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IntroductionW E L C O M E T O O U R 2 1 / 22 U N I V E R S I T Y C O M P E T I T I O N S G U I D E . F O R T H E F I R S T T I M E

E V E R B R I T I S H D O D G E B A L L I S N O W W O R K I N G A L O N G S I D E B U C S A S D O D G E B A L L

B E C O M E S A N O F F I C I A L B U C S S P O R T . F O R Y O U A S D O D G E B A L L C L U B S T H I S

M E A N S T H A T T H E R E I S B O T H A B R I T I S H D O D G E B A L L C O M P E T I T I O N O F F E R A N D A

B U C S C O M P E T I T I O N O F F E R . R E A D O N T O F I N D O U T M O R E . . .

CLUB MEMBERSHIP

All University dodgeball clubs competing in any British

Dodgeball or BUCS Dodgeball events or leagues must be

members of British Dodgeball. There is however no

charge to this membership and it can easily be accessed

via the Education Membership Page on our website. We

recommend that this is completed by the University

Sports Officer as well as the club representative.

If however your club requires our Public Liability

Insurance to train you will need to sign up to our Premium

Club Membership via our Club Membership Page - (check

with your university as most institutions will provide

insurance for your club).

C l u b , I n d i v i d u a l M e m b e r s h i p A n d P l a y e r r e g i s t r a t i o nINDIVIDUAL ADULT MEMBERSHIP

All players participating in British Dodgeball Adult

Community & University Leagues and Events from the

15th September 2021 onward must sign up for British

Dodgeball Adult Membership.

PLAYER REGISTRATION

For those players who are playing in their first ever

dodgeball event or for those only competing in BUCS

Dodgeball events you do not have to sign up to British

Dodgeball Adult Membership. You must however register

as a player for free via our Player Registration Page.

All data is stored and used in line with our Privacy Policy,

available to view at the foot of our website.

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B U C S D O D G E B A L L L E A G U E SThe entry window for the 2021/22 BUCS Dodgeball

Leagues closed on the 11th June 2021. In total there are

60 teams from 28 institutions competing in the new

BUCS Dodgeball Leagues below:

Men's National = 8 teams

Women's North = 3 teams

Men's North = 9 teams

Women's Midlands = 8 teams

Men's Midlands = 9 teams

Women's South = 9 teams

Men's South = 9 teams

Men's Western = 5 teams

All BUCS fixtures and results will be available on BUCS

Play Website.

BUCS Finals Day will take place on the 12th March 2022

after the BUCS Dodgeball League Season has been

completed. All BUCS Finals Day events will take place at a

centralised venue and include:

Women's Dodgeball Finals

The top 2 teams from each of the North, Midlands and

South Women's Leagues will compete to determine who is

the overall BUCS Finals Day Champions for 2021/22.

Men's Dodgeball Finals

The top 6 teams from the Men's National League will

compete to determine who is the overall BUCS Finals Day

Champions for 2021/22.

Men's Dodgeball Trophy

The Winners of each of the Men's Tier 1 Leagues will

compete alongside the Bottom 2 teams from the National

League to determine which 2 teams are promoted to the

Men's National League for the 2022/23 season.

B U C S F I N A L S D A Y

National

Northern

Midlands

Western

South Eastern

As well as our established

University leagues in the North,

Midlands and South of England

we are delighted to be able to

welcome teams to a

newly formed Western

league.

2021/22 BUCS

Leagues:

We hope to be able to grow the

game further in these regions

with Tier 2 leagues being

formed in the 2022/23 season.

We also look forward to

welcoming more Welsh teams

to the BUCS Leagues as well as

hopefully forming a BUCS

Scottish Dodgeball League in

the years to come.

U n i v e r s i t y L e a g u e r e g i o n s

M e n ' s

Northern

Midlands

South

For the first time ever we have

been able to form a Women's

Northern League as well as our

established Women's Midlands

and Women's South Leagues.

2021/22 BUCS Leagues:

We hope to be able to grow the

Women's University game and

be able to establish a Women's

National League, Women's

Western League and even

develop University dodgeball in

Scotland.

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W O M e n ' s

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North

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W a n t m o r e g a m e t i m e ?University club teams are more than welcome to sign up to our

community regional leagues. These run twice per year, through

Autumn/Winter and Spring/Summer. You can sign up by visiting our

Regional leagues page (opening for the new season soon).

In addition to BUCS Dodgeball Leagues

British Dodgeball will be hosting a range of

Open Competitions across the UK. These

events will be available to enter via the

University Opens page on British

Dodgeball Website.

There will be 4 types of events available to

sign your team or teams up to:

These are our standard Open competitions

where teams of Women or Men can sign

up to play in a one day event. All abilities

and experience levels are welcome.

We will run  mixed open events which

encourage players to play for a mixed

gender team. These are really popular as

they encourage the social mixing of teams

and allow clubs with too little women to

field a women's team to get involved.

This is the ideal event for first year's from

every club to come together and learn the

ropes of the game against competition of a

similar level.

Our University Championships event is the

highlight of our university calendar. Only

open to our member university clubs, do

battle to find the top team in the UK. This

season we are planning a 6 court

tournament welcoming as many teams as

possible from Universities across the UK.

O P E N S

M I X E D O P E N S

F R E S H E R S O P E N

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O p e n C O m p e t i t i o n s U N I V E R S I T Y C A L E N D A R

U N I V E R S I T Y C H A M P I O N S H I P S

FRESHERS

Leicester

UNI OPEN NORTH EAST

Richmond

UNI OPEN SOUTH WEST 

Salisbury

BUCS LEAGUE

Regional (see BUCS Play)

UNI OPEN NORTH WEST

Manchester

UNI OPEN SOUTH EAST

North London

BUCS LEAGUE

Regional (see BUCS Play)

UNI MIXED OPEN NORTH

Yorkshire

UNI MIXED OPEN SOUTH

South East

BUCS LEAGUE

Regional (see BUCS Play)

UNI OPEN EAST MIDLANDS

Nottingham

UNI OPEN SOUTH WALES

Cardiff

UNI OPEN WEST MIDLANDS

Cannock

10 OCT

2021

9 OCT

2021

10 OCT

2021

16/17 OCT

2021

31 OCT

2021

31 OCT

2021

6/7 NOV

2021

20 NOV

2021

20 NOV

2021

27/28 NOV

2021

5 DEC

2021

5 DEC

2021

30 JAN

2022

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U N I V E R S I T Y C A L E N D A R

BUCS LEAGUE

Regional (see BUCS Play)

BUCS LEAGUE

Regional (see BUCS Play)

UNI OPEN SCOTLAND

Falkirk

UNI OPEN SOUTH COAST

Sussex

BUCS FINALS DAY

Coventry

UNI OPEN MIDLANDS

Coventry

UNIVERSITY CHAMPIONSHIPS

Stoke

19/20 FEB

2022

5/6 FEB

2022

27 FEB

2022

27 FEB

2022

12 MAR

2022

13 MAR

2022

19 MAR

2022

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F U R T H E R O P P O R T U N I T I E S

Our vision is to:

'Inspire communities and generations to

enjoy the benefits of playing dodgeball.'

This includes giving people who pick up the sport in university

the opportunity to enjoy playing it for the rest of their lives

after graduation. Community clubs with clear university

feeder clubs are in a very advantageous position as they get

new members joining them every single year. University

players benefit as they have a clear place to play after

graduation. Details on all our member clubs can be found via

the British Dodgeball website.

Whether you are setting up a completely new club, growing

your club or getting to grips with a new committee after your

old committee members have moved on, our university clubs

are in very different positions. We have a New Year University

Club Guide and club resources you can use to help you set up

and develop your club.

Our sport brings opportunities to develop as a coach or referee, the opportunity to volunteer as a media officer, to run social

events with your club and to connect and create relationships with local community clubs to promote a smooth transition for

your members into community sport and lifelong activity.

You can find out more about all offers relating to

University Dodgeball via our University Dodgeball Page

on the website.

We highly recommend that all clubs have at least one

Level 2 trained dodgeball coach per team. This helps to

ensure that safe, high quality sessions are organised.

From September 1st 2021 all Level 2 coaches must first

have completed the Level 1 Award, to find out more visit

our Coach Education Section.

As a university club member, you can sign up to one of our

coaching courses online or you can host one. If you can

host a course at your university, we can provide 3 of your

members with free training. Contact

aden@britishdodgeball.com to arrange this.

We are always on the lookout for more paid referees!

Whether it is refereeing at one of our university or

community leagues and opens, you can develop your

officiating with the aid of referee mentors. Contact

alex@britishddogeball.com to find out more.

D o d g e b a l l i s n o t j u s t a b o u t c o m p e t i t i o n !

A D D I T I O N A L I N F O R M A T I O N

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See you on the court

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