Canoe: WWR Championships 2025-26

Saturday 15 – Sunday 16 November 2025

Grandtully Station Park

Grandtully, Pitlochry, Perth & Kinross, PH9 0PL

Tuesday 9 September 2025

Thursday 30 October 2025 at 23:59 – Team Entry Deadline

(Deadline for teams to have been entered on BUCS Play by an Institution Administrator)

Tuesday 4 November 2025 at 23:59 – Student / Competitor Deadline

(Students / Competitors must enter individual and team events by this deadline)

Thursday 6 November 2025 at 23:59 – Institution Administrator Deadline

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

Individual Events - £25

Open K1 Classic, Open C1 Classic, Open K1 Sprint, Open C1 Sprint, Female K1 Classic, Female C1 Classic, Female K1 Sprint, Female C1 Sprint.

C2 Classic, C2 Sprint - £25 per pair

Team Events - £32.50

Classic Open Team Type 1 & Classic Open Team Type 2

The event has a capacity of 400 competitors.

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

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

When submitting entries on BUCS Play, 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 enter the team, and individuals must enter the team event.

When entering both the C2 Sprint and C2 Classic, BOTH competitors must enter on BUCS Play. Institution administrators must then rank them as pairs, e.g. 1,1, 2,2 etc.

When entering both the Classic Open Team Type 1 and Classic Open Team Type 2, ALL competitors must enter the team event on BUCS Play.

An individual that would be eligible to enter into either the Open or Female categories is restricted to only entering into one of these categories at the event. For example, if you are eligible to enter both the Female K1 and Open K1, you may only enter one of these two categories.

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.

Team Events

To apply for this competition:

1. Entries will need to be submitted via the team entries section of our online entry system, BUCS Play (Instructions on how to do this can be found here)
2. Please speak to your Institution Administrator as they will need to enter the correct number of teams for you.
3. Competitors then need to apply for the respective event. (Instructions on how to do this can be found here)
4. Institution Administrators must assign competitors to the correct team during the approval process. (Instructions on how to do this can be found here)

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

• Open K1 Championship (All types of K1 kayak allowed, see equipment rules below)
• Female K1 Championship (All types of K1 kayak allowed, see equipment rules below)
• Open C1 Championship (All types of C1 closed-cockpit 1-person canoe allowed)
• Female C1 Championship (All types of C1 closed-cockpit 1-person canoe allowed)
• Open C2 Championship (All types of C2 closed-cockpit 2-person canoe allowed)

Sprint Races

• Open K1 Sprint Championship (All types of K1 kayak allowed, see equipment rules below)
• Female K1 Sprint Championship (All types of K1 kayak allowed, see equipment rules below)
• Open C1 Sprint Championship (All types of C1 closed-cockpit 1-person canoe allowed)
• Female C1 Sprint Championship (All types of C1 closed-cockpit 1-person canoe allowed)
• Open C2 Sprint Championship (All types of C2 closed cockpit 2-person canoe allowed.)

Team Races

• Classic Open Team Type 1 Championship
• Classic Open Team Type 2 Championship

A Classic Open Team Type 1  can be made of any 3 boats per team of any gender of person.

A Classic Open Team Type 2 can be made up of 3 boats per team and is open to all boats of either gender, except Open K1.

An individual competitor can only be entered in a maximum of ONE Classic Open Team Type 1  and ONE Classic Open Team Type 2. If entering both team events, you must paddle a different boat class in each. A competitor cannot paddle their K1, C1 or C2 in both a Classic Open Team Type 1 and Classic Open Team Type 2.

REG CAN 5.7 Overall Team The Overall Team standings are calculated from the summed points from each class. The first 15 finishers in each class gain 20,16,14,12,11,...1 point(s), and all other finishers gain one point. These points are totalled over all the classes.

Please see Appendix 1  and Reg 6 for available BUCS Points.

BUCS General Rules and Regulations

BUCS Canoeing Rules and Regulations

• 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 open and female, all types of C2 closed cockpit 2-person canoe allowed
• Classic Open Team Type 1: can be made up of any 3 boats per team of any gender.
• Classic Open Team Type 2: can be made up of 3 boats per team and is open to all boats of either gender except Open K1

Substitutions for team events are permitted. Any competitors wishing to be substituted into a team must already be entered into the event on BUCS Play to be an eligible substitute. Entries for substitutions will not be allowed once the entries have closed for the event. 

Please see REG 7.9 for our withdrawal policy.

If your entry is accepted and you do not turn up to the event, you will be charged a £10 no show fee. This applies to both individuals and teams.

This will be released closer to the competition date.

Anyone wishing to take photos or video at this event must complete the BUCS Media Accreditation Form prior to the event.

BUCS reserves the right to prohibit photography equipment being used at a BUCS event. BUCS reserves the right to request that the individual ceases to take photographs, deletes any images and, if considered necessary, leaves the venue.

If you wish to take photos or videos at this event, please contact the BUCS Event Lead. 

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