BCA News

Hidden Earth is Back

After a long break, Hidden Earth will be held again this Autumn. Hidden Earth, the UK's major caving event has ...

Volunteers needed, get involved!

The British Caving Association eAGM is being held at 10.30am on Sunday 11 June 2023 on Zoom. Details of how ...

Have your say!

Following the British Caving Association's AGM on Saturday, BCA members can now vote in the online ballot, open until 23.59 ...

BCA and BCRA react to the Russian war on Ukraine as Ukrainian caver Alexander Klimchouk accepts offer of honorary membership of BCRA

The British Caving Association (BCA) and the British Cave Research Association (BCRA) have issued their own open letters after widespread ...

BCA needs you!

The deadline for nominations and proposals for BCA's upcoming AGM is fast approaching as BCA Chair Russell Myers explains: The ...

BCA offer grants for young cavers to attend International Congress in France 2022

The BCA's Youth and Development team have announced the availability of two grants of £500 to help groups of young ...

A few words from the new BCA chair

The first ever contested election for the post of chair of the British Caving Association resulted in a win for ...

British Caving Association: Elections and proposals from the 2021 AGM

The results of the ballots following the recent AGM have now been announced and the results of the elections are ...

BCA eAGM Sunday 10th October 2021

The British Caving Association AGM is being held by Zoom (as it was last year) on 10th October 2021. There ...

British Caving Association – hustings for election of chairman

This year there are two candidates to be the next BCA Chair: the incumbent, Russell Myers, who stepped up from ...

BCA 2020 ballot results announced

The results are in! No, we don't mean the results of the US elections, we mean the results of the ...

Newsflash: Voting extended on BCA AGM ballot

At 6pm on Saturday 1st November BCA's webservers were taken offline for essential maintenance by their web hosting provider. This ...

BCA AGM – a letter from the chair

The BCA AGM is fast approaching and acting Chair Phil Rowsell has written to all members encouraging participation in the ...

BCA AGM details and your chance to stand as a group representative on Council

The BCA AGM is taking place on Sunday 11th October from 10.30 am on Zoom. The details of how to ...

Delayed 2020 BCA AGM announcement

A new date has now been scheduled for the BCA's delayed annual general meeting – 11th October 2020. It was ...
Les Williams photo courtesy of Gerik Rhoden

Resignations prompt BCA to renew efforts against bullying and call for improved behaviour

Les Williams has resigned as BCA chair with immediate effect. Phil Rowsell has been co-opted into the role and joins ...

Coronavirus Update from BCA

BCA have issued a new coronavirus update for cavers: BCA notes that travel restrictions across England, Scotland and Wales will, ...

Latest advice on caving under COVID-19 from BCA and SUI June 29th

The British Caving Association (BCA) and the Speleological Union of Ireland (SUI) have issued more advice about how to make ...

Latest COVID-19 updates from the UK and Ireland June 19th

In the UK, the British Caving Association (BCA) has issued clubs with some guidance on cleaning tackle. As yet it's ...

New acting secretary of the British Caving Association starts work

Following the recent resignation of Matt Ewles as Secretary of the British Caving Association, we are very pleased to inform ...

Cavers propose changes to BCA

Recently cavers across the UK, as members of the British Caving Association, will have been aware of changes to the ...

BCA Newsletter now available

The BCA Newsletter 37 - February 2020 is now available. Editor David Rose has put out a bumper edition which ...

BCA Ballotcast – or Ballotgate?

If you've received an email from Matt Ewles, BCA secretary, entitled BCA Ballot - Vote Now, you may have been ...

British Caving Association: Statement on constitutional ballot

We have been asked by Matt Ewles, the BCA Secretary to publish the following statement from BCA Council: To all ...

Have your say at the British Caving Association’s AGM

The Annual General Meeting of the British Caving Association is being held in the heart of the Yorkshire Dales caving ...

BCA newsletter now available

BCA Newsletter no 37 for January 2019 is now available. Editor David Rose has produced a bumper issue starting with ...

Presenting caving’s future part 2

Third year PR students at UWE Bristol were asked to come up with ideas for raising the profile and diversity ...

Presenting caving’s future

CavedIn ... Helena Trewhitt, Michael Rossiter, Daisy Ferreira and Olivia Evans (Photo by Sharon Wheeler) Third year PR students at ...
Jeff Wade abseiling in Calf Holes, Yorkshire Dales. Photo courtesy of Rob Eavis

Warning – access to caves around High Birkwith Farm in doubt

High Birkwith Farm is now under new ownership and potentially this could cause problems for access to Calf Holes, Browgill, ...

The BCA is missing you – here’s how to get the newsletter!

Last night the latest BCA newsletter should have popped into your inbox, but the chances are it didn't. Despite earlier ...

Breaking News: British cave divers also rescued four trapped Thai rescuers in Tham Luang Cave

When Rick Stanton and John Volanthen surfaced in Chamber 3 of Tham Luang Cave on day 6 of the rescue ...

Hidden Earth 2018 – Meet the Darkness Below Team

The Darkness Below team will be out in force at Hidden Earth 2018 in less than two weeks time, and ...

Training: Cave Surveying Group Therion Training Course

The BCA Cave Surveying Group have just announced an Intermediate Therion training course. The scope of this training course is ...

The ‘Definitive Opinion’ on CRoW and Cave Access

This article first appeared in the South Wales Caving Club newsletter for April 2018 and is reprinted here with kind ...
A view along the Garndyrrus tram road. Photo: M. Jones

News: Ogof Draenen – Update

Following recent reports of the opening of a new entrance to Ogof Draenen and the statement from the Trustees of ...

News: A Golden Age of Cave Exploration

To celebrate 50 years of pioneering British cave exploration and scientific research, renowned explorers of the subterranean world will come ...
A view along the Garndyrrus tram road. Photo: M. Jones

News: Statement from the Trustees of Pwll Du Cave Management Group

We have been asked by the Trustees of Pwll Du Cave Management Group to publish the following statement, which is also ...

News: BCA November 2017 Newsletter Now Available

The British Caving Association Newsletter for November 2017 is now available on the BCA website. David Rose has now taken ...

News: British Caving Association on Facebook

If you've been watching carefully you'll have noticed over the last couple of months that the BCA have set up ...

News: BCA Ballot Result Announced

The BCA Chairman Andy Eavis has announced the ballot result today via the BCA's Facebook page. In summary all four ...

BCA Ballot – a landowners view

We've been approached today by Ashford Price and asked to publish the following statement. Ashford Price owns land in South ...

The BCA Ballot Explained

If like many cavers in the UK, and some abroad, you have just received an eight page ballot paper either ...

BCA email poll – have you received your email?

The British Caving Association are about to conduct a postal and email ballot of all members and in advance of ...

News: BCA July 2017 Newsletter Now Available

The British Caving Association Newsletter for July 2017 is available on the BCA website. The newsletter contains a report of ...

News: BCA AGM – Constitutional Matters

The BCA AGM was held on Sunday 11th June, with a raft of constitutional matters on the agenda. Darkness Below ...

Descent 255 Coming Soon!

Descent 255 is on its way! Make sure your subscription is up to date so you don’t miss out on ...

A big thumbs up for the BCA Recreational Training Grant

It had never really occurred to me that caving instruction could be so enjoyable and simple to arrange. In the ...
Photography by GeoPictures.net

News: ABIS and BCA Agree Joint Statement

Following the one day closure of showcaves to cavers by the Association of British and Irish Showcaves as a protest ...

EuroSpeleo last call for Salon entries

EuroSpeleo have asked us to remind everyone that the last call for Salon Competition entries is now 1st August (not ...

News: New Rope Research Website

For many years, a small group of enthusiastic individuals have been having a lot of fun breaking caving rope, and ...

Do BCA have your email address?

Since last year the BCA newsletter has only been distributed by email and BCA online are again appealing to cavers via Club ...

News: BCA July Newsletter is now available

The latest edition of the British Caving Association's Newsletter for July 2016 is now available. The contents include: a message ...

News: BCA Publishes Minimal Impact Caving Guidelines

After several years of work by the Conservation & Access Committee, BCA has now published its Minimal Impact Caving Guidelines ...

News: Showcaves Closed To Cavers In Protest Against BCA CroW Campaign

Statement from the Association of British and Irish Showcaves. The Association of British and Irish Showcaves ( ABIS ) is ...

Access: CRoW update – divisions deepen

The issue of the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 continues to divide the caving community. As we reported ...

News: BCA February News Page now available

The latest edition of the British Caving Association's Newsletter for February 2016 is now available. The contents include: news about ...

Reflections on developments in the CRoW debate

More Press coverage A publicised visit by two Members of Parliament to Gaping Ghyll was reported here a few days ...

Event: BCA 2016 AGM Notice – Could YOU be BCA’s new Secretary?

The current Secretary of the British Caving Association, Damian Weare, will not be seeking re-election at this year's AGM in ...

Update: Drws Cefn and Ogof Draenen – landowners’ reaction

The landowners who own access to the UK's second longest cave, Ogof Draenan, have made it clear that they won't be ...

Update: More news on Drws Cefn legal threats

We reported on 24 November 2015 about the legal action threatened by cavers Stuart France and Nigel Rogers against Natural ...

News: Cavers Threaten Legal Proceedings Against Landowners

Cavers Stuart France and Nigel Rogers are involved in the on-going dispute over closing or gating the Drws Cefn entrance ...

New job at BCA

Do you fancy working for the British Caving Association? Along with the news that the two of the BCA council ...

BCA Newsletters now online

The latest edition of the BCA newsletter is now available (October 2015). This is the first electronic only newsletter - ...