Entry Information

Entry dates/ deadlines

ENTRY OPENING DATE

Tuesday 28th November 2023

STAGE 1 ENTRY CLOSING DATE

Student / Competitor Deadline: Tuesday 30 January 2024 at 23:59

(Students / Competitors must apply by this deadline)

Institution Administrator Deadline: Thursday 1 February 2024 at 23:59

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

Entry Costs

£43.75 per competitor (Stage 1)

£52.50 per competitor (Stage 2)

Entry Allowance

Institutions will be guaranteed 3 entries per gender and can have up to 20 non-guaranteed entries. To be eligible for the team competition an institution must have at least 3 entries of the same sex. For example, if an institutions submits 3 women’s entries and 2 men’s entries, they will be eligible for the women’s team competition, but not the men’s team competition.

If the event is oversubscribed, BUCS will restrict entries equally across institutions. Therefore, institution administrators should rank their entries in order of preference and if the event reaches capacity BUCS will use these rankings to determine places at the event.

Route Judges

Each competitor must supply the full names of two route judges, along with their preferred judging session, when entering on BUCS Play.

Competitors who arrive on the day without a route judge (Unless you are the only entrant from your institution) will be charged a £25 fine and will not be permitted to compete. The event relies on people volunteering to judge so please ensure you complete the form above!

Please note – Whilst BUCS will do everything possible to accommodate the route judges preferred session, this may not be possible. Please be sure to check the communications ahead of the event for confirmed climbing and route judging sessions.

Entry Process - Individual Event

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.

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