ENTRY OPENING DATE

Tuesday 19^th September 2023

STAGE 1 ENTRY CLOSING DATE

Individual Events

Tuesday 24th October 2023 at 23:59 – Student / Competitor Deadline

(Students / Competitors must apply by this deadline)

Thursday 26th October 2023 at 23:59 – Institution Administrator Deadline

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

Team Events 

Tuesday 24th October 2023 at 23:59 - Team Entry Deadline 

(Institution Administrators must create and enter a team by this deadline)

Thursday 2nd November 2023 at 23:59 - Join and Approval Deadline 

(Students must join the team and Institution Administrators must approve teams by this deadline) 

ENTRY COSTS

Individual Events

(Men's K1 Sprint, Men's K1 Classic, Men's C1 Sprint, Men's C1 Classic, Women's K1 Sprint, Women's K1 Classic, Women's C1 Sprint, Women's C1 Classic - £23.75 

Team Events

C2 Classic, C2 Sprint - £23.75

Relay Events (Mixed Team Classic, Open Team Classic) - £31.00

Please note that when entering both the C2 Sprint and C2 Classic, BOTH competitors must enter the ‘team’ on BUCS Play.

Please note that when entering both the Mixed Team Classic and the Open Team Classic, ALL competitors must enter the ‘team’ on BUCS Play.

STAGED ENTRY

Should the competition allow more entries a Stage 2 Entry window will open. Priority will remain with the entries received before the Stage 1 entry closing date. Entries received in the Stage 2 window and accepted into the competition, will be charged an additional 20% fee.

The event has a capacity of 400 competitors.

Institutions can request up to 30 non-guaranteed entries in both the male and female events.

Should the event reach capacity, BUCS may need to restrict the number of entries per institution.

This means when submitting entries on BUCS Play, for both the Men’s and Women’s competition, competitors should be ranked in order of preference e.g 1, 2, 3, 4 and so on, before being submitted. When submitting teams on BUCS Play, the institution administrator must create the team, and individuals then enter the team.  

ENTRY PROCESS – INDIVIDUAL EVENTS

To apply for the competition all eligible competitors must follow these steps:

1. Competitor to apply to the event on BUCS Play (Instructions on how to do this can be found here)
2. Institution administrator approves entry (Instructions on how to do this can be found here)
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 REG 4 Individual Eligibility.

ENTRY PROCESS – TEAM EVENTS

To enter a team for this competition:

1. University Institution Administrators (IAs) need to apply for all teams that will be competing. Entries will need to be submitted via the Canoe 22-23 Sport Community section of BUCS Play (Instructions on how to do this can be found here). Students/Competitors will not be able to apply for their team unless an IA has entered the relevant team on BUCS Play.
2. A Team Captain must be selected by your Institution Administrator and added to your team before entries close (Instructions on how to do this can be found here).
3. Competitors need to apply for their respective team on BUCS Play through the Event. (Instructions on how to do this can be found here)
4. Approving entries does not take place on the Dashboard. IAs/Team Captains will need to locate the team within the Event Teams section of the Canoe 22-23 Community and manually move the selected students into the Squad. (help guide: Adding team members into the squad of an event team)
5. Please ensure all members of the team are entered. 

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 REG 4 Individual Eligibility. 

Classic Races

Men’s K1 Championship (K1M - All types of K1 kayak allowed, see equipment rules below)
Women’s K1 Championship (K1W - All types of K1 kayak allowed, see equipment rules below)
Men’s C1 Championship (C1M - All types of C1 closed-cockpit 1-person canoe allowed)
Women’s C1 Championship (C1W - All types of C1 closed-cockpit 1-person canoe allowed)
Open C2 Championship (C2 - Event open to both men and women. All types of C2 closed-cockpit 2 person canoe allowed)

Sprint Races

Men’s K1 Sprint Championship (K1Ms - All types of K1 kayak allowed, see equipment rules below)
Women’s K1 Sprint Championship (K1Ws - All types of K1 kayak allowed, see equipment rules below)
Men’s C1 Sprint Championship (C1Ms - All types of C1 closed-cockpit 1-person canoe allowed)
Women’s C1 Sprint Championship (C1Ws - All types of C1 closed-cockpit 1-person canoe allowed)
Open C2 Sprint Championship (C2s - Event open to both men and women. All types of C2 closed cockpit 2-person canoe allowed.)

Team Races

Open Team Championship (Classic Only) 
Mixed Team Championship (Classic Only)

Please note, an Open Team can be made of any 3 boats per team of any gender of person.

A Mixed Team can be made up of 3 boats per team and is open to all boats of either gender, except Men’s K1.

In addition, an individual competitor may only enter each team event once, and if entering both the Open and Mixed team events, must paddle a different boat class in each. A competitor cannot paddle their K1, C1 or C2 in both an Open and a Mixed Team.

Please note that this year each team you wish to enter for either team event should be submitted as a separate entry, in each case entering the relevant individuals that constitute that team, noting that each individual can only be entered in a maximum of ONE Open Team and ONE Mixed Team.

K1 Classic and Sprint: all types of K1 Kayak allowed
C1 Classic and Sprint: all types of C1 closed cockpit 1 person canoe allowed
C2 Classic and Sprint: event open to both men and women, all types of C2 closed cockpit 2 person canoe allowed
Open Team Classic: can be made up of any 3 boats per team of any gender.
Mixed Team Classic: can be made up of 3 boats per team and is open to all boats of either gender except men K1

An individual competitor may only enter each Team Event once. If entering both the open and mixed team events must paddle a different boat class in each. 

A timetable will be released closer to the event.

This will be released closer to the competition date.

All questions should in the first instance should be directed to your Institution Administration.