ROCFEST COMP
Due to the on-going abnormaly fantastic weather, our team's turnout wasn't as good as that of last year (which coincidentally took place in a heatwave).
Representing the Hangar team were Mike Hart and Michael Hopkins for the men as well as Megan and Olivia for the Junior girls.
Mike had done quite well last year finishing narrowly outside the top 10. This year he went a few places better coming 8th on 263 points behind the British team and eventual winner, visiting beast James Kassay of Australia.
It was Michael Hopkins' first time in the adults after being 15 for what seems many a year! ;) Unfortunately he had a bit of an off day for once coming in joint 18th with older brother Sean on 214, cursing the ridiculous heat and endless number of crimpy skin trashing problems.
Megan did well coming in 3rd in the Junior girls on 159 points, a mere 1 point off 2nd place, with Olivia in 4th on 155. The top 3 girls went in to a final with the positions ending up in the same order as the qualifiers.
ELSEWHERE
Perpetual competition skivers, Rich and Laura made the most of the weather and took off up to the South Lakes for some shaded limestone bouldering at Woodwell. Due to everyone else being indoors or on holiday it meant we could use both of the superb Boss Hog pads, still going strong after over a year, as well as the new batch of Evolv shoes all kindly donated by Rick!
Despite the heat, good conditions could be found at both Middle and O'ert road.
Laura ticked off her first font 7B with a flash of Rigpa and followed this up by climbing Angel Deelite (7A) and then Kiss of the Dragon(7B).
Rich managed several 7Cs in a few attempts with Turbulence, Paroxysm, Ronald Raygun and Griddle Groove but couldn't quite add Backhand Roof to a productive session's work.
Tuesday 29 May 2012
Friday 25 May 2012
Summer league round 1
Summer Comp Season Has Begun
The summer has well and truly started with an unexpected heat wave following on from a typically atrocious April and early may. We are lucky to have a most excellent wall to train and climb at and the first round of the Hangar's summer league helped to soften the blow of poo conditions outside!
The series will be 5 rounds long with the best 4 scores counting and when the dust settles, we hope that our finely honed athletes will achieve top spot over all of the categories.
In what will surely be a hotly contested men's category, Mike took a 1 point lead scoring 89 to Rich's 88 in 1st and 2nd place respectively. It will be intriguing to see if gangly technique can overcome brutal strength and a 15kg weight disparity!
The adult females attracted interest from outside the usual local crowd with Jen wood top on 51. Laura came a close 2nd with 48 and becky was 3rd on 38.
The junior men's looks to be as tight as in the adults with Dean and Michael both scoring 78 for joint 1st and Charlie close behind on 73.
Lastly in the junior Female, Megan came top with 36 points and seemingly no other contenders! Seeing as a round can be missed, we will hopefully see more entrants for round 2, especially with the problems being a tad less tough than in round 1.
Upcoming Comps
The end of May and start of June always signals the start of Annual summer comps at several walls.
First up is Rock Over Climbing's 'Rocfest' that will no doubt be as tropical as last years event, with temperatures soaring into the 30s and humidity at 100%!
This is followed by the slightly less manic Bloc Party, held at City Bloc in Leeds, that always attracts a high standard of competition. I'll be sure to write a report of how we get on at these events.
The summer has well and truly started with an unexpected heat wave following on from a typically atrocious April and early may. We are lucky to have a most excellent wall to train and climb at and the first round of the Hangar's summer league helped to soften the blow of poo conditions outside!
The series will be 5 rounds long with the best 4 scores counting and when the dust settles, we hope that our finely honed athletes will achieve top spot over all of the categories.
In what will surely be a hotly contested men's category, Mike took a 1 point lead scoring 89 to Rich's 88 in 1st and 2nd place respectively. It will be intriguing to see if gangly technique can overcome brutal strength and a 15kg weight disparity!
The adult females attracted interest from outside the usual local crowd with Jen wood top on 51. Laura came a close 2nd with 48 and becky was 3rd on 38.
The junior men's looks to be as tight as in the adults with Dean and Michael both scoring 78 for joint 1st and Charlie close behind on 73.
Lastly in the junior Female, Megan came top with 36 points and seemingly no other contenders! Seeing as a round can be missed, we will hopefully see more entrants for round 2, especially with the problems being a tad less tough than in round 1.
Upcoming Comps
The end of May and start of June always signals the start of Annual summer comps at several walls.
First up is Rock Over Climbing's 'Rocfest' that will no doubt be as tropical as last years event, with temperatures soaring into the 30s and humidity at 100%!
This is followed by the slightly less manic Bloc Party, held at City Bloc in Leeds, that always attracts a high standard of competition. I'll be sure to write a report of how we get on at these events.
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