Scottish Dry Tooling Series 2008, Round 3

Round 3 was held at Extreme Dream in Aviemore with a great assortment on routes from swinging logs, hanging boards to a brilliant final on the 13 meter roof!!

I again have limited photos so if anyone has others please let us know

There were 4 juniors entered, 2 boys and 2 girls.

Boys:

1st Steven Addison 97 pts

2nd Dylan McKenzie 74 pts

Girls:

1st Ellen Barber 70 pts

2nd Nikki Addison 50 pts

Scottish Dry Tooling Series 2008, Round 2

Round 2 of the dry tooling series was held at Ratho on the 15th Nov and saw a few more juniors enter.

I was not there and don't have any pictures of any of the juniors climbing so if anyone has any shots let us know and they can be added to this post.

The results were:

Boys:
1st Jonny Stocking 100 pts
2nd Jonny Field 90 pts
3rd Steven Addison 77 pts
4th Dylan McKenzie 57 pts

Girls:
1st Ellen Barber

In the over 16s
1st Robert McKenzie 100 pts
16th Ross Kirkland 67pts

Scottish Dry Tooling Series 2008, Round 1

On Nov 8th Avertical wall Dundee held the 1st round of a series of 5 dry tooling competitions to be held at various walls around Scotland over the next few weeks

Sadly there was only three entrants in the under 16 catagory: Steven & Nikki Addison and Ellen Barber. but it never stopped them giving it there best shot.

Nikki Addison

Ellen Barber

Steven Addison

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There were 15 routes with 2 hours to complete as many as possible, 10pts for 1st attempt, 7pts for 2nd attempt, 5 points for 3rd attempt if your arms could hold out that long!!

The results were:

Boys:

1st Steven Addison

Girls:

1st Ellen Barber

2nd Nikki Addison

Hi guys,
This is some detail regarding up and coming youth climbing events that are due to be held at EICA: Ratho over the winter. The Team Trials event is only open to kids that are taking part in the team trials. The junior bouldering comp is open to any one that is under 18 years of age. All booking for these events, have to be made through EICA: Ratho's booking department on 0131 333 6333 or at the front desk in person.


Up and Coming Youth Events at EICA Ratho

Team Trials Preparation Junior Training Meet

Date: 30th November 2008
Time: 12 – 5pm
Cost: £15 per person
Details: With the British Junior Team Trials due to take place on the old and new competition walls at EICA: Ratho on the 6th & 7th December. EICA: Ratho are running a coaching workshop to help prepare young climbers for the challenge of competing in the event. The day will be ran as mock competitions with routes from 6b- 8a being set for the event on our competition walls. This will give the young climbers the opportunity to gain valuable experience of climbing on our walls, as well as an opportunity to fine tune their route reading and on sighting skills. There will be EICA & MCofS coaches on hand to offer technique tips and advise on preparing for the Trials. This event is open to any young climber that is entering the 2008 Team Trials.
Booking Details: 0131 333 6333


2009Edinburgh International Climbing Arena: Ratho Junior Bouldering Championships
Date: 18th January 2009
Time 10 – 6pm
Cost: £10
Details: This is a fun boulder competition open only to climbers of 18yrs or younger. The competition will be split into 3 categories - under 18’s, under 16’s and under 12’s. Each competitor will have 7 hours to attempt 20 boulder problems and will get varying points for each problem depending on the number of attempts they need to complete it. This event will provide the perfect opportunity to gain some valuable competition practise in the build up to the 2009 ‘Youth Climbing Series’. The day will finish with a prize giving ceremony in our Raeburn Suite. Every climber under the age of 16 must be accompanied by a responsible climber during the event.Booking Details: 0131 333 6333 Cheers Guys & hope to see you all there, Neil McGeachy (Mountaineering Council of Scotland/ Edinburgh International Climbing Arena)

Scottish Tooling Series 2008, Round 1

The first round of a series of 5 dry tooling comps was held at Avertical wall, Dundee on the 8th of

Nov 2008.

There were only three entrants in the under 16 catagory: Steven & Nikki Addison and Ellen Barber.

There was 15 routes with 2 hours to complete as many as possible, all three juniors doing there best and managing to get a shot at most of the routes.

Boys:

1st Steven Addison

Girls:

1st Ellen Barber

2nd Nikki Addison

World Youth Championships, Sydney 2008

A big well done to all the kids who travelled to Australia to compete in the World Youth Championships in Sydney, all the kids done really well.



The Scottish Trio were:

Jonny Stocking 4th

Natalie Berry 9th

Robert MacKenzie 21st



The full results can be found here:

Scottish Kids in Ceuse

I have just returned from a 2 week trip with MCofS Scotland South kids to the sport climbing paradise of Ceuse in the South of France. Jonny Stocking, Paul Williamson, Jonathan Field, Ross Kirkland and slightly older ex BRYCS kid Robbie Phillips all came along to sample perfect varied limestone on one of the best sport climbing crags in the world. Considering this was almost all of the kids first big sport climbing trip abroad, they all performed exceptionally well and achieved some excellent ticks to boot! More importantly though a great time was had by all, lots of new friends were made and everybody managed to improve their chess playing skills on the long drawn out rest days...... Special mention has to be made to Ross Kirkland- who went from having never really played chess to being untouchable at it by the end of the trip!!!!


The main emphasis of the trip was for the kids to concentrate in getting as much on sight mileage and quick redpoint ascents as they could. Thus giving them the chance to get comfortable with climbing on real rock, establish what grade they are comfortable at ticking quickly and also learn all of the rope work skills required for sport climbing outside. The first few days were spent getting used to the never ending treck up the side of a mountain to get to the crag and climbing loads of lower grade mileage. This allowed everyone to get a feel for the climbing style and put them in good stead for attempting harder routes later in the trip. I truly can not believe how talented this group of lads are. It has taken me years of climbing and training to get to the grade these kids were cranking on their first real climbing holiday. The fact that they were able to transfer their indoor climbing ability so quickly to climbing on real rock is testament to how talented these lads are. It truly is going to be and exciting era for Scottish climbing over the next few years if this generation of kids keep up their training and appetite for getting out on real rock. Bellow is brief tick list of a few of the impressive ticks achieved by the lads in Ceuse;

Tick List for Trip;

Jonny Field
Super Mickey f7b (redpoint 2nd go)
Bibendium f7b+ (redpoint)

Ross Kirkland
Super Mickey f7b (flash)
Au Sud De Nulle Part f7b+ (onsight)

Paul Williamson
Corps Entrager f7b+ (repoint)
Vagabond f7c (redpoint 2nd go)
Blochage Violant f7b+ (redpoint)
Au Sud De Nulle Part f7b+ (onsight)

Jonny Stocking
La Collanetts f7c+ (redpoint 2nd go)
Berlin f7c (redpoint)
Makach Walou f7c+ (flash)
La Couler De Vent f8a (redpoint)

Roby Phillips
Mirage f7c+ (redpoint)
Vagabong f7c (onsight)
Tenere f7c+ (redpoint 2nd go)
Rosanna f8a (redpoint 2nd go)

A great time was had by all and everybody returned full of motivation to get out climbing in the UK for the remainder of the season. Watch this space for photos of the trip!