British Unicycle Convention - BUC 16

Events

We are hoping the following events will happen,

Video Competition

This will probably be on Saturday evening.
  1. To compete, one member of the team which produced the video must participate at BUC. It can be either:
    • the person who filmed
    • the person who edited the video
    • one of the main riders (not someone who appears only few seconds)
  2. The video should be new material and should not be released until after BUC
  3. The film cannot exceed 3 minutes; it must be about unicycling, not a commercial video 

Concourse Competition

Which is the nicest, shiniest, prettiest unicycle with the best paint job, most desirable addition or sweetest modification. Enter your own uni, vote on others. No riding ability required to enter this one. You do need a unicycle though.

Hockey

This year's Unicycle Hockey Championships will take place on Saturday morning or afternoon (group round games) and Sunday morning (Quarters, Semis and Finals). Enter as a team or, if you are not part of a team, you may be able to join a "scratch" team on the day. There should be some small informal hockey games on friday night too. All teams will be expected to provide 1 or more referees for other games. For those new to hockey, the rules can be found here

Basketball

We are experimenting with a regional unicycle basketball competition. Enter as an individual and we'll split people up into regional teams. If you have not played unicycle basketball before but have a bit of basketball experience this is worth a try.

Freestyle Competition & Showcase

Unicycle freestyle is a chance to perform a unicycle based routine (with music, costume and potentially props) to an audience and judging panel. The performance is marked in 2 categories, technical (the unicycle skills used) and presentation (style, theme, etc).

You'll be allowed 3 minutes for your routine. Bring music on a CD or mp3 player.

There will be a novices competition during Saturday daytime (no minimum standard!), and an intermediate-expert competition/showcase on Saturday evening. If there are sufficient numbers individuals and pairs may be judged separately. If you have a routine for a group of people (more than 2) you can show it off in the freestyle showcase, this will only be a competition if there are more than 2 groups.

For rules summary click here

Street

May take place if a suitable venue can be found
A competition for Street riding on a performing area with ramps, blocks and other things to use. Trials unicycles with metal pedals and marking tires are allowed, this competition is being held outdoors. Riders must wear helmets, gloves/wrist guards and knee and shin guards. Riders found not to be wearing the minimum required safety gear will be disqualified. Clothing has no influence on the score. No props allowed, other than what is included in the performing area.

Workshops

Workshops are your opportunity to learn new skills from old hands and experts. We hope to have a good range of workshops covering both basic skills and hard stuff. It all depends who is available and willing to take them. On the other hand, workshops are your opportunity to pass on what you have learned to others. Volunteers to take workshops of any kind will be greatly appreciated. Please don't be shy.

Games

Silly games can be played by everyone and are always a lot of fun, even if you're hopeless. Some of the games we've played in the past are gladiators, bulldog, slow races, blind-fold relay races, jousting and stuck-in-the-mud. We should be able to play all of these and perhaps we can come up with some others - the sillier the better.

Muni

We will have a variety  of rides for people to go on. There are the moors just up the hill and Abbyford Woods' "North Shore" area a short drive away to test all but the best riders. There is also gentle track riding almost from the school itself for everyone from the absolute beginner on the Granite Way, a former

Big Wheel rides

We are endeavouring to hold a big wheel ride event of some kind. This might be a road race if we can get the proper permissions to hold one. The nearby Granite Way also offers miles of traffic free gentle riding to and from a few good pubs.

Unicycle Boot Sale

An hour to sell any thing unicycle related. Off-load your unused bits and bobs & sell people small objects of desire.