Welcome to the provisional BUCS leagues document for 2019-20 (V8 released 16/12/19) This first worksheet is a guide to the shadings used throughout the document to denote promoted/relegated/reshuffled/new/withdrawn teams. Please note that in most cases, leagues of 6 teams or less will meet each opposition twice (home and away), whilst leagues of 7 - 10 teams will meet each opposition once (home or away). Exceptions to this include the Premier Tier of Men’s Rugby Union, and in all sports (except Cricket) where a Tier 1 league has 7 teams, in which case in all of these leagues teams will be scheduled to meet each opposition twice (home and away).” You may notice that a few key sports are missing (American Football, Equestrian & Indoor Cricket). This is because the format of these leagues are currently being reviewed or still being finalised. Therefore we will be releasing these provisional leagues at a later date. Thank you for your patience with this. Please direct all feedback and queries to your regional competition representative in the first instance. They will be collating and organising the feedback before sending it back to BUCS. Please discuss possible contradictions/actions with all parties involved before submitting the feedback back to your regional rep. All feedback will be discussed in the BUCS Office and although we will try to accommodate where possible/appropriate, please note that changes are not guaranteed. Please note that changes relating to late results or incorrect score adjustments from the 2018-19 season will NOT be accommodated, as all BUCS leagues have now been locked as final. Example cell Description BUCS 1 Team that has been promoted automatically BUCS 2 Team promoted by winning promotion playoff BUCS 3 Team promoted due to REG 5.3.4 BUCS 4 Team that lost Premier playoff and therefore either relegated from Premier Tier or remain in Tier 1 BUCS 5 Team that has been relegated automatically BUCS 6 Team relegated due to circumstances in tiers above BUCS 7 Team finished in an automatic relegation position, but due to numbers of teams relegated/promoted in above leagues, they will no longer be relegated BUCS 8* Team finished in an automatic promotion position, but due REG 5.3.1 team are ineligible for promotion BUCS 9* Team that has switched ranks within same institution (e.g. if BUCS 10 promoted to tier 5 and BUCS 9 relegated from tier 5 to tier 6, the teams automatically switch ranks) BUCS 10 Team shuffled across from another league in same tier (e.g. to even numbers, but keep geographically as close as possible) BUCS 11 New team entry for 2019-20, always placed into league within lowest tier. Except REG 5.3.4 BUCS 12 Team awaiting confirmation of entry from institution BUCS 13 Team withdrawn from competition Example cell Description Chester: Chester Institutions with stand alone playing entities King's (GKT) Ring Fenced Teams MIXED AMERICAN FOOTBALL 2019-20 PREMIER NORTH PREMIER SOUTH P r 1 Durham 1 Birmingham r 2 Stirling 2 Hertfordshire e T 3 Leeds Beckett 3 Swansea m i i e 4 Nottingham 4 UWE e r 5 Coventry 5 East Anglia TIER 1 1A NORTH 1A YORKSHIRE 1A MIDLANDS 1A SOUTH WEST 1A SOUTH 1A SOUTH EAST T I 1 Edinburgh Napier 1 Sheffield 1 Derby 1 Bath 1 Portsmouth 1 Brunel E 2 Northumbria 2 UCLan 2 Loughborough 2 Cardiff 2 Reading 2 Kent R 3 Hull 3 Sheffield Hallam 3 Nottingham Trent 3 Exeter 3 Surrey 3 Imperial 4 Newcastle 4 Liverpool John Moores 4 Warwick 4 Southampton 4 Brighton 4 Queen Mary 1 5 Edinburgh 5 Leeds 5 De Montfort 5 Worcester 5 Royal Holloway 5 Essex TIER 2 2A BORDERS 2A NORTH 2A MIDLANDS 2A SOUTH WEST 2A SOUTH 2A SOUTH EAST 1 Glasgow 1 Manchester 1 Leicester 1 Plymouth 1 Kingston 1 Canterbury CC T 2 Sunderland 2 Bangor 2 Staffordshire 2 Solent 2 Sussex 2 Cambridge I 3 Teesside 3 Liverpool 3 Huddersfield 3 Gloucestershire 3 Chichester 3 East London E 4 York 4 Edge Hill 4 Chester 4 Bristol 4 UCL 4 Anglia Ruskin R 5 Heriot-Watt 5 Bradford 5 Lincoln 5 Bournemoth 5 Oxford 5 City 2 6 UWS 6 Lancaster 6 Keele 6 Bath Spa 6 Oxford Brookes 6 Greenwich 7 York St John 7 Aberystwyth 7 Nottingham 2 7 UWE 2 7 Winchester 7 King's College 8 Manchester Met MEN'S BADMINTON 2019-20 P NORTH SOUTH r 1 Loughborough 1 Bath T e 2 Nottingham 2 Cardiff Met i m 3 Birmingham 3 Imperial e i Durham Oxford r 4 4 e 5 Derby 5 Bristol r 6 Sheffield Hallam 6 King's College Tier 1 1A 1A 1A 1A 1A SCOTTISH NORTHERN MIDLANDS WESTERN SOUTH EASTERN T 1 Strathclyde 1 Manchester 1 Nottingham Trent 1 Bath 2 1 Imperial 2 i 2 Edinburgh 2 Leeds 2 Worcester 2 Bath 3 2 Reading e 3 Glasgow 3 Sheffield 3 Loughborough 2 3 Cardiff 3 Hertfordshire r 4 Stirling 4 Lancaster 4 Nottingham 2 4 Southampton 4 UCL 1 5 UWS 5 Liverpool 5 Loughborough 3 5 Exeter 5 Brunel 6 St Andrews 6 Newcastle 6 Cambridge 6 Swansea 6 LSE Tier 2 2A 2A 2B 2A 2B 2A 2B 2A 2B T 1 Aberdeen 1 Bangor 1 Northumbria 1 East Anglia 1 Warwick 1 UWE 1 Gloucestershire 1 Surrey 1 Queen Mary i 2 Edinburgh 2 2 Manchester Met 2 York 2 Birmingham 2 2 Nottingham 3 2 Southampton 2 2 Cardiff 2 2 Portsmouth 2 Kent e 3 Glasgow 2 3 Keele 3 Hull 3 Warwick 2 3 Oxford 2 3 Exeter 2 3 Swansea 2 3 Chichester 3 UCL 2 r 4 Strathclyde 2 4 Liverpool John Moores 4 Leeds Beckett 4 Lincoln 4 Coventry 4 Solent 4 Aberystwyth 4 Surrey 2 4 UCL 3 (RUMS) 5 Heriot-Watt 5 UCLan 5 Durham 2 5 Loughborough 4 5 Aston 5 Bournemouth 5 Bristol 2* 5 Brighton 5 Imperial 3 (Medics) 2 6 Dundee 6 Manchester 2 6 Newcastle 2 6 Nottingham 4 6 Birmingham 3 6 Plymouth 6Cardiff Met 2 (wd 03/10/2019)6 Royal Holloway 6 City Tier 3 3A 3A 3B 3A 3B 3A 3B 3A 3B 1 Robert Gordon 1 Lancaster 2 1 Leeds 2 1 Leicester 1 Staffordshire 1 Bristol 3* 1 USW 1 King's College 2 1 Essex T 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 i Edinburgh 3 Edge Hill Sheffield 2 De Montfort Warwick 3 UWE 2 Cardiff 3 Sussex LSE 2 e 3 Glasgow Caledonian 3 Liverpool 2 3 York 2 3 Nottingham Trent 2 3 Oxford Brookes 3 Bournemouth 2 3 Aberystwyth 2 3 Imperial 4 (Medics) 3 Queen Mary 3 r 4 Edinburgh Napier 4 Manchester 3 4 Hull 2 4Oxford Brookes 2 (WD 04/10/2019) 4 Worcester 2 4 Gloucestershire 2 4 USW 2 4 St George's 4 Essex 2 5 Edinburgh 4 5 Edge Hill 2 5 Sheffield Hallam 2 5 Lincoln 2 5 Derby 2 5 Solent 2 (wd 21/10/19) 5 Bath Spa (wd 14/10/19) 5 Portsmouth 2 5 Queen Mary 2 (Barts) 3 6 St Andrews 2 6 Chester: Chester 6 Durham 3 6 Nottingham 5 6 Leicester 2 6 Winchester 6 Swansea 3 6 Middlesex 6 King's College 3 Tier 4 4A 4A 4B 4A 4B 4A 4B 1 Abertay 1 Bangor 2 1 Leeds Beckett 2 1 Northampton 1 Wolverhampton (wd 03/06/19) 1 Kingston 1 Kent 2 T 2 Stirling 2 2 Keele 2 2 York St John 2 Leicester 3 2 Birmingham City 2 Reading 2 2 King's College 4 i e 3 Aberdeen 2 3 UCLan 2 3 Leeds 3 3 Bedfordshire 3 Coventry 2 3 Hertfordshire 2 3 Canterbury CC r 4 Queen Margaret 4 Liverpool 3 4 Sunderland 4 Anglia Ruskin (Cambridge) 4 Coventry 3 4 Surrey 3 4 SOAS 5 Edinburgh 5 5 Cumbria 5 Sheffield Hallam 3 5 Cranfield 5 Nottingham Trent 3 5 Brunel 2 5 London South Bank 4 6 Glasgow 3 6 Manchester Met 2 6 Huddersfield 6 Warwick 4 6 Birmingham 4 6 Royal Holloway 2 6 LSE 3 Tier 5 5A 5B 5A 5B 1 Bangor 3 1 York 3 1 Buckingham New 1 UCL 4 (RUMS) 2 Edge Hill 3 2 York St John 2 2 St Mary's 2 Medway T 3 Chester: Chester 2 3 Bradford 3 Roehampton (wd 08/10/19) 3 Greenwich i e 4 Liverpool Hope 4 Teesside 4 Arts 4 Anglia Ruskin 2 (Chelmsford) r 5 Liverpool John Moores 2 5 Hull 3 5 East London 5 St George's 2 (wd 05/09/19) 6 Edge Hill 4 (wd 11/10/19) 6 Leeds Trinity (wd 22/10/19) 6 Westminster (wd 27.9.19) 5 7 Sunderland 2 8 Newcastle 3 WOMEN'S BADMINTON 2019-20 NORTH SOUTH P 1 Nottingham 1 Bath r T e 2 Loughborough 2 UCL i m e 3 Birmingham 3 Exeter i r Newcastle Bristol e 4 4 r 5 Durham 5 Southampton 6 Derby 6 Bournemouth Tier 1 1A 1A 1A 1A 1A SCOTTISH NORTHERN MIDLANDS WESTERN SOUTH EASTERN T 1 1 Liverpool 1 Loughborough 2 1 Cardiff 1 Imperial i 2 2 Sheffield Hallam 2 Nottingham 2 2 Bath 2 2 Surrey e r 3 3 Leeds 3 Birmingham 2 3 Exeter 2 3 King's College 4 4 Northumbria (wd 03/10/2019) 4 East Anglia 4 Cardiff Met 4 Royal Holloway 1 5 5 Manchester 5 Oxford 5 Bath 3 5 Reading 6 6 Newcastle 2 6 Loughborough 3 6 Bristol 2 6 City Tier 2 2A 2A 2B 2A 2B 2A 2B 2A 2B 1 1 Edge Hill 1 York 1 Warwick 1 Nottingham 3 1 Gloucestershire 1 Aberystwyth 1 Sussex 1 Kent T i 2 2 Bangor 2 Durham 2 2 Cambridge 2 Worcester 2 UWE 2 Cardiff 2 2 St Mary's 2 Essex e 3 3 Lancaster 3 Leeds 2 3 Lincoln 3 Coventry 3 Winchester 3 Swansea 3 Portsmouth 3 Queen Mary r 4 4 Sheffield 4 York 2 4 Nottingham Trent 4 Warwick 2 4 Solent 4 USW 4 St George's 4 King's College 2 2 5 5 Liverpool 2 5 Durham 3 5 De Montfort 5 Oxford Brookes 5 Bournemouth 2 5 USW 2 (wd 04/10/2019) 5 Essex 2 5 LSE 6 Keele 6 York St John 6 Nottingham 4 6 Birmingham City 6 Swansea 2 6 Surrey 2 6 UCL 2 (RUMS) Tier 3 3A 3A 3B 3A 3A 3B 1 1 Chester: Chester 1 Hull 1 Leicester 1 Buckingham New 1 Imperial 2 (Medics) 2 2 UCLan 2 Leeds Beckett 2 Aston 2 Brighton 2 Hertfordshire T 3 3 Edge Hill 2 3 Huddersfield 3 Northampton 3 Kingston 3 SOAS i 4 4 Liverpool John Moores 4 Bradford 4 Nottingham Trent 2 4 Chichester 4 East London (wd 07/11/2019) e r 5 5 Liverpool Hope 5 Sunderland (wd 09/10/2019) 5 Lincoln 2 5 Brunel 5 Canterbury CC 6 6 Manchester Met 6 Anglia Ruskin (Cambridge) 6 Roehampton (wd 08/10/19) 6 Greenwich 3 7 7 Manchester 2 7 Birmingham 3 8 8 Lancaster 2 8 Derby 2 9 Warwick 3 MEN'S BASKETBALL 2019-20 NORTH SOUTH P 1 Loughborough 1 Solent r T e 2 Northumbria 2 East London i m e 3 Newcastle 3 UWE i r 4 4 e Manchester Met Essex r 5 Durham 5 Brunel 6 Worcester 6 Bournemouth Tier 1 1A 1A 1A 1A 1A SCOTTISH NORTHERN MIDLANDS WESTERN SOUTH EASTERN T 1 Edinburgh 1 Sheffield Hallam 1 Nottingham 1