Taekwondo: Spring Championships 2023-24

DATES

March 9th & 10th 2024

VENUE

David Ross Sports Village

ADDRESS

David Ross Sports Village, Beeston Ln, Lenton Abbey, Nottingham NG9 2RZ

ENTRY OPENING DATE

6th February 2024

STAGE 1 ENTRY CLOSING DATE

Tuesday  20^th February 2024 at 23:59 – Student / Competitor Deadline

(Students / Competitors must apply by this deadline)

Thursday 22nd February 2024 at 23:59 – Institution Administrator Deadline

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

ENTRY COSTS

Stage 1 costs:

Sparring entry £41.50

Individual patterns entry £33.50

Pairs patterns entry £17.99 per competitor

Team patterns entry £11.99 per competitor

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.

Tuesday 20th February 2024 – Tuesday 27th  February 2024  

ENTRY COSTS

Stage 2 costs:

Sparring entry £50

Individual patterns entry £40

Pairs patterns entry £21.75 per competitor

Team patterns entry £14.50 per competitor

EVENTS AND BUCS POINTS AVAILABLE

Team Points (all divisions)

The 8 institutions with the highest total score accumulated by all their registered student-athletes in all disciplines, classes and divisions across all three (autumn, winter, spring) championships are awarded: 20, 14 10, 7, 5, 3, 2, 1 BUCS points for the 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, 6^th, 7^th and 8^th team placement respectively.

Individual Points (individual A-class divisions only)

A BUCS individual 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th placement is awarded to the top four student-athletes in each A-class sparring and individual patterns division based on their final score across the series, awarding 12, 8, 6 and 4 BUCS points per A-class division respectively.

Student-athletes accumulate ranking points towards their final BUCS placement at each of the three (Autumn, Winter, Spring) Championships. Each student-athlete’s two highest ranking points values for each discipline, from across the three events, is counted towards their final score for overall individual BUCS placement.

See BUCS Points Attribution, Medals & Trophies for further details.

Institutions can request an unlimited number of non-guaranteed entries in any division. An entry cap may be set in advance or during an entry window. Should the event reach capacity, BUCS may need to restrict the number of entries per institution and Stage 1 registrants will be given priority,  in the order entries were received, with  student-athletes entered in Stage 1 also given priority over guest athletes.

To apply for the competition all eligible participants must follow these steps:

1. Athletes, head-coaches, assistant coaches and trainee umpires must first register/ renew their membership pass on the BSTF website and record their BSTF ID code*.
   1. Competitors must obtain an Athlete Pass membership which matches their class level i.e., grade level for competition entry (A, B or C-class)
   2. Head-coaches must hold a Head-coach Pass type
   3. Assistant coaches (who are not current Athlete Pass holders) and trainee umpire quota entrants (who are not current Athlete Pass holders) must hold a General Pass type (and not an Affiliate Pass type)
2. Coaches, assistant coaches and trainee umpire quota entrants must enter themselves via the BSTF registration form
   1. The number of qualified trainee umpires who register themselves on behalf of your team must meet the quota detailed in the entry information
   2. If a participant is entering an event in more than one role, for example as a competitor and an assistant coach, they must register on both BUCS Play (for their competition discipline(s) entry) and the BSTF registration form (for their assistant coach role entry)
3. Competitors apply to the event on BUCS Play (instructions on how to do this can be found here) inputting their BSTF ID code where indicated during registration*
4. Institution administrator approves BUCS Play entries
5. BUCS approves/denies entry into competition and publishes confirmed entry list

*Your BSTF ID code can be found by logging in to manage your account (new accounts are typically reviewed and activated within 5 working days). Please apply for your annual membership as early as possible.

The number of qualified trainee umpires submitted must meet the quota detailed in the Entry Information.

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.

ENTRY REVIEW

Once your student-athletes have each individually registered to compete on BUCS Play, your Institution Administrator will be able to review your team’s entries on the Institution Administrator BUCS Play dashboard and must approve those entries by the Institution Administrator approval deadline (which ends exactly 2 days after the athlete entry deadline).

Once your student-athletes, coaches and trainee umpires have each successfully registered/ renewed their membership pass on the BSTF website, your club captains and institution administrators may review a list of your institution's current members, their pass types and BSTF ID codes via the Club Committee portal and Institution Administrator’s portal, respectively.

Once your head-coach, assistant coaches and trainee umpire quota members have each individually registered for the event via the BSTF registration form, your club captains and institution administrators may review a list of team's BSTF registration form (i.e., non-athlete registrations) via the Club Committee portal and Institution Administrator’s portal, respectively. It is the responsibility of the Club Committee members and/ or Institution Administrator to review head-coach &  assistant coach entries and notify BSTF via their online contact form if they do not wish to grant coaching responsibilities to those members.

Each individual participant must hold a British Student Taekwondo Federation (BSTF) membership pass of the correct type to compete in BUCS Taekwondo competitions. Individual membership passes are available online, including new memberships and renewals for student-athletes, trainee umpires and coaches. Student-athletes must obtain a membership pass which matches their level of competition entry (A, B or C-class).

Autumn Championships, New applications/ Renewal of BSTF Membership Pass Closing Date - Friday 03 November 2023 at 23:59 – All participants deadline (Athletes/ Coaches/ Trainee Umpires must complete membership registration by this deadline)

Winter Championships, New applications/ Renewal of BSTF Membership Pass Closing Date - Friday 19 January 2024 at 23:59 – All participants deadline (Athletes/ Coaches/ Trainee Umpires must complete membership registration by this deadline)

Spring Championships, New applications/ Renewal of BSTF Membership Pass Closing Date - Friday 16 February 2024 at 23:59 – All participants deadline (Athletes/ Coaches/ Trainee Umpires must must complete membership registration by this deadline)

See BUCS Championships Entry & Rules

During this event various filming, photography and broadcasting may take place. By your presence at this event, you grant your permission for your likeness and voice to be included in pictures and / or on film, and their advertising without compensation or credit.

Following the unprecedented circumstances which necessitated the cancellation of last year’s events, we are permitting alumni-competitor entries in this year’s BUCS Championships Series. Guest entry is limited to full time students from the Republic of Ireland and recent graduates (those graduating Nov 2020 – Aug 2021) only.

You will need to create an account on BUCS Play and join the Taekwondo community through the 'Guest' institution. The Event organiser will then be in contact with you directly to inform you as to whether you have been successful in entering the competition.

Please note, BUCS Points are not available for the guest entrants.

BSTF ID Code (required). Enter your BSTF ID code, including the hyphens and with no spaces. Use capital letters only e.g., ABCDEFGH-JKL-MNP. Login to your BSTF account to find your ID code (it will be listed on the BSTF website > Manage Your Account page).

World Taekwondo Senior World ranking at -2 months from the date of the competition (if applicable). Enter your WT Senior World rank, if you have one, for the same weight division listed entered and two months before the month of BSTF BUCS competition. For example, if you are competing 01 March 2024 then the ranking must submit your January 2024 ranking on the worldtkd.simplycompete.com site

Para-taekwondo category (if applicable). Please contact [email protected] in advance of entry for further information.

WITHDRAWALS

Notify BUCS of withdrawals if before the stage 1 entry deadline has expired via j[email protected]

Notify BSTF of withdrawals if after the stage 1 entry deadline had expired via [email protected]

Withdrawal made before the stage 1 entry deadline will not be charged.

Withdrawal made after the stage 1 entry deadline will still be charged the entry fee.

For both Kukkiwon Individual Patterns and Chang-Hon Individual Patterns there are additional divisions for the following para-ability levels:

• Visual Impairment – P10
• Intellectual Impairment – P20
• Neurological Impairments – P30
• Physical Impairments – P40
• Adaptive devices – P50
• Deaf – P60
• Short Stature – P70

Please contact [email protected] in advance of entry for further information.