Snowsports: BUDS 2023-24

ENTRY OPENING DATE

Tuesday 12^th September 2023

ENTRY CLOSING DATE

Tuesday 17^th October 2023 at 23:59 – Student / Competitor Deadline

(Students / Competitors must apply by this deadline)

Thursday 19^th October 2023 at 23:59 – Institution Administrator Deadline

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

ENTRY COSTS

• All Individual Events: £75.75
• Ski and Snowboard Duals: £103 per team (5 in Ski Team, 4 in Snowboard Team

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.

This event is limited to a maximum of 500 competitors. The ski racing competition will be limited to a maximum of 300, due to time constraints. 

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 when submitting 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.

This means when submitting entries on BUCS Play, for both the Men’s competition and Women’s competition, competitors should be ranked in order of preference before being submitted.

Please also ensure that Duals entries are ranked to reflect a complete team, i.e 1, 1, 1, 1 to show the competitors who make up one team, 2, 2, 2, 2 for another, and so on. All competitors who are part of a team must enter the relevant team event (ski or snowboard duals), so that they can be ranked as part of that team. A ski duals team must contain at least one member of the opposite gender, whereas snowboard duals teams can consist of any combination of competitors.

This event will be a one day event, taking place on Friday 10th November 2023. 

There will also be no spectators at this event, due to facility requests and capacity. Competitors involved in the competition will be allowed to spectate whilst not racing/competing. 

The following applies to Ski Race only: 

Registered Racers

All BARTS registered racers should declare their number on their entries to assist with seeding. All registered racers with below 300 points will automatically qualify for GS, provided they compete in the Slalom. 

Star Racers

Each institution can name a male and female star racer. This racer should be their best non-registered racer (not in possession of a BARTS and have below 300 points). Star racers will automatically qualify for GS, provided they compete in the Slalom.

To select a star racer please ensure they are ranked as number 1 in your ski race selections.

Please follow the link here (page 27) to see the available events and BUCS Points on offer at this event. An individual entry covers entry into both competitions within the discipline (e.g a snowboard freestyle entry means the individual is entered into ‘Snowboard Big Air’ and ‘Snowboard Slopestyle’).

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.

The full BUCS Snowsports regulations can be found here.

Competitor withdrawals must be made by a competitor's institutional administrator emailing Harry Spinks, the BUCS Event Coordinator.

Withdrawals before the entry deadline (19 October 2023 at 23:59 [stage one]) will not be charged.

Withdrawals after the entry deadline (19 October 2023 at 23:59 [stage one]) and before 23:59 on the 26 October 2023 will still be charged the entry fee.

Competitors who do not withdraw before 23:59 on the 26 October 2023 and do not attend the competition will be classed as a late withdrawal/no show and therefore will be charged the entry fee. They will also be fined £50 which will be charged after the event, to the competitor’s athletic union.

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.

Please see our Withdrawal Policy for more details.

The Event Guide will be released closer to the competition date.

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