Circuit topos available on this blog

We're fine-tuning these circuits - thanks for all your ideas and feedback. We've decided not to have the circuits printed out on wee cards at the wall (waste of paper) - so if you want your own sheet to tick off the problems, you can download and print from here.

We've graded the problems now as well (except for the white), so you have a bit more of an idea what you're climbing. Let the grade debates commence!

!! Wall closures 29th & 30th October !!

Please be advised of the following wall closures next week. These are due to the Scottish Tooling Series which we are hosting on the Saturday.

FRIDAY 29th - the climbing centre will remain open all day but with a lot of routesetting to do there will be significant disruption to the bouldering area and all roped lines.

SATURDAY 30th - the climbing centre will be closed all day except for our taught classes which are unaffected.

We apologise for the disruption. The best way round this is to get yourself entered into the Tooling Series competition - www.scottishtoolingseries.co.uk

Or if you don't fancy swingin' your axes, everyone is welcome from 6pm for a buffet dinner, lecture and film showing - see post from last week. Please do come along - for £10 you'll be getting a very sociable evening and a fascinating talk from one of Scotland's leading winter climbers.

New bouldering circuits

This is the future! All new bouldering circuits are up - the entire wall is set in graded circuits to help you progress and give you something to aim for. Get training - next boulder comp is on November 12th.

This is the red circuit - there are also white (easiest), orange, and black (hardest), on offer.

30th October - Simon Richardson Talk & Film

As we mentioned at the end of the last boulder competition - we are proud to present local winter climbing legend Simon Richardson discussing last winter's season. His illustrated lecture will be followed by a screening of the new hot aches film 'The Architect'. All this washed down with a hot buffet served in the climbing wall - this will be a friendly night which comes at the end of the Scottish Tooling Series round - see http://www.scottishtoolingseries.co.uk/scottish-tooling-series-2010/

£10 tickets available on the door (£5 for STS competitors)

Buffet from 6pm, lecture & film finished shortly after 9pm.

Photo's from Winter League round 1

They're up on facebook so go have a look!

Winter League 2010 2011 Round 1 Results

What a brilliant night Friday turned out to be with 65 competitors all ready for action after a good summers climbing antics.

As usual we have six categories (Male Elite, Female Elite, Junior Boys, Junior Girls, Veterans and Fun).  All but Fun receive a league position and league prizes at the end of the five rounds.

Unfortunately no-one managed an ascent of Duncan's Dilemma for the £30 cash prize; although a few came close reaching the last hold and looking confident!

Thanks and well done to all for coming along and giving the problems a good seeing to!

So here's the scores from Friday (Aka's given by the individuals not me!):




Mens Elite & Vets* Round 1
Name
John Brown 200
Andrew Simpson 197
Ross Hunter 195
Kris Devlin 192
Paul Raeside 177
Wayne Sherry 177
Tom Russel (Mr Guns) 170
Brett Bain 161
Pial Freudenthaz (The Runner) 161
Andy Gibson (The Ginger Prince) 160
Oliver Boyes 154
Chris Allan 152
Callum Johnson 152
Martin Findlay 151
Brad Newman 149
Piotr Wisthal 147
Ben Woodward 144
Stuart Adams 144
Matthew Johnstone 142
Stuart Stronach 137
Dave Cowan            135
Hamish Fraser 132
Johannes Felter 130
Kevin Kilroy 126
Roman Kutlak 117
Matt Young 110
Charlie Dean* 110
Martin De Boer (The Dutchman) 102
Steven Knox 87


Womens Elite Round 1
Name
Anna Wells 185
Caroline Sham 174
Eva Sparreboom 164
Abbey Niven* 132
Eslpeth Yates 132
Kate Grundy 107
Sarah Woodward 87
Jane Russell 74


Junior Boys Round     1
Name
Scott Keir 200
Jamie Henderson 171
Scott Donaldson 167
Malcom Bradley 165
Liam Boslon 164
Jamie Anton 144
Simon Tierney 142
Alexander Aitken 114
Steven Aitken 110
Scott Field 100



For Fun Round 1
Name
Iain Cackette 197
John Meehan 197
Paul Kinnaird 197
Luke Flynn 192
Abi Crawlal 187
Jiai Han Lina 187
Daniel Craig 174
John Donaldson 164
Stuart Keir 136
Gary Watson 134
James McPherson 121
Doug Niven 120
Shona Johnstone 110
Nicola Rae 105
Gabi Wagner 90
Bobu Corina 87
Jess C 85
David Huxtable 67

We're recruiting again!

We're recruiting for ad-hoc climbing supervisors in the climbing centre. If you think you have what it takes, have a look at the attached advert.

October Camps 2010

Winter Bouldering League 2010/2011

Better Late than never!!!!