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Intervarsity Offer Summary

The Standard Intervarsity Offer will consist of five main areas:

  • Minimum Qualifying Student Sport Pass Membership Number
  • Required Group Affiliations, Competition Entry Fees & Insurances (all clubs will receive a standard offer for this section)
  • On Campus Training Facilities
  • A BUCS or equivalent League & (where applicable) Knockout Competition.
  • Playing Kit

Minimum Student Sport Pass RED 

All Sport Groups must meet the minimum membership requirements and differs between Sport Groups. This is set as having a sufficient number of Student Sport Pass members within the club to meet the maximum playing squad size for all BUCS or equivalent teams. 

Should a club not meet the minimum membership numbers by the end of Week 5, they will be invoiced for any shortfall in Student Sport Pass members. 

If you wish to know your groups minimum membership requirements, email lususport@lancaster.ac.uk

Required Group Affiliations & Insurances

For all funded Sport Groups/teams, their offer will include:

  • Any appropriate group NGB or other affiliations required for them to participate in BUCS or their equivalent recognised competition.
  • Any appropriate group insurances required for them to compete in there agreed competition.
  • Entry into the agreed competition for that team.
  • Any enhanced level of medical support required by the competition above the normal provision of first aid. E.g. American Football.

Training Allocation

Any Sport Group that can train appropriately on campus will be considered to fall within the standard offer for training.

The standard offer for training is as follows:

  • Term time weeks 1 to 30 (excluding any weeks that fall within any pre-season or bootcamp windows as outlined below): Weekly 3 Hours of full competition space per two teams. Teams of differing gender in sports where mixed gender competition is not allowed will be treated as separate entities for training allocation purposes.

  • Summer Pre-Season: A 5-week summer pre-season training window commencing on the first Monday in September will be available to Sport Groups. They must submit advanced requests for these within the deadlines given.

  • Winter Pre-Season: A one-week winter pre-season training window commencing on the Monday following New Year’s Day will be available to Sport Groups. They must submit advanced requests for these within the deadlines given.

  • Roses Bootcamp: A Roses bootcamp training window commencing on the Monday five weeks prior to the Early May Bank Holiday shall be available to teams competing in Roses. They must submit advanced requests for these within the deadlines given.
  • For all training windows where an advanced request must be submitted, a booking form and deadline will be shared with Sport Groups in advance of these dates.

Any Sport Group wishing to alter their training times must contact Lancaster University Sports Centre (sportenquiries@lancaster.ac.uk) and will only be able to choose from available times.

Any Sport Group who cannot train on campus will receive a customised training offer.

Competition

The Standard Intervarsity Competition Offer will be entry into a BUCS league & (where applicable) knockout format competition, or equivalent. Under this, Sport Groups/teams will receive the following:

  • Entry into the Competition
  • Facilities for all home fixtures
  • Funding for transportation to all away fixtures at most affordable rate (smaller teams will be responsible for having members capable of driving, members who have completed the minibus assessment, and/or members acquiring student railcards). Information on BUCS Transport is here.

Any Sport Group whose sport does not operate under the BUCS League & Knockout programme, or equivalent will receive a customised competition offer for its teams.

Playing Kit

All Sport Groups with fully licensed teams shall be bound by the Student Sport Kit & Teamwear agreement. Playing kit will be subsidised for clubs under the standard offer as follows:

  • A full-team kit allocation will be defined as the maximum matchday squad size. In the case where this does not result in a whole number, it shall be rounded up to the next whole number.
  • Each funded team shall receive up to 35% of their full-team playing kit allocation subsidised per year.