BUCS and SSS

All Things BUCS and SSS!

 

British Universities & Colleges Sport 

BUCS is the governing body for higher education sport in the UK.For over 100 years British Universities & Colleges Sport (BUCS) has been at the forefront of university sport in the United Kingdom. BUCS works with its member institutions to get more students active more often, through traditional competitive sport and providing physical activity opportunities. BUCS is a world class higher education sport and physical activity experience, creating the most engaged university communities in the world. We would refer you to BUCS website 

 

Scottish Student Sport 

SSS was formed in June 2005 as Scottish Universities Sportis the professional body for delivery and furthering of sports at university and college level. They engage with key partners, linking effectively with SGBs and other national bodies, and strive to reflect and represent the role which Scotland’s Universities & Colleges can play in the nation’s future health, physical activity and sporting success. Their aim is to add value to your work and help you realise your ambitions for Physical Activity and Sport. We would refer you to SSS Website.  

For a complete list of all BUCS Sports please follow this link, for SSS Sports please follow this link.  Check out what they have on offer.

 

BUCS & SSS Resources

  • BUCS Strategy please see here. 
  • SSS Strategy please see here 
  • BUCS Rules and Regulations, and Appendices can be found here. 
  • SSS Regulations can be found under the appropriate sport here 
  • BUCSPlay Help Guides can be found here 
  • BUCSPlay Event Guide can be found here 

 

BUCS & SSS Events

A full list of events can be found on the BUCS Events and Events - Scottish Student Sport. You will be able to find the entry information, entry deadlines and entry opening dates by viewing the specific event page.

 

BUCS and SSS Event Entry Process 

  1. BUCS Event Entry
  • ​BUCS Individual Event Once an event's entries open, participants will be able to apply to enter for their institution prior to the “Student Deadline”.  If a participant misses the student deadline they will not be able to enter. Please see How to enter an individual event – BUCS    
  • BUCS Team Events Entry Only Institution Administrators (IAs) i.e., Student's Union Sports Office can enter teams into events. Students will then be added into the events teams once they have applied. Once event entries open and prior to the “Team Entry Deadline”  please email fixtures@abdn.ac.uk requesting no. of team(s) to be entered.  Should the Captain/President wish to attend at the Students' Union Sports Office to process team event entries please Click here to book a meeting at least 5 working days before the Team Entry Deadline. Once the teams have been entered, participants can join the event similar to joining an individual event. Please see How participants apply to join event teams – BUCS 
  • Please see How do deadlines for participants and Institution Administrators differ? – BUCS
  1. Institution Administrator (i.e., Students Union Sports office) Approval Once you have successfully applied, you will enter the "event entry approval process" and the Sports Office will need to approve or reject your entry via their Event Dashboard. To enable us to do this approval, please fixtures@abdn.ac.uk of your event entry PRIOR to the "Deadline for institution administrators".  Please see Understanding the event entry approval process
  2. BUCS Approval Following the entry deadline, if your entry was approved by Students' Union Sports Office the BUCS Event Lead will finalise the entry list based on the event-specific qualifying criteria and the event's capacity. Once the entry list has been finalised, an Accepted/Provisional Entry List will be published on the BUCS website via the specific event page. If you have been successfully added to the final entry list, you will receive a pre-event email from BUCS with everything you will need to know about competing at the event.  

Guaranteed/Non-Guaranteed Places This is when there are restrictions on athletes participating in the event.  The “Gtd' entry will be granted entry in the first instance, and the 'Non gtd' entrants will then be ranked in best performance order within the qualification period and will fill the remaining spaces (if any) at that event. The “Gtd' entrant should be the athlete who you feel would provide the best performance over the qualification period. 

Stage 2 Entries Stage 2 entries (also known as late entries) will not be available for every event. If an event is utilising a stage 2 entry window, this will be listed on the specific event page on the BUCS website

 

Event Withdrawal, Scores, Results and Costs.

Event withdrawal  should you wish to withdraw from an event, please email fixtures@abdn.ac.uk who will advise the appropriate BUCS Event Lead.

Scores If you win your event, please let the Students' Union Sports Office know on fixtures@abdn.ac.uk know and we can look to promote this to the wider student community.

Results After the event has taken place, you will find the results/standings within the specific event page section on BUCS Play.  Historic results for events and league and knockout competitions can still be found through the BUCS website.

Costs All costs associated with event entry are covered by the Student Activity and it is at their discretion whether they would wish to cover this cost from the Student Activity bank account or ask each participation to contribute their own costs.  Students' Union Sports Office does not contribute towards any costs for entering events. Student Activities may be able to apply for a Grant to help with funding same. Please see Finances and Funding (ausa.org.uk)

 

 

 

If you have any queries relating to the above, please do not hesitate to contact :

Students' Union Sports Office | ASV | Linksfield Rd | Aberdeen, AB24 5RU | Tel: 01224 438975 | Email: fixtures@abdn.ac.uk