Snowsports: Indoor Championships 2025-26

Saturday 18 – Sunday 19 April 2026

Please note that our slope access for this event is Saturday PM (2pm-9pm) and Sunday AM (8am-3pm). Registration will be from 12pm on Saturday and from 7am on Sunday.

The Snow Centre Manchester

7 Trafford Way, Trafford Park, Urmston, Stretford, Manchester, M41 7JA

Tuesday 6 January 2026

Thursday 26 March 2026 at 23:59 – Team Entry Deadline

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

Tuesday 31 March 2026 at 23:59 – Student / Competitor Deadline

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

Thursday 2 April 2026 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)

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.

All Individual Events – £59.25

Ski and Snowboard Duals – £97 per team (5 in Ski Team, 4 in Snowboard Team)

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

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 (ALL DUAL TEAM MEMBERS) 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)

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To check whether you are eligible to compete in BUCS competitions, please visit REG 4 Individual Eligibility.

Ski Race is limited to 225 competitors across Men’s and Women’s.

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. 

• Ski Race [Slalom] (Men’s and Women’s)
• Ski Freestyle [Slopestyle] (Men’s and Women’s)
• Snowboard Race [Slalom] (Men’s and Women’s)
• Snowboard Freestyle [Slopestyle] (Men’s and Women’s)
• Team Ski Dual Slalom (Mixed)
• Team Snowboard Dual Slalom (Open)

SNW 7.1.1 Ski dual teams must consist of five competitors, of which at least one must be an individual eligible for the men’s category and at least one must be an individual eligible for the women’s category.

SNW 7.1.2 Snowboard dual teams must consist of four competitors.

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 your overall men’s and women’s team score. You must have a minimum of two competitors to constitute a team.

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

BUCS General Rules and Regulations

BUCS Snowsports Rules and Regulations

All competitors should be familiar with and understand available gender categories and regulations under REG 4.3. Please find further information on gender eligibility here.

The Ski Slalom will be a seeded race under the indoor British ARTificial Seeding (iBARTS) 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 iBARTS points from list 2025.9 and will score iBARTS points if they finish.

Access to the slope is from 2pm on Day 1 (Saturday), and from 8am on Day 2 (Sunday). Please note that registration and captains’ meetings will take place before these times on both days.

Similarly to the Autumn Dryslope Championships, all timed racing is provisionally scheduled to take place on Day 1 (Saturday). All duals racing is provisionally scheduled for Day 2 (Sunday).

Freestyle (slopestyle) qualifications are provisionally scheduled to take place on Day 1 (Saturday) and finals on Day 2 (Sunday).

Please note this is subject to change and will be confirmed closer to the event.

Competitor withdrawals must be made by a competitor's institutional administrator emailing Tanyel Mustafa (BUCS Event Coordinator).

Withdrawals before the entry deadline (2 April 2026 at 23:59) will not be charged.

Withdrawals after the entry deadline (2 April 2026 at 23:59) and before 23:59 on Friday 10 April 2026 will still be charged the entry fee.

Competitors who do not withdraw before 23:59 on Friday 10 April 2026 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 REG 7.9 for our withdrawal policy.

Substitutions

Please note that competing racers/riders for Duals Events must be entered on BUCS Play within the Duals event or as a reserve to be eligible to take part in the team duals competitions.

Reserves must have applied to the Duals Event as per the entry process and entry closing dates outlined above AND must have been approved by an IA (but not assigned into a team) to be considered a reserve.

Substitutions cannot be made for individual events.

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.