British Universities Sports Association
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| Sport | University Sport in the United Kingdom |
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| Abbreviation | BUCS |
| 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 |
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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. BUCS is responsible for organising more than 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 over 170 universities and colleges in the UK, with over 4,800 teams participating in BUCS competitions. BUCS membership is open to all legal entities that are recognised higher education providers, including universities, HE colleges and FE colleges that offer HE qualifications. "Playing entities" – the institutions that actually compete – may be formed as a single entity from the whole student body of a member institution, as separate entities from main and satellite campuses, or from an umbrella body covering multiple HE institutions (e.g. the University of London).
BUCS organises a three-day national championships event for individual sports called the BUCS Nationals. This was introduced in 2013, and has been held every year in Sheffield. The other major multi-sport event run by BUCS is the single-day BUCS Big Wednesday, which sees the Championship finals of the team sports leagues take place on the same day, with the venue changing annually between different universities.
These sports form part of the domestic BUCS competition:
There are also a number of sports that BUCS works with to encourage student involvement that are not currently part of the main BUCS competition:
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 awards points in all its competitions towards the 'BUCS Overall Championship' – a ranking of member universities' sporting achievements. The overall winner receives the Kerslake Trophy, first awarded in 1959 to Birmingham; Loughborough has won this every year since 1978–79. Besides Loughborough, Birmingham have been champions 15 times, Manchester 4 times and Bristol once.
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