Snowsports: Autumn Dryslope Championships 2025-26

Friday 7 – Saturday 8 November 2025

Gloucester Ski & Snowboard Centre

Matson Lane, Gloucester GL4 6EA

Tuesday 9 September 2025

Thursday 16 October 2025 at 23:59 – Team Entry Deadline

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

Tuesday 21 October 2025 at 23:59 – Team Join Deadline

(Students / Competitors must enter their respective events – Individual Events and Team Duals – on BUCS Play by this deadline)

Thursday 23 October 2025 at 23:59 – Institution Administrator Approval Deadline

(Institutional Administrators are given 48 hours after the student / competitor deadline to approve individual entries and assign individuals to Duals Teams on BUCS Play)

All Individual Events – £80.50

Ski and Snowboard Duals – £109.25 per team (5 in Ski Team, 4 in Snowboard Team)

Snowboard Cross (Trial Event Category) – £40

An individual entry covers entry into an entire discipline (e.g. a snowboard freestyle entry means the individual is entered into ‘Snowboard Slopestyle’ and ‘Snowboard Rail Jam’).

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.

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 (DUALS)

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.

This event is limited to a maximum of 600 competitors. The ski racing competition will be limited to a maximum of 350 due to time constraints. The Snowboard Cross competition will be limited to a maximum of 32 men and 32 women.

Institutions can request up to 100 non-guaranteed entries in both the male and female events. Institution administrators must rank competitors in order of preference on BUCS Play when approving entries, e.g. 1, 2, 3, 4 and so on. If the event reaches capacity, BUCS will restrict entries, and this will be done equally across institutions based on the ranks provided.

• Ski Race
  • Championship Ski Slalom (Men’s and Women’s)
  • Championship Ski Knockout (Men’s and Women’s)
• Ski Freestyle
  • Championship Ski Slopestyle (Men’s and Women’s)
  • Championship Ski Rail Jam (Men’s and Women’s)
• Snowboard Race
  • Championship Snowboard Giant Slalom (Men’s and Women’s)
  • Championship Snowboard Knockout (Men’s and Women’s)
• Snowboard Freestyle
  • Championship Snowboard Slopestyle (Men’s and Women’s)
  • Championship Snowboard Rail Jam (Men’s and Women’s)
• Snowboard Cross (Men’s and Women’s) - Trial Event Category
• Championship Team Ski Dual Slalom (Mixed)
• Championship Team Snowboard Dual Slalom (Open)
• Overall Team (Men’s and Women’s) – extracted from individual results

Ski Race – All competitors will compete in Slalom, with the top 16 men and top 16 women from the Slalom qualifying through to Knockouts.

Snowboard Race – All competitors compete in Giant Slalom to qualify through to Knockouts.

Freestyle Events – All competitors compete in both Slopestyle and Rail Jam.

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

Overall team positions are extracted from individual scores. The top 8 finishers in each individual competition will be awarded points which contribute to your overall team score. If you finish 1^st you received 8 points, 2^nd received 7 points, 3^rd receives 6 points and so on. In duals, the top four are awarded points which contribute to your overall team score. 1^st received 8 points, 2^nd received 4 points, 3^rd receives 2 points and 4^th receives 1 points. The total score is used to determine you overall men’s and women’s team score. You must have a minimum if two competitors to constitution a team.

BUCS General Rules and Regulations

BUCS Snowsports Rules and Regulations

The Individual Ski Slalom will be a seeded race under the British ARTificial Seeding (BARTS) system.

If you have a BARTS number, please enter this where prompted on your entry on BUCS Play. Competitors with a current BARTS licence will be seeded for the start draw based on their BARTS points from list 2025.8, and will score BARTS points if they finish. If you do not have a BARTS number, please leave this question blank or enter N/A.

Registration – 07:00-08:00 TBC

Captains Meeting – 08:00 TBC

A fine of £25 will be issued if a captain fails to attend the captains meeting on each morning of the event.

Competition start and finish times are TBC based on the number of entries and will be confirmed in the event guide after entries close.

Catsuits are not permitted on Dryslope (BACR rule 606.2.5).

A helmet, long sleeves and trousers and gloves are all required when on Skis or Board on the slope.

Competitor withdrawals must be made by a competitors athletic/students union by emailing the event lead. 

Please see REG 7.9 for our withdrawal policy.
Competitors withdraw after 23:59 on Friday 31 October 2025 or who do not attend the event will be classed as a late withdrawal/no show and therefore will be charged the entry fee and fined £50.

Should BUCS have to open stage two entries then new deadlines for withdrawals will be published.

Reserves will only be charged an entry fee if they are accepted into the competition.

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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Critical to our success is our commitment to always providing safe, friendly and enjoyable environments for all participants. Whether competing, coaching, officiating, volunteering, working or spectating at these events, the welfare of all is critical to our mission.

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