Table Tennis: Individual Singles & Doubles Championships 2023-24

ENTRY OPENING DATE

Tuesday 19 September 2023

ENTRY CLOSING DATE

Tuesday 24 October 2023 at 23:59 – Student / Competitor Deadline

(Students / Competitors must apply by this deadline)

Thursday 26 October 2023 at 23:59 – Institution Administrator Deadline

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

ENTRY COSTS

Singles Event – £36.75

Doubles Event - £49.75 (Per Pair)

SINGLE ENTRY

This competition will NOT operate a staged entry process. As such, please ensure all entries are submitted through BUCS Play prior to the closing date listed above.

The following BUCS points and medals are available in men’s singles (MS), women’s singles (WS), men’s doubles (MD), women’s doubles (WD) and mixed doubles (XD).

• 1st: 12 points and gold medal
• 2nd: 8 points and silver medal
• 3rd: 5 points (for both losing semi-finalists) and bronze medal.  

Further information about BUCS points for this event can be found in Appendix 1. There are no overall team points available due to the league and knockouts programme for Table Tennis.

Each institution will be allowed ten guaranteed entries into MS and WS, and two guaranteed entries into MD, WD and XD.

Each institution may submit an unlimited amount of non-guaranteed entries per competition. Non-guaranteed entries may be accepted for each competition following the entry closing date if the competition allows. Should the event reach capacity BUCS may need to restrict the number of entries per institution. Non-guaranteed entries will only be charged an entry fee if they are accepted into the competition.

When submitting singles entries on BUCS Play, non-guaranteed entries MUST be ranked in order of preference of entry before being submitted. Should BUCS need to restrict per this will be done equally across institutions.

All doubles entries MUST also be ranked in order and the same as their partner i.e., if a university has 2 women's doubles pairs, these must be ranked 1, 1 & 2, 2, in their correct pairings. Failure to rank players correctly causes issues with pre-event admin in terms of seeding & scheduling. If doubles players aren't ranked by IA's they will not be included in the competition.

Consultation and seeding of entries accepted into the competition will be taken in tandem with the BUCS Table Tennis Sport Advisory Group (SAG).

Men Singles and Women Singles competitions are run using a group stage followed by a knockout stage. All players will either progress to the championship or plate knock out stage after the initial groups stage.

Men's Doubles, Women's Doubles and Mixed Doubles competitions are run using a group stage followed by a knockout stage. Groups will consist of 3 teams, with 1 team from each group progressing to the knockout stage.

The Doubles competition is scheduled to take place on Friday 17^th November, and the singles competitions on Saturday 18^th and Sunday 19^th November.

Special Awards

There will be two player of the tournament awards voted for by the umpires this year.

To aid with planning and logistics, the following schedule has been produced to give an idea of playing times. Registration will be open on Friday and Saturday, so should you only be playing in one competition, you are able to tailor your transport and accomodation plans to suit:

Draft Schedule

Friday: 12:00pm start time. Mixed doubles followed by Men's and Women’s doubles, all to completion notwithstanding any delays.

Saturday: 8:45am start time. Men's and Women's Group Stage matches. Finishing approx 8pm, providing there are no delays.

Sunday: 8:45am start time. Coninuation of Men's and Women's singles, to completion by approx 6pm, providing there are no delays.

Please note: Times are approximate, and are subject to change.

For 2023-24, the BUCS Table Tennis Championships will utilise names, rather than start numbers, to identify players during the weekend. As such, players may wish to have names printed onto their kit. An example of how this should look can be seen here. Please note the country does not need to be present as on this example, but can be if you wish.

If your kit does not have a name on the back, there will be the facility on the day to write your name and pin this to the back of your kit.

If you have any queries, please email Chris Lamb.

Withdrawals must be made in writing by the athletic union or students’ union and            e-mailed to Chris Lamb, the BUCS Event Lead.

Withdrawals after the IA Approval closing date (Thursday 26 October 2023) will still be charged the entry fee.

Individuals who withdraw after 5pm on Tuesday 14 November 2023 or who fail to register on the morning of the event will still be charged their entry fee and incur an additional £50 fine.