Thursday, 15 November 2012

Results bouldering comp- winter 2012/13- Round 2

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Bouldering League 2012 - 2013 Results from Round 2
Mens ElitePointsPositionWomens ElitePointsPosition
NameName
Merlin Floate1921Anna Wells1941
Alister Newlands1902Caroline Sham1942
Callum Johnson1853Rachel Bennet1523
Jock Gomessall ? 1834Katie Grundy1404
Scott Keir1835Emma Guirey1155
Marcus Bean1806
Ash Deen1777
Jay Carr1757
Darren Wisniewski1729
Sam Williams16910Junior GirlsPointsPosition
Hamish Fraser16111Name
Guy Robertson15912Hannah Smith1291
Joseph Nolan15913Heather Watson462
Tim Gomersall15214
Stuart Munn15115For FunPointsPosition
Simeon Dunford14715Name
Piotr Wisthal14417Callum Bland1921
Tom Shaw8718Marcus Mc Lernon1902
Andrew Ford 5119Kyle Gasking1863
Ian Russel1844
Angus Hood1645
Ryan Gil1476
Becky Hall1307
Blaze Sykes1078
Mens VetsPointsPositionCraig Burry 1049
NameSarah Reid9710
Adrian Crofton1491Stuart Corns8511
David Hainsworth952
John Donaldson943
Junior BoysPointsPosition
Name
Andrew Hainsworth1701
Scott Donaldson1552
Liam Rae1053
Dhruv Makwana804
Robbie Shrive645
Alex Raynes556
Ross Crowther407

Monday, 12 November 2012

Friday, 12 October 2012

Winter Boulder Comp Round 1 The Results!

Bouldering League 2012 - 2013 Results from Round 1
Mens ElitePointsPositionWomens ElitePointsPosition
NameName
Ross Hunter1781Anna Wells1581
Ry McHenry1772Caroline Sham1572
Malcolm Bradley1703Katie Grundy1143
Merlin Floate1574Sephera Burton1044
Ash Dean1475Dayni McConnell945
Kyle Melia1466Madeleine Wilson896
Alex Gaastra1457Naomi Moran677
Ally Coull1457
Hamish Fraser1439
Stuart Adams14210Junior GirlsPointsPosition
Mike Shorter13911Name
Jay Carr13612Heather Watson381
Callum Johnson12713
Sam Williams12414
Darren Wisniewski11815For FunPointsPosition
Paul Kinnaird10815Name
Piotr Wisthal9217Joe Vaglio1521
Tim Gomersall8918Ian Russell1502
Howard Chan7719Craig Young1483
Colin McKay7020Angus Hood1454
James Richardson6921Ian Cackette1325
Andrew Ford6022Sarah Reid876
Tom Metcaye807
Mens VetsPointsPosition
Name
John Donaldson451
David Hainsworth422
Junior BoysPointsPosition
Name
Scott Donaldson 1421
Andrew Hainsworth1202
Liam Rae803
Dhruv Makwana474

Thursday, 4 October 2012

Boulder comp start time:


Boulder comp start time:

OK we made a boo boo.  The comp should have started at 18:30 and not 17:30.  Who needs 4 hours after all???!!

We will start at 17:30 but if you're in alter don't worry at all as you can pay in and pick up a registration card at reception at any point in the night.

If folks struggle to get here for the early start we'll start closer to 18:30.

Wednesday, 3 October 2012

Reminder for this Thursday and Friday: Bouldering comp

Just a reminder folks that the first round of the bouldering league is taking place on Friday.

This means that on Thursday night (4th) there will be some disruption on the bouldering wall as we begin to strip the problems off.  We will strip panel by panel from 8.30pm.

On Friday (5th) the bouldering wall and slab of the Dream Tower will be closed all day.  The rest of the wall will be open from 10am to 3pm.

From 3pm onwards the entire wall will be closed for setting.  The comp begins at 17:30 and will run until 21:30.

The bouldering wall will be closed for re-setting on Sunday 7th October with a whole new batch of great problems being put up.

See you Friday!!!

Tuesday, 28 August 2012

Winter Bouldering League 2012 - 2013

Yes!  It's that time of year again...

Here's the dates for the bouldering league this winter:

Round 1 5th October
Round 2 9th November
Round 3 7th December
Round 4 11th January
Round 5 15th February

Each comp starts at 17:30 with entry to the wall from 17:00.  They end at 21:30 with raffles/prize throwing up until 22:00.  The price for each round is the normal admission price (passes can be used) plus £3.50 comp registration which goes towards prizes.

The league is aimed at everyone aged 14+ from beginners and those looking simply to come along and have fun on some wacky problems, through to intermediates looking to improve and the hardened boulderers out there looking for some exiting challenges.  The aim is fun and everyone should be prepared for a mixture of serious and silly problems...

Scoring is achieved by each participant entering their own scores at each round which are then collected and counted by staff.  All categories except Fun will have a small first place goodie at each round and will be in the running for the main prizes at the end of the league taking into account their best 4 rounds.  You can attend as many or as few rounds as you can or want but if you're looking to fight for a top standing then you'll need to attend at least 4.

Each category attempts twenty problems and will receive points for completing the problem in the following manner:

1st attempt: 10 points
2nd attempt 7 points
3rd attempt 4 points
Any other attempt 1 point

This year sees the return of Duncan's dilemma which is an extra problem which pays out £30 cash to the fist to complete it.  You can attempt the dilemma as many times as you want so you'll not have to worry about flashing it.  To make things a little more exciting we're offering £30 to the first male and £30 to the first female to send it on the night.

Rules for the competitions are posted on the night so if you're unsure or new to competitions then you'll be in good hands as there will be staff on hand to help out and plenty of friendly climbers!


Monday, 27 August 2012

Route setting underway

After a day's hard work on the bouldering wall it has now been filled up with a variety of easy to hard problems.  We'll set some more this week and get the descriptions written up tomorrow.

Routes on the wall are primed for re-sets too now that the days are a little quieter to get on with changing out the old routes.  We will be re setting both on the old walls and the Dream tower to mix things up.  Please be aware that between the hours of 10am and 3pm Monday to Friday every week there may well be setting going on which will mean a number of routes out of action.

This week line 22 (Double overhangs) have been re-set with some hard routes 7a and up along with line 2 (vertical wall near the training board) will be re-set with 5's to 6a+'s.

Line 39 on the dream tower slab has been re-set already with a Brown 5 and a Green 6c.

Thursday, 23 August 2012

Saturday, 18 August 2012

Summer bouldering series round 2 Scorecards and Final

For those of you fantastic people out there that have been working your way through the Summer series problems please note that we're making a wee change to the hand in date for the round 2 scorecards.

Instead of the deadline being the 24th of August we are changing it to the 22nd (this Wednesday)!  Please hand in your scorcard by 10pm. This will allow us to count scores and send out invites for the final on Thursday morning.

The Final will take place between 17:00 and 20:00 on Sunday 26th August.  Approximately 10 from each category will be invited (those with the highest scores).  The final will consist of 10 problems per category to be attempted over 2 hours.  These will be scored in the same fashion as the series problems (points per hold).

For those of you not competing please note that the bouldering wall will be closed from 18:00 on Saturday 25th and will re open to the public on Monday 27th 10:00.  We will be re setting the entire bouldering wall amidst the prep for the final. 

Spectators are welcome!