AMAG Self Protection Workshops

Aberdeen Martial Arts Group Presents:

Self Protection

as taught by SAS specialist Bob Spour

Don’t be a victim! Take control of your environment, take control of fear.
Friday 21st November 18.30 – 20.30
Aberdeen Martial Arts Group, XTS, Transition extreme
www.amag.org.uk
Cost: £10 for amag and TE members £15 Others.
This course is open to women as well as men.
Wear comfortable clothing.

Call XTS on 644139 (4-9pm) for further details. Please on pass this mail to men who you feel may appreciate it!

Bob Spour
Director and founder of SAS Survival, Bob has served extensively in the military spending many years with the SAS. During the course of serving with the latter he saw action in number of different theatres.
Bob is a highly qualified and well respected Martial Arts Instructor spending many years instructing Self Protection and Thai Boxing, and is the Chief Instructor to the Phraya Pichai Muay Thai Camps International.

A Licenced NLP Trainer with The Society of NLP , a member of the Association of Professional Hypnotherapists & Psychotherapists and the Professional Organisation of Stage Hypnosis; Bob has extensive experience working with individuals and groups in a variety of settings as diverse as sales, military training, drama workshops, and the comedy circuit in London. He also works with individual clients over a wide range of personal and professional development issues. He recently appeared on a Channel 4 programme demonstrating some of the techniques of NLP in the context of fear management.

Holding a degree in Drama and Theatre Arts Bob also worked as a professional actor and stand up comedian.
He is also a Survival Instructor, Corporate Trainer, Writer and NLP Trainer.

Bouldering League Round 2 Results

Hey hey,

Thanks to everyone that came along to the comp and made it a great success!!!

Pictures on the facebook page.

Here's the scores (in descending order for round 2):

MENS ELITE
Ally Coull 197
John Brown 191
Marcus Bean 189
Alessandro Bao 184
Piort Wisthall 182
Andrew Gibbon 175
Neil Morrison * 163
Ashley Dean 162
Stuart Munn 158
Brian McCreadie 157
Ross Hewitt 151
Pete Benson 150
Wayne Sherry 149
Adrian Crofton 147
Dave Ogden 145
Johannes Lorenz 139
Andy Watt 137
Stuart Adams 137
David Cowan 134
Ben Woodward 133
Kwong Ching Tsang 130
Bruce Roberts 121
Colin White 120
Geoff Knight 120

WOMENS ELITE

Anna Wells 190
Eva Sparreboom 175
Sophie Franoux 175
Megan Hine 140
Lucile Franoux 134
Rachel Bennet 117
Claire Anderson 114

JUNIOR BOYS

Rhys Maslen 194
Jonathan Mann 194
Liam Watson 180
Ollie Banks 170
Callum Temple 112
Duncan Anderson 102
Thomas McGrath 100
Bruce McKay 98
Rhys Jones 70
Matthew Johnstone 51
Stuart Fraser 35

JUNIOR GIRLS

Abbey Niven 147

FOR FUN

Mark McVey 185
Stuart Gillan 159
Mike Brockie 158
Joe Astell 155
David Lumsden 152
Mark McKay 147
Scott Gourlay 145
Mike Jennings 144
Ryan Slater 135
Paul Matthews 124
Dwayne Coutts 119
Doug Niven 117
Kevin Morice 112
Laura Benson 110
Sarah Woodward 106
Jo Horne 106
Sam Parkes 98
Alan Martin 98
Richard Fox 90
Michael Payne 87
Laura Ried 85
Tom Stork 84
Kyle Gasking 69
Rob Menlove 68
Matt Springer 58
Duncan Stewart 48
Clare Shepherd 47
Stewart Reid 35

Winter Leading Competition 2008

Competition details:

• Routes graded between 5 and 8a will be set between the 16th and 19th November,
• Competitiors can collect their score/registration cards anytime from the 19th November onwards,
• Competitiors will have from the 19th Nov to the 3rd December to attempt as many of the routes as possible,
• All routes will be marked on the bottom of the wall where they start and on the score card,
• Competitiors MUST NOT climb any of the routes set between 16th and 19th Nov where marked 'COMPETITION ROUTE'.
• All routes are to be climbed on the lead clipping ALL quickdraws,
• Score cards will detail the points available (1st attempt 10, 2nd; 7 etc. etc.),
• Belayers of each competitor are to mark the score card honestly,
• Scores count for a completed ascent without any rests on the rope or cheating using other holds (clipped the top lower off whilst holding the finishing blue hold or top of the wall),
• Route rules will be described at the bottom of the wall,
• Scorecards MUST be handed in before 10pm on the 3rd December into the marked 'Post Box' in the climbing centre,
• The final will be held on the 7th December for the top competitiors in each category.
  

If you have any queries please email me.

Enjoy!!!!

Bouldering League Final date change

As it has come to my attention the 13th of February Final Comp coincides with a local holiday!

Goes to show it takes a parent or teacher to point out holidays!

The final for the league has been changed form the 13th to the 6th of February...

Halloween in Transition

Yes its that time of year again!!!

Friday 31st October is Fright Night...

Normal admission and entry applies but if you make a good effort to dress up in something creative then you can get some free munchies and refreshments form the cafe!!!

Fancy dress welcome all day, cafe refreshments during the evenin. Poster to follow!

See you there

Price Updates

Please note that as of 6th October there have been a few price changes.

Please contact Recpetion for more information as there have been issues updating the website to the correct information.

REMINDER Dave Graham Lecture 8pm 11th Oct

Don't forget about tomorrow night its not everyday you get the chance to hear and see a true world class climber in the flesh in Aberdeen! This promises to be a great and inspiring night we are reliably told Dave is a great talker who will have us all chapping at the bit to make our next big progression no matter what standard we climb at.

But its not just for climber tell your friends and family they shouldn't miss the opportunity to see a world class sports person on their door step in the North East of Scotland.

Those of you who make the effort will be richly rewarded, enjoy.

The Relentless Photo Incentive

Relentless Energy Drink is backing a Transition wide photography contest during the months of October and November 2008.

There are 5 categories:

Best Indoor skatepark shot
Best Outdoor skate/BMX shot
Best Indoor climbing shot
Best Outdoor climb/mountain shot
Best Overall Entry

Get your entries in before Monday 27th October and you could see your photo blown up and mounted on the wall within Transition….permanently.

We’ll be displaying all entries throughout the centre from the 31st October until we announce the winners on Friday 28th November.

The opening night exhibition will be on Halloweeen…make sure you head down to TE for a soiree that night.

Please provide us with your image in a digital format, saved in the highest possible resolution.

The outdoor shots should be taken at local spots and be recognisable to other users.

Good luck.

Bouldering League 08/09 Round 1 Results and aftermath

Well,

With over 60 competitors Friday's comp was a great success. All of the comp routes will be kept up until the next round on 7th November (they're marked in red on the route board). New problems have been put up over the weekend; so get down and give them a go!

All problems got sent on Friday which was a boost since there were some courageous fighting against the seemingly easier problems spitting the climbers off! Photo's can be found on the Transition Climbing Facebook page as its easier to throw lots and lots of photo's onto as well as folks leaving comments on them... http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1537692485&ref=profile

Points were typically a maximum of 200 but with a bonus problem this year many managed to pick up some well earned extra's! Well done to all and we look forward to setting you some more interesting, fun and challenging problems!

The results are as follows:


BOULDERING LEAGUE 2008/9
Mens Elite
Name Round 1
Ally Coull 197
Marcus Bean 187
Andrew Gibbon 184
Piort Wisthall 181
Neil Morrison * 169
Brian McCreadie 167
Alessandro Bao 166
James Prowse 160
Chris Everett 159
Dave Ogden 157
Wayne Sherry 154
Stuart Munn 146
Ben Woodward 144
Mark Chambers 139
Tom Russel 136
Bruce Roberts 133
Stuart Adams 132
Gus Dixon 129
Andy Watt 125
David Milne 122
Michael Brockie 122
Paul Matthews 122
Alan Tait 121
Ryan Slater 121
Colin White 112
Geoff Knight 99

Womens Elite
Name Round 1
Anna Wells 202
Rachel Hutchison 182
Megan Nine 160
Claire Anderson 157
Eva Sparreboom 152
Lucile Franoux 145
Melanie Hayes 127
Mandy Ponton 100

Junior Boys
Name Round 1
Scott Wilson 192

Rhys Maslen 189
Liam Watson 169
Ollie Banks 163
Thomas McGrath 148
David Mann 138
Duncan Anderson 134
Dale Thomson 117
Bruce McKay 110
James MacDonald 92
Scott Field 62

Junior Girls
Name Round 1
Abbey Niven 147
Fionidi Parker 100
Kirsten Berry 92

For Fun
Name Round 1
Chris Carr 200
Jonny Aspden 195
Paul McVey 172
Jin Han 171
Joseph Hidson 157
Mike Jennings 148
Scott Gourlay 145
Kevin Morice 144
Lorenz 140
Sarah Woodward 139
Doug Niven 121
John Hunter 111
David Weir-McCall 83

Until next time...

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