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Winter Boulder Comp Round 1 The Results!

Bouldering League 2012 - 2013 Results from Round 1
Mens Elite	Points	Position		Womens Elite	Points	Position
Name				Name
Ross Hunter	178	1		Anna Wells	158	1
Ry McHenry	177	2		Caroline Sham	157	2
Malcolm Bradley	170	3		Katie Grundy	114	3
Merlin Floate	157	4		Sephera Burton	104	4
Ash Dean	147	5		Dayni McConnell	94	5
Kyle Melia	146	6		Madeleine Wilson	89	6
Alex Gaastra	145	7		Naomi Moran	67	7
Ally Coull	145	7
Hamish Fraser	143	9
Stuart Adams	142	10		Junior Girls	Points	Position
Mike Shorter	139	11		Name
Jay Carr	136	12		Heather Watson	38	1
Callum Johnson	127	13
Sam Williams	124	14
Darren Wisniewski	118	15		For Fun	Points	Position
Paul Kinnaird	108	15		Name
Piotr Wisthal	92	17		Joe Vaglio	152	1
Tim Gomersall	89	18		Ian Russell	150	2
Howard Chan	77	19		Craig Young	148	3
Colin McKay	70	20		Angus Hood	145	4
James Richardson	69	21		Ian Cackette	132	5
Andrew Ford	60	22		Sarah Reid	87	6
				Tom Metcaye	80	7
Mens Vets	Points	Position
Name
John Donaldson	45	1
David Hainsworth	42	2
Junior Boys	Points	Position
Name
Scott Donaldson	142	1
Andrew Hainsworth	120	2
Liam Rae	80	3
Dhruv Makwana	47	4

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.

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!!!

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!

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.

Invited climbers to the Summer Bouldering Series Final this Sunday

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!

Bouldering wall closure for re-set

Please note that the re-setting of the bouldering wall for the month of July (and the Summer bouldering Series) will take place on Saturday 30th June from 6pm onwards and all day on Sunday 1st July.

The bouldering wall will be closed during these times.  We apologise for an inconvenience caused.

Summer bouldering Series 2012

Summer Bouldering Series 2012

Round 1 July 2nd to July 27th
Round 2 July 29th to August 24th
Superfinal: August 26th

Scorecards available from Reception on the first day of each round.  Score your own; points awarded for the best attempt you have (unlimited attempts inside the round dates).

Categories:

Adult: Male, Female
Junior (up to 14yrs): Male, Female

Free competition registration, normal admission rates apply.  For more information see a member of the climbing team.