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Sports

The AoC Sport National Championships 2026 consists of 12 different sports taking place at a range of excellent venues across Nottingham.

The 2026 AoC Sport National Championship Rulebook will be available here shortly.

Below are the 2026 entry costs for the AoC Sport National Championships. Please note that accommodation can be booked separately through Nirvana from January 2026.

Entry Costs


SportCost
Badminton£70 per player
Basketball men and women£750 per team
Boccia£120 per team
Cricket£550 per team

Endurance Race

£50 per runner
Football men, women and pan disability          £750 per team
Hockey£750 per team
Netball£750 per team
Rugby men and women£750 per team
Table Tennis£35 per player
Tennis£100 per player
Volleyball men and women£750 per team


Using the menu below, you can find out more about the competition and the running orders for each sport. Please note that the running orders for each competition may be subject to change.

Badminton

The badminton event will take place at the place at University of Nottingham in the Jubilee Sports Hall on Saturday and Sunday.

The competition will be played in a team format consisting of 5 rubbers:

  • Men's singles 
  • Women's singles
  • Men's doubles
  • Women's doubles
  • Mixed doubles

The badminton team schedule is available to view here shortly.

Sport risk assessments will be available from the key documents page shortly.


Directions: Jubilee Campus Sports Centre

University of Nottingham
Jubilee Campus - Innovation Park
Triumph Road
Nottingham
NG7 2TU



Basketball

The basketball events will take place at the David Ross Sports Village on

  • Friday afternoon 
  • Saturday 
  • Sunday 

The men's competition will be pool matches followed by play offs. The women's competition will be a round robin.  

  • The men's schedule is available to view here shortly.
  • The women's schedule is available to view here shortly.

Sport risk assessments will be available from the key documents page shortly.


University of Nottingham Sport

David Ross Sports Village
University of Nottingham
University Park
Nottingham
NG7 2RD

Boccia

The Boccia event will take place at the David Ross Sports Village in Studio One on the Friday.  This is a mixed event.

The boccia schedule schedule is available to view here shortly.

Sport risk assessments will be available from the key documents page shortly.



University of Nottingham Sport

David Ross Sports Village
University of Nottingham
University Park
Nottingham
NG7 2RD

Cricket

The cricket event will take place at Willows Sports Centre on Saturday and Sunday.

The Cricket schedule is available to view here shortly.

Sport risk assessments will be available from the key documents page shortly.


Directions: Willows Sports Centre
1 Willow Road, Cathedral Quarter,
Derby
DE1 3NZ

Endurance Run

The Multi Terrain Endurance Run will take place on Friday and Saturday. 


Friday, 17 April 2026 between 2pm and 4pm

    • Mixed team relay.
    • 3 men and 3 women per team
    • 1k per runner
    • Regions can enter more than one team but only top finishing team per region scores Wilkinson Sword points


Saturday, 18 April 2026

On Saturday there will be a men's and women's race of a minimum of 5km.  Regions can enter / bring up to 12 men and 12 women and the top 6 men and top 6 women count as point scorers for their region

9:30am - Registration

10:00am - Technical meeting / race briefing

10:15am - Walk the course

11:30am - Women's race commences

12:15pm - Men's race commences

AoC Sport will provide its usual multi terrain handbook with routes etc shortly.


Football (Men's & Women's)

Men's and women's football matches will take place at Highfields Playing Fields, on grass pitches.

  • The men's schedule is available to view here shortly.
  • The women's schedule is available to view here shortly.

Sport risk assessments will be available from the key documents page shortly.


Directions: Men's and women's football

Highfields playing fields
(Vaughan Parry Williams pavilion)
University Boulevard
Nottingham
NG7 2PS

Football (Pan Disability)

The Pan Disability football competition will take place at the David Ross Sports Village on 3G pitches. Metal studs will not be permitted on the 3G surface, only moulded studs or astros may be worn.

The Pan Disability schedule is available to view here shortly.

Sport risk assessments will be available from the key documents page shortly.


Pan Disability football

University of Nottingham Sport
David Ross Sports Village
University of Nottingham
University Park
Nottingham
NG7 2RD


Hockey

Hockey matches will take place at the Nottingham Hockey Centre on

  • Saturday 
  • Sunday 

The competition is a mixed competition, the schedule is available to view here shortly.

Sport risk assessments will be available from the key documents page shortly.

Directions: Nottingham Hockey Centre

Nottingham Hockey Centre
University Boulevard
Nottingham
NG7 2PS

Netball

Netball will take place at the David Ross Sports Village on:

  • Saturday
  • Sunday

The netball schedule is available to view here shortly.

Sport risk assessments will be available from the key documents page shortly.

The event rulebook can be downloaded from the link at the top of this page.

University of Nottingham Sport
David Ross Sports Village
University of Nottingham
University Park
Nottingham
NG7 2RD

Rugby Union

Rugby Union will take place at Highfields Playing Fields.

The competition will consist of men's and women's matches.

  • The men's schedule is available to view here shortly.
  • The women's schedule is available to view here shortly.

Sport risk assessments will be available from the key documents page shortly.


Directions: Highfields playing fields (Vaughan Parry Williams pavilion)
University Boulevard
Nottingham
NG7 2PS


Table Tennis

The table tennis events will take place at the David Ross Sports Village.

The men’s table tennis schedule can be downloaded here shortly.

The women’s table tennis schedule can be downloaded here shortly.

Sport risk assessments will be available from the key documents page shortly.


University of Nottingham Sport
David Ross Sports Village
University of Nottingham
University Park
Nottingham
NG7 2RD

Tennis

The tennis events will take place at the Nottingham Tennis Centre.

The men’s tennis fixtures can be downloaded here shortly.

The women’s tennis fixtures can be downloaded here shortly.

Sport risk assessments will be available from the key documents page shortly.


Directions: Nottingham Trent Tennis Centre

Clifton Campus, Clifton Lane
Nottingham
NG11 8NS

Volleyball

The volleyball events will take place at the Nottingham Trent University in the Salle centre on

  • Friday afternoon 
  • Saturday 
  • Sunday 

The men's schedule is available to view here shortly.

The women's schedule is available to view here shortly.

Sport risk assessments will be available from the key documents page shortly.


Directions: Nottingham Trent University



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