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!