Entries Open

Tuesday 10 January 2023

Entries Close

Tuesday 7 February 2023 at 11:59pm – Institution Administrator Entry Deadline (Boats must be created and a Team Captain appointed by this deadline)

Thursday 9 February 2023 at 11:59pm – Student/Competitor Application and IA Approval Deadline (Students must have joined their boat category and been approved on BUCS Play by this deadline)

Cost

£75 per 4s Boat

£150 per 8s Boat

(Coxes & reserve boat are free)

To apply for this competition:

1. University Institution Administrators (IAs) need to apply for all boats that will be competing. Entries will need to be submitted via the Rowing 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 boat unless an IA has entered the relevant boat 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 boat category on BUCS Play through the Event. (Instructions on how to do this can be found here)
4. Competitors must also apply to join their Institutions Competitors Reserve List, which can be found within the Event. This is strongly advised as well as joining your respective team.
5. 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 Rowing 22-23 Community and manually move the selected students into the Squad. (help guide: Adding team members into the squad of an event team)

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. 

The number of boats accepted into the competition will be at the discretion of the BUCS Rowing Event Management Group (EMG).
If entries exceed this number priority will be given to:

• One boat entry per institution per category (prior to allowing a second boat entry)
• Championship categories (BUCS points eligible) 

Institutions may submit an unlimited amount of entries onto the reserve boat which may be used for substitutions in advance of the competition starting.

No late entries will be accepted into the competition.

Reserve competitors must be entered online via BUCS Play within the ‘Reserve list’ boat before the entry closing date. 

There is no cost for submitting competitors to the reserve list. Institutions are strongly encouraged to fully utilise the submission of a reserve list.

• 3,000m for beginner boats
• 5,000m for intermediate and championship crews.

The course is a tidal river. The course may be altered if inclement weather conditions are predicted, or occur on the day.

The competition will consist of the following categories for both men and women:

• Beginner 4x
• Beginner 4+
• Beginner 8+
• Intermediate 4x
• Intermediate 4+
• Intermediate 8+

• Championship 4x
• Championship 4-
• Championship 4+
• Championship 8+
• Championship Lightweight 4-
• Intermediate Lightweight 4x

Licenses are not required for competition on the River Tyne.

There is the opportunity to hire boats from the local rowing clubs.

These will be available on a first come first served basis. 

To hire a boat, or for further information, please contact Alex Leigh at Newcastle University Boat Club on [email protected].

Institutions can only make substitutions to their boats from competitors included on the reserve lists or included in another crew. The reserve lists must be entered via BUCS Play before the entry closing date (Thursday 9 February 2023 at 23:59). Institutions cannot make substitutions directly via BUCS Play.

Upon close of entries, club representatives (Coach/Captain/President) will be required to register for the competition management system where they will be able to administer their crews and make substitutions.

Withdrawal of boats after the entry closing date (Tuesday 7 February 2023) will still be charged the entry fee as per our Withdrawal Policy.

Please note that all scratches / withdrawals must now be made online by the institution rowing club captain or coach. Crews who do not withdraw, and do not compete at the event, will be classified as a ‘no-show’ and charged the entry fee and an additional £20 fine payable by the athletic union or students’ union as detailed in BUCS Withdrawal Policy.

If a crew wishes to withdraw on the day, they should scratch using the system a minimum of 30 minutes before the published start time of their time trial. Failure to do so may result in the boat being classed as a ‘no-show’ and the additional fine being imposed, as detailed above.

Competitors should also inform their institution they have withdrawn from the competition.

The following BUCS points are available in Championship categories only:

• 1st:  12 points       
• 2nd: 8 points
• 3rd:  6 points
• 4th:  4 points                                          

As per Rowing (5) Multiple Championship entries are permitted from one institution/Playing Entity, with medals awarded to the top 3 crews as applicable, but only the highest placed institution/Playing Entity crew will receive BUCS Points.

Overall team points are available for a men’s team and a women’s team based on an institution’s placing in the final respective victor ludorum standings. The following points are available:

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

Gold, silver and bronze medals will be awarded to the top 3 finishing crews in all boat classes.

Are calculated based upon how each institution places in races in Championship, Intermediate and Beginner categories. Points are awarded according to the following placements in each category:

         Championship          Intermediate              Beginner
           Eights    Fours              Eights    Fours             Eights    Fours
1st       96           72                  48           36                  24           18
2nd    80           60                    40           30                  20           15
3rd     64           48                    32           24                  16            12
4th     48           36                    24            18                 12              9
5th     32           24                    16            12                  8              6
6th     16            12                    8              6                   4              3
7th       8              6                    4              3                   2               1
8th       4              3                    2              1                   1               1