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.
| Sport | Cost |
|---|---|
| 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.
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
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
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
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
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.
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
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 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 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 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
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
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
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