2009 1st Round YCS Series

The first round of the 2009 YCS series of regional competitions were held at Transition Extreme in Aberdeen for the competitiors in the north of Scotland & at EICA Edinburgh for those in the south of Scotland.
The full results can be found here:
And on the MCofS site here:

There will be a link and photos posted on this blog asap.

Scottish Youth Bouldering Championships 2009 Results

Boys 8-10

1. Angus Davidson
2. William Bosi
3. Rory Cargill
4. Jamie Pedan / Robert Davidson
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6. Scott Robertson
7. Mikey Burrell
8. Ruaridh Middleton
9. Alisdair Darroch

Girls 8-10

1. Rachel Tennant
2. Gabriella Stewart
3. Rosie Slater

Boys 11-13

1. Dylan MacKenzie
2. Stevie Addison
3. Ruaridh MacAskill
4. Alexander Bosi / Euan King
5. .
6. Murray Peden
7. Daniel Tennant
8. Calum Wylie

Girls 11-13

1. Jaime Davidson
2. Dawn Longworth
3. Eleanor Hopkins
4. Rachael Carr
5. Nikki Addison
6. Christie MacLeod
7. Lyndsey Forsyth
8. Megan Saunders
9. Olivia Stewart

Boys 14-16

1. Calum Forsyth
2. Calum Irvine
3. Alastair Johnstone
4. Liam Watson
5. Gregor MacGillivray
6. Scott Grosdanoff

Girls 14-16

1. Ellen MacAskill
2. Jade Longworth
3. Ellen Barber
4. Hannah Scouller
5. Jessica MacAskey (out injured)

1st Annual Scottish Youth Bouldering Championships

Sunday 8th February @ Extreme Dream Aviemore 11am - 5pm

Scotland's first youth bouldering championships will deliver a national ranking system for young boulderers across the country. A unique open competition featuring 15 qualifying problems on all types of angle and testing all types of climbing style!. Top quality problems and a fantastic atmosphere are guaranteed!.

Competitors will be briefed at 11am and have 4 hours to attempt 15 qualifying problems with just 2 attempts per problem meaning the pressure will be on!.

There will be finals held from 3.30pm until 5.00pm followed by the results and prize giving, The perfect way to kick off the youth competition season. There will be categories 8 - 10 years, 11 - 13 years and 14 - 16 years (as in YCS)

Entry is £15 plus wall entrance (£5).

To book your child's place please e-mail alan@extreme-dream.com or call Alan on 01479 812466

MCofS Youth Climbing Series 2009

MCofS Youth Climbing Series 2009

APPLICATION FORMS NOW AVAILABLE

The YCS09 competitions will start with the first event on the 7th March.
If you are between 7 and 16 years old and have some experience of climbing at indoor climbing walls and would like to have a go at this fun event, have a look at the Competitions page (for full information, venues and dates).
Complete the application forms and send to us here at MCofS.
Note: For the lower age categories (7-10 and 11-13) you need to have been top-roping / bottom-roping climbs and bouldering at any grade to take part, but to compete in the higher age category (14-16) you need to be confident at leading on indoor walls.
You can compete at all three rounds and try and get into the British Final, or simply compete at the event near you and see what its like.

Go on – give it a try, its fun!

Scottish Mixed Masters Final 2008

The final of the Scottish Mixed Masters was held at The Ice Factor, Kinlochleven on Sat 20th Dec 2008.

There was five under 16 entrants, three boys & 2 girls, the results were:

Final Climb Off:

Boys: 1st Steven Addison

2nd Jonny Field

3rd Dylan MacKenzie

Series Winners after 5 rounds:

Boys: 1st Steven Addison

2nd Dylan MacKenzie

Girls: 1st Ellen Barber

2nd Nikki Addison

British Team Trials 2009 Results

Well done to all who attended the team trials, the results below are taken from the BMC web site.

The following juniors have also been ivited to train with the senior team to smooth out their transistion from junior to senior competition - Nat Berry, Rob Mackenzie,

The following competitors will invited onto the British Junior Lead Team 2009:-
Girls: Natalie Berry.
Boys: Ross Kirkland, Jonathan Stocking, Paul Williamson, Jonathan Field,

Aspirants for the Junior Team:-
Girls: Jaime Davidson, Jessica McCaskey, Ellen Macaskill,

Aspirants for the European Youth Series:-
Girls: Eleanor Hopkins,
Boys: Dylan McKenzie.

There will be further Junior Team Trials in 2009 to select a larger team that will compete in the European Youth Series at EICA in Sept. 2009 and the World Youth Championships in Sept. 2010. Keep an eye on this section of the website for further information.

British Team Trails 2008

This weekend the British team trials are to be held at Ratho with the juniors on the Saturday and the seniors on the Sunday.

Good luck to all entering, the results will be posted here as soon.