BUCS Taekwondo: Spring Championships

Stage One

Entries open on Tuesday 04 February.

Entries Close

• For Students and Competitors: Tuesday 25 February at 11.59pm
• Students/Competitors, Volunteer and Coach registration must apply by this deadline

Institutional Administrators have 48 hours after the student/ competitor, volunteer and coach deadline to approve entries)

Entry costs 

• Sparring entry (double elimination): £37.50
• Individual patterns entry: £25
• Pairs patterns entry: £15 per competitor
• Team (3) patterns entry: £10 per competitor

Stage Two 

Should the competition allow more entries, a stage two entry window will open.

Stage two window: Friday 28 February – Tuesday 03 March 23:59pm.

Priority will be given to the entries received before the stage one entry closing date. Entries received in the stage two window and accepted into the competition, will be charged an additional 20% fee.

Stage two entry costs:

• Sparring entry (double elimination) £45;
• Individual patterns entry £30;
• Pairs patterns entry £18; per competitor
• Team patterns entry £12; per competitor
  
   

Team Points (all divisions)

The eight 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:

• 1st place: 20 points
• 2nd place: 14 points
• 3rd place: 10 points
• 4th place: 7 points
• 5th place: 5 points
• 6th place: 3 points
• 7th place: 2 points
• 8th place: 1 point

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 may accrue ranking points in disciplines and divisions contested at one or more Series championship, and the sum of up to their best 2 sets of ranking points for separate division(s) across the Series determine their overall BUCS Individual Champion placement(s). Competitors are awarded 1 point for successful weigh-in & registration, plus ranking points based on their final placement in each division.

To see how many BUCS Points click here

Institutions can request an unlimited number of non-guaranteed entries in any division. However, should the event reach capacity, BUCS may need to restrict the number of entries per institution.

The BSTF have confirmed a cap to the WT rules sparring entries of 223 people. If you have any issues please email [email protected]

PLEASE NOTE: No entries will be accepted on the day of the event.

To apply for the competition:

1. Student-athletes, volunteers and coaches register for a membership pass on the BSTF website and record their BSTF ID code. Student-athletes must obtain a membership pass which matches their level of competition entry (A, B or C-class).
2. All Student-athletes apply on BUCS Play, inputting their BSTF ID code* as indicated during registration.
3. A team captain or institution administrator must submit their team's head-coach, assistant coaches and volunteers (registering sufficient volunteers to meet your team quota**) by selecting the event via the BSTF entry portal and completing the coach & volunteer registrations (this is required whether or not the same coaches and volunteer have already registered as competitors via the BUCS Play system).
4. Institution administrator approves/denies entries.
5. BUCS approves/denies entry into competition and publishes confirmed entry list.

*The number of L5 &/or L3 qualified volunteers submitted must meet the quota detailed in the BSTF rules and regulations and the entry information which may be updated from time to time.

Please note: Please ensure the weight category submitted is correct. Any change to the weight on the day of the event will be subject to a £30.00 fine.

Each individual participant must hold a British Student Taekwondo Federation (BSTF) membership pass to compete in BUCS Taekwondo competitions.

If participants are members of an institution’s SU/Sports registered club it is required to hold a club membership with the BSTF (with a nominal £1 annual club fee to join the charity). 

Individual membership passes are available online, including new memberships and renewals for student-athletes, volunteers and coaches. Student-athletes must obtain a membership pass which matches their level of competition entry (A, B or C-class).

Membership pass registration opens Tuesday 24 September 2019.

Your BSTF ID code is required for entry on BUCS Play.

This can be found on the Manage My Account page after registration.

• Competitor withdrawals must be made by a competitors athletic/ students union by emailing [email protected]
   
• Withdrawals before the entry deadline, 27 Febrary 2020 at 11:59pm [Stage 1] will not be charged.
   
• Withdrawals after the entry deadline, 27 February 2020 at 11:59pm [Stage 1] will still be charged the entry fee.

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

Each individual participant (student-athletes, coaches and volunteers) must first hold a BSTF account, have selected the correct pass type and received their BSTF ID code.

A team captain or institution administrator must submit their team’s head-coach, assistant coaches and volunteers (registering sufficient volunteers to meet your team quota) by selecting the event via the BSTF entry portal and completing the coach & volunteer registrations (this is required whether or not the same coaches and volunteer have already registered as competitors via the BUCS Play system).

Each institution’s quota number is a function of your total team WT rules sparring entries and ITF rules sparring entries that day, each discipline’s quota calculated separately, with one assistant judge (L4) or corner judge (L3) qualified volunteer per five student-athletes sparring that day required (your volunteer quota may therefore be different for each day of a multi-day championships). For example, a team entering 14 student-athletes in ITF rules sparring and 19 student-athletes in WT rules sparring on the first day of a tournament would need to submit a minimum of two ITF-L4 trained volunteers and three WT-L4 trained volunteers that day.

For further information about university umpires, online training and one day training courses, and for larger clubs information regarding L2 centre referee trainee quotas, please visit the university umpires page.

All BSTF account holders are able to access L4 tests for free online – login to Manage My Account and go to the Exams tab to begin.

Volunteer assistant judges provided by clubs towards their quota for BSTF tournaments must have completed and passed the online (L4) exam before they may register themselves as a volunteer. Volunteers may be student-athletes competing in patterns events only on the same day of the event. L4 volunteers may be student-athletes who are sparring on a different day of a multi-day event. L4 volunteers may be current students, alumni members, or members of your wider taekwondo group(s).

L4 volunteers may not be student-athletes entered into any sparring event on the same day. L4 volunteers may not coach sparring athletes on the same day of the event they are submitted as volunteers.

All volunteers must be available for the full duration that day’s events, including attendance of the briefing session(s) listed in the itinerary. Teams will be penalised £75 for each infraction if a nominated volunteer corner judge or trainee referee from your team’s quota is absent, late, indolent, or behaves in an unprofessional or unsportsmanlike manner. Attire is sport shoes and black trousers, and a fetching yellow t-shirt will be loaned to volunteers for the day and must be worn.

We highly recommend all clubs encourage as many current student, alumni and other potential volunteers complete the online test as far in advance of tournaments as possible to give clubs maximum flexibility in this regard.