
     

Entry Allowance

  • 365 individual discipline entries in total (all classes, disciplines and divisions) available
  • Cut-offs for each discipline and division may vary since court allocation, court equipment and umpiring requirements vary between disciplines. Overall allowance is dictated by event length (as a 1-day or 2-day event) and available venue capacity
  • Should disciplines become be oversubscribed we reserve the right to limit the number of competitors based on the number of discipline entries.

     

Taekwondo membership

Each individual participant must hold a British Student Taekwondo Federation (BSTF) membership pass to compete in BUCS Taekwondo competitions.

If participants are members of an institution’s SU/Sports registered club it is required to hold a club membership with the BSTF (with a nominal £1 annual club fee to join the charity). 

Individual membership passes are available online, including new memberships and renewals for student-athletes, volunteers and coaches. Student-athletes must obtain a membership pass which matches their level of competition entry (A, B or C-class).

Membership pass registration opens Tuesday 24 September 2019.

Your BSTF ID code is required for entry on BUCS Play.

This can be found on the Manage My Account page after registration.

Entry Process

To apply for the competition:

  1. Student-athletes, volunteers and coaches register for a membership pass on the BSTF website and record their BSTF ID code. Student-athletes must obtain a membership pass which matches their level of competition entry (A, B or C-class).
  2. All Student-athletes apply on BUCS Play, inputting their BSTF ID code* as indicated during registration.
  3. A team captain or institution administrator must submit their team's head-coach, assistant coaches and volunteers (registering sufficient volunteers to meet your team quota**) by selecting the event via the BSTF entry portal and completing the coach & volunteer registrations (this is required whether or not the same coaches and volunteer have already registered as competitors via the BUCS Play system).
  4. Institution administrator approves/denies entries.
  5. BUCS approves/denies entry into competition and publishes confirmed entry list.

*The number of L5 &/or L3 qualified volunteers submitted must meet the quota detailed in the BSTF rules and regulations and the entry information which may be updated from time to time.

Please note: Please ensure the weight category submitted is correct. Any change to the weight on the day of the event will be subject to a £30.00 fine.

BUCS Points

Team Points (all divisions)

The eight institutions with the highest total score accumulated by all their registered student-athletes in all disciplines, classes and divisions across all three (autumn, winter, spring) championships are awarded:

  • 1st place: 20 points
  • 2nd place: 14 points
  • 3rd place: 10 points
  • 4th place: 7 points
  • 5th place: 5 points
  • 6th place: 3 points
  • 7th place: 2 points
  • 8th place: 1 point

Individual Points (individual A-class divisions only)

A BUCS individual 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th placement is awarded to the top four student-athletes in each A-class sparring and individual patterns division based on their final score across the series, awarding 12, 8, 6 and 4 BUCS points per A-class division respectively.

Student-athletes may accrue ranking points in disciplines and divisions contested at one or more Series championship, and the sum of up to their best 2 sets of ranking points for separate division(s) across the Series determine their overall BUCS Individual Champion placement(s). Competitors are awarded 1 point for successful weigh-in & registration, plus ranking points based on their final placement in each division.

To see how many BUCS Points click here

Withdrawals and Changes

Notify BUCS of withdrawals if before the stage 1 entry deadline has expired via j[email protected]

Notify BSTF of withdrawals if after the stage 1 entry deadline had expired via [email protected]

Withdrawal made before the stage 1 entry deadline will not be charged.

Withdrawal made after the stage 1 entry deadline will still be charged the entry fee.