British Universities and Colleges Sport

British Universities & Colleges Sport BUCS
Sport	University Sport in the United Kingdom
Founded	2008
Location	20–24 King's Bench Street London SE1 0QX United Kingdom
President	John Inverdale
Chairman	Professor Sir Ian Diamond
Chief Exec	Karen Rothery
Replaced	British Universities Sports Association (BUSA) University College Sport (UCS)
Official website
www.bucs.org.uk

British Universities & Colleges Sport (BUCS) is the governing body for university sport in the United Kingdom. BUCS was formed in June 2008 following a merger of the British Universities Sports Association (BUSA) and University College Sport (UCS) organisations.^[1] BUCS is responsible for organising 50 inter-university sports within the UK and representative teams for the World University Championships and the World University Games.

BUCS is a membership organisation for 162 universities and colleges in the UK. It coordinates competitions and leagues for the 2.3 million students attending university. In the 2012/13 season over 5000 teams will compete in 16 league sports. University sports clubs can affiliate to BUCS through their athletic union or students' union when no separate AU exists. BUCS has the biggest domestic sporting programme in Europe.

BUCS organises a national championships event called the BUCS Nationals. This was new in 2013, after replacing the previously named BUCS Championships. The event is hosted by Sheffield, as it has been since March 2010. Another major event run by BUCS is the newly formed BUCS Big Wednesday, which sees the Championship finals of 14 sports all take place at Leeds Met Campus over one day.

BUSA, one of BUCS's predecessor organisations, was founded in 1994, one of its co-founders was Alun Evans.

BUCS sports

Archery Athletics American football Badminton Basketball Boxing Canoe (and kayak) Clay pigeon shooting Climbing Cricket Cycling Diving Equestrian Fencing Field hockey Football[2] Futsal Gaelic football

Golf Gymnastics Judo Jujitsu Karate Korfball Lacrosse Modern biathlon Modern pentathlon Netball Orienteering Pool Rifle Rowing Rugby Fives Rugby league Rugby union

Sailing Snooker Snowsports Squash Surfing Swimming Table tennis Taekwondo Tennis Ten-pin bowling Trampolining Triathlon Ultimate Volleyball Wakeboarding Water polo Windsurfing

Sponsors

BUCS currently has various sponsors across the organisation; Kukri Sports is the Official Teamwear Supplier to BUCS. Deloitte which has been associated with BUCS since 2012 . BUCS also has other sponsorship deals with Red Bull, Endsleigh, and Molten Sport.

BUCS Overall Championship

BUCS awards points in all its competitions towards the 'BUCS Overall Championship' - a ranking of member universities' sporting achievements. Loughborough has won every championship since 2002-03, with Birmingham, Durham, Bath and Leeds Met Carnegie all achieving multiple top 3 finishes.

2013-14 (BUCS)[3] Loughborough Durham Birmingham Bath Edinburgh Exeter Nottingham Northumbria Leeds Met Carnegie Manchester	2012-13 (BUCS)[4] Loughborough Durham Birmingham Bath Exeter Edinburgh Nottingham Leeds Met Carnegie Manchester Newcastle	2011-12 (BUCS)[5] Loughborough Durham Birmingham Bath Leeds Met Carnegie Edinburgh Exeter Manchester Nottingham Newcastle	2010-11 (BUCS)[6] Loughborough Birmingham Leeds Met Carnegie Durham Bath Edinburgh Nottingham Exeter Manchester Oxford	2009-10 (BUCS)[7] Loughborough Leeds Met Carnegie Birmingham Bath Edinburgh Durham Nottingham Oxford Manchester Exeter	2008-9 (BUCS)[8] Loughborough Bath Leeds Met Carnegie Birmingham Edinburgh Durham Nottingham Oxford Cambridge Newcastle
2007-8 (BUSA)[9] Loughborough Bath Birmingham Durham Edinburgh Nottingham Leeds Met Carnegie Manchester Oxford Newcastle	2006-7 (BUSA)[10] Loughborough Bath Birmingham Edinburgh Nottingham Durham UWIC Oxford Newcastle Exeter	2005-6 (BUSA)[11] Loughborough Bath Birmingham Oxford Edinburgh UWIC Nottingham Durham Cambridge Manchester	2004-5 (BUSA)[12] Loughborough Bath Birmingham UWIC Durham Cambridge Nottingham Oxford Edinburgh Northumbria	2003-4 (BUSA)[13] Loughborough Bath Birmingham Nottingham Cambridge Exeter UWIC Edinburgh Oxford Durham	2002-3 (BUSA)[14] Loughborough Bath Birmingham UWIC Durham Nottingham Cambridge Edinburgh Oxford Exeter

History of student sport administration in the UK

Diagram of administration history of student sport in the UK

BUCS is the latest manifestation of an association for the promotion of inter-university sport. Competition between various universities had existed for many decades before the twentieth century, notably the rivalries between Oxford and Cambridge, and those between the country's medical schools. However no association existed to oversee or promote more widespread inter-university competition. In February 1918, the Presidents of University Unions conference in Manchester called for the need to establish such an association and the following year the Inter-Varsity Board of England and Wales helds its first inter-varsity meeting, with representatives of nine universities present. In 1922, association football, field hockey, rugby union and swimming were added to the events programme and the following year the Women’s Inter-Varsity Board came into being. In 1930 the Universities Athletic Union (UAU) was established and managed inter-university competition. To manage Britain’s student representation at an international level, the Inter-Varsity Athletic Board was formed in 1953.^[15] This was replaced in 1962 by the British Universities Sports Federation (BUSF) with the Scottish Universities Sports Federation, the University of Wales Athletic Union and the Northern Ireland Universities Sports Committee being corporate members. However, colleges and polytechnics were excluded from membership and had their own equivalent bodies, the British Colleges Sports Association and the British Polytechnic Sports Association. Until 1979 men’s and women’s sport were still represented in England and Wales by separate bodies. The Women’s Inter-Varsity Board was then merged into the Universities Athletic Union. In 1992, the divide between universities and polytechnics was removed and a new single organisation was called for to represent them jointly. This led to the UAU and BUSF merging to create British Universities Sports Association (BUSA).^[15]

Meanwhile, there had been a development of the representation for staff responsible for sport at university. Thus, in 1960 the Universities Physical Education Association (UPEA) had been formed which in 1972 became the British Universities Physical Education Association. This in turn merged with the Association of Polytechnic Physical Education Lecturers to become British Universities and Colleges Physical Education Association and in 2000 this was renamed as University and College Sport (UCS).^[15]

In June 2008 British Universities & Colleges Sport (BUCS) was incorporated as a merger of UCS and BUSA to create one national association for university sport.^[15]

• British Universities Sports Association (BUSA) (1994–2008)
  • British Colleges Sports Association (BCSA) (?-1994)
  • British Polytechnic Sports Association (BPSA) (?-1994)
  • British Universities Sports Federation (BUSF) (1962–1994)
    • Inter-Varsity Athletic Board (1953–1962)
  • The Universities Athletic Union (UAU) (1930–1994)
    • Women's Inter Varsity Athletic Board (WIVAB) (1923–1979)
    • Inter Varsity Athletics Board of England and Wales (1919–1930)
• University College Sport (UCS) (2000–2008)
  • British Universities and Colleges Physical Education Association (BUCPEA) (1993–2000)
    • British Universities Physical Education Association (BUPEA) (1972–1993)
      • Universities Physical Education Association (UPEA) (1960–1972)
    • Association of Polytechnic Physical Education Lecturers (APPEL) (?-1993)

See also

• International University Sports Federation
• Scottish Universities Sport
• Colleges & Universities Sports Association of Ireland
• National Collegiate Athletic Association
• Canadian Interuniversity Sport

References

1. Renaming
2. BUCS Football
3. "BUCS Overall Championship Points for 2013 - 2014". BUCS. Retrieved 2014-07-16.
4. "BUCS Overall Championship Points for 2012 - 2013". BUCS. Retrieved 2013-11-18.
5. "BUCS Overall Championship Points for 2011 - 2012". BUCS. Retrieved 2012-04-09.
6. "BUCS Overall Championship Points for 2010 - 2011". BUCS. Retrieved 2012-04-09.
7. "BUCS Overall Championship Points for 2009 - 2010". BUCS. Retrieved 2010-07-30.
8. "BUCS Overall Championship Points for 2008 - 2009". BUCS. Retrieved 2009-09-18.
9. "BUSA Overall Championship Points for 2007 - 2008". BUCS. Retrieved 2008-02-18.
10. "BUSA Overall Championship Points for 2006 - 2007". BUCS. Retrieved 2008-02-18.
11. "BUSA Overall Championship Points for 2005 - 2006". BUCS. Retrieved 2008-02-18.
12. "BUSA Overall Championship Points for 2004 - 2005". BUCS. Retrieved 2009-04-01.
13. "BUSA Overall Championship Points for 2003 - 2004". BUCS. Retrieved 2009-04-01.
14. "BUSA Overall Championship Points for 2002 - 2003". BUCS. Retrieved 2009-04-01.
15. BUCS Official site - Where has BUCS come from?

External links

• bucs.org.uk - official site.