BUCS POINTS OVERVIEW AARON CAMPBELL SPORTS PROGRAMME MANAGER

INTRODUCTION • BUCS Points – More important to more universities • Funding, prestige and even bragging rights! • History • Current Points System • Future – Input from you

HISTORY. . . • Working Group set up September 2005 Aims & Principles of Working Group • To create a more consistent, transparent system of awarding points • The overall points table will remain primarily a measure of competition results. • There should remain only one overall points table. • The opportunity to win points will be available to a wider range of teams and individuals, resulting in a more competitive overall points table for institutions

POINTS SYSTEM Three distinct areas of competition that BUCS awards points to: • League finishing positions • Knockout finishing position • Individual & Team Championships

LEAGUE & KNOCKOUT POINTS • Awarded to all teams competing in the BUCS leagues, usually on Wednesday afternoons, dependent on their league finishing position. • Half points awarded for conceding one walkover in season. • No points awarded for conceding two or more walkovers in season. • Knockout points not awarded if team is knocked out in the first round. • No points if team concedes a walkover at any stage of knockouts.

INDIVIDUAL & TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS • Top four finishers in individual competitions receive BUCS points. • Only Championship (or equivalent top level competition) receive BUCS points, no points awarded to Trophy/Novice/Intermediate level. • Relays & overall team results extracted from individual scores/times gain more points, up to eight places. • Team Championships for those sports that do not have separate team leagues (e. g. Korfball, Frisbee, Canoe Polo) receive similar points to that of a Wednesday afternoon team competition.

THE FUTURE FOR BUCS POINTS • Proposal for the new Advisory Group to look at current points set up. • Should BUCS points include other aspects of university sport? • Facilities • Intramural Participation • Number of student coaches/officials • Feedback from all universities, Athletic Unions & Directors of Sport. • What do you feel should be done differently. . . if anything?