British Universities and Colleges Sport (BUCS) and UK PADEL, the nation’s largest padel tournaments operator, are thrilled to announce that, following a highly competitive tender process, UK Padel has been appointed as the official delivery partner for the inaugural BUCS Padel Championships 2025-26 (also staging the event in 2026-27).

Fast games. Fewer players. More opportunities. BUCS is launching the 3x3 Basketball Championships 2025-26, a one-weekend, central-venue spectacle now open for bids.

We are delighted to announce that Women’s Rugby League 9s has been officially adopted into the British Universities and Colleges Sport (BUCS) programme for the 2025-26 season, with anticipated delivery in spring 2026.

BUCS will add Padel to its competition programme for 2025-26 with a standalone BUCS Padel Championships. The tender process for third-party delivery partners is now live.

We are pleased to confirm that Women’s Rugby League 9s will now move to the implementation stage of the Sport Review process and is planned for introduction in the 2025–26 season.

Flag football will be introduced as a new BUCS discipline with five regional competitions in 2025-26 in Partnership with BAFA and NFL UK.

BUCS launches a new framework for developing and evolving student competitions.

We are pleased to confirm that rounders will now move to the final stage of the Sport Review process.

The BUCS office and the Sport Review Implementation Group (SRIG) are pleased to release the full report on the Sport Review process since its inception in 2016, alongside an update on Cycle Five and further recommendations.

Cycle Two of the Sport Review process opened in April and at last week’s BUCS Winter Seminar an announcement shared that five proposals have been invited to advance to the implementation stage of the process.