The first of the Central North Island Regional Competitions is being held at The Wall, Rotorua this Sunday 28 February.
Open to All grades from Youth D (Under 12) to Open and Masters. Come along and have a go.
Registration 8:30am - 9:00am
Climbing Starts 9:15am.
Over the coming months, Nat Hamilton, will be running Judges courses at a few of the upcoming events. Judging is one of the easiest ways to assist in the running of a competition. The more judges we have the more it can be shared around, so come along and give it a go.
Dates are shown below:
14th March - The Rockhouse, Mt Maunganui
The course will be held in conjunction with the Central North Island regional and you will have an opportunity to judge at the event.
9th April - The Roxx, Christchurch
To be held in the Friday night, before the first National Cup round. Again you will have an opportunity to judge at the event.
Please register your interest via email, click here, stating what course you would like to attend.
We are also gathering an indication if anyone would like to take the next step, and train to become a Head Judge or President of the Jury. If you are interested, please inlcude that in the email.
The 2010 IFSC World Youth Championships will be held in Edinburgh, Scotland in September 2010.
The selection process for the NZ team to attend this event has been finalised by the Climbing New Zealand executive commitee and details are attached.
Initially, climbers wishing to be considered must express their interest. This can be done online from 1st March 2010.
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The Climbing gyms in the Central North Island are holding a series of regional competitions over the February, March & April.
The regional competitions are about fun and participation rather than results, so come along and have a go. Dates for the events are as follows:
Sunday 28 February - The Wall, Rotorua
Sunday 14 March - The Rockhouse, Mount Maunganui
Sunday 28 March - Vertical Assault, Turangi
Saturday 24 April - Extreme Edge, Hamilton
Saturday 8 May - Taupo Event Centre, Taupo
More details will be available shortly.
The 2010 Climbing NZ National Competitions have been confirmed. Details are shown below:
2010 National Cup Series
Round 1: 10th/11th April - The Roxx, Christchurch *
Round 2: 22nd/23rd May - The Wall, Rotorua
Round 3: 3rd/4th July - Hangdog, Lower Hutt
Round 4: 14th/15th August - The Rockhouse, Mt Maunganui
* A trial for climbers who have met the qualifying criteria, and wish to be considered, for the New Zealand Team to travel to the 2010 World Youth Championship will be held in Christchurch in conjunction with Round 1. The trial will take place immediately after the competition and the following day, Monday 12th April. Further details will be posted shortly.
2010 Oceania/National Championships
The 2010 Oceania Championships will be held, in conjunction with the NZ National Championships, at Extreme Edge in Panmure, Auckland on 1st, 2nd & 3rd October 2010.
Sportclimbing Australia have provided the attached information pack and Entry Form for climbers travelling to the Oceania Championships.
The information pack has been updated be Sportclimbing Australia, with the new version uploaded today (14/9)
All New Zealand competitors can register online for the event up to and including 27 SEPTEMBER. You can also pay for the international licence online. Every NZ competitor in Open, Junior, Youth A & Youth B must have an international licence, if they do not already have one).
The international licence form is attached. This should be completed in full and taken to the event, along with the entry form.
Register Here.

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The 2009 WYC are here, in Valence France.
The team is well prepared and relaxed. The event kicks off tomorrow with the following climbers:
Live video can be followed here: http://www.mineral-spirit.fr/competition/videos
Live results may be available from the IFSC Results Service: http://www.ifsc-climbing.org/index.php?page_name=resultservice&comp=09_28&cat=ICC_F_J
We will also be doing twitter updates throughout the competition - you can get them either from http://www.twitter.com/climbingnz
Dave from Big Ink was taking photos at the final round of the National Cup, held at Extreme Edge, on 8 & 9 August.
All are available for sale. Follow the link to have a look
http://www.inkbig.co.nz/Site/Indoor_Climbing_Images/Indoor_Climbing_Images.html
The third lead World Cup is being held in Imst 21/22nd August. Live Scoring is available from the www.ifsc-climbing.org/index.php?page_name=resultservice
Ninety-six athletes are competing for the third lead World Cup of 2009 in Imst Austria. We look forward to a great competition. The qualification round starts at 1100 (GMT+1).
Live scoring for the qualifications is available from the competition results service
There will also be a live broadcast of the semi-finals and finals. Further information about this live broadcast including broadcast information for TV can be found here.
The daily diary is here - check out http://www.climbing.org.nz/blog
You can also sign up to our twitter account to get notified of the latest updates http://www.twitter.com/climbingnz
The current standings for National Cup 2009 are available here
The venue for the 2009 Oceania Championship has been finalised. The Oceania championships will be held at Centre of Gravity climbing gym, Port Macquarie, on 3 & 4 October 2009.
Further details will be posted as they come to hand.
Results are now available from http://www.climbing.org.nz/content/2009-national-cup-3-wall-rotorua-results
Photos and a brief report will be available shortly.
Greetings,
For those of you who have not been involved with the Development Squad programme before, it is a series of workshops run during the competition season designed to assist in preparing athletes for indoor climbing competitions.
This year, as in '07 and '08, Kirsty and I will run three workshops covering everything from onsight practice to nutrition to yoga and all else in between. Entry for the events is $20/day (excluding gym entry) and those attending three workshops will recieve a Development Squad top.
All three workshops will be held at The Roxx Climbing Centre.
Workshop One
Sat,Sun 1st & 2nd August, 10am - 4pm
Focusing on:
Onsight Format Practice
Flash Format Practice
Advanced Route Reading
Pre-Comp Planning
and more.
Workshops Two and Three will be held before the National Champs and the Oceania Champs, dates yet to be announced.
Anyone who has been or is intending on competing in the National Series, The National Champs, or the Oceania Champs is encouraged to attend. Please feel free to forward this message onto anyone who you think may be interested.
Please send your intention to attend the first workshop by email to seftons@gmail.com
Before Thursday 30th July
Regards,
--
Sefton Priestley
Open Male
Qualification
Route A Route B Combined
Name Score Ranking Score Ranking Score Ranking
Sefton Priestley 99 5 37- 1 2.23 1
Louis O'Brien 99 5 30 2 3.16 2
Conrad Murray 99 5 29 3.5 4.18 3
Ken MacPherson 99 5 29- 5.5 5.24 4
Campbell Taylor 20 10 29 3.5 5.91 5
Jesse Offner 99 5 28+ 7.5 6.12 6
Rich Morgan 99 5 28 9 6.7 7
Oliver sykes 99 5 18 14 8.36 8
Francis Main 18- 13 29- 5.5 8.45 9
Damon McNeil 99 5 17+ 15 8.66 10
Josiah Jacobsen 99 5 17- 17.5 9.35 11
Chase Gatland 17 16 28+ 7.5 10.95 12
Tom Thumath 18- 13 28- 10 11.4 13
Mark Pugh-Williams 18- 13 26 12 12.48 14
Wiz Fineron 18- 13 25 13 13 15
Zane Rowe 17- 17 27- 11 13.67 16
Andrew Marshall 18- 13 16 19 15.71 17
Quintin Graham 15 19.5 17 16 17.66 18
Michael Kumar 15 19.5 17- 17.5 18.47 19
michael pavitt 16- 18 16- 20 18.97 20
Geoff Jacobsen 14 21 15+ 21 21 21
Jared Elliott 22 22 22 22
Open Female
Qualification
Route A Route B Combined
Name Score Ranking Score Ranking Score Ranking
Sarah Gilmour 35+ 1 19- 1 1 1
Olivia HOLT 28 3.5 18 2 2.64 2
AMANDA SPEED 29+ 2 18- 4 2.82 3
Emily Searle 26 7 18- 4 5.29 4
Irmak Thompson 28 3.5 14+ 10 5.91 5
charlotte McConnochie 27 6 16 6 6 6
Claire Gibson 20+ 10 18- 4 6.32 7
Rowan hines 28- 5 7 12 7.74 8
Amy Holland 23- 8 15- 8 8 9
Georgia Orme 16- 11 15- 8 9.38 10
Elena Lochore-Ward 15+ 12 15- 8 9.79 11
Emma Tombleson 21- 9 13- 11 9.94 12
Anita Bergamin 14- 13 6- 13 13 13
Youth A Male
Qualification
Route A Route B Combined
Name Score Ranking Score Ranking Score Ranking
Campbell Taylor 99 1 31- 2 1.41 1
Jesse Offner 26 2 31- 2 2 2
Mark Pugh-Williams 23+ 4 31- 2 2.82 3
Damon McNeil 24 3 30+ 4.5 3.67 4
matthew muller 20 6 30 6.5 6.24 5
Chase Gatland 21- 5 29- 8 6.32 6
Oliver sykes 11 10 30+ 4.5 6.7 7
TYler Fleury 13- 8.5 30 6.5 7.43 8
michael pavitt 15- 7 24 9.5 8.15 9
Jared Elliott 13- 8.5 24 9.5 8.98 10
Youth A Female
Qualification
Route A Route B Combined
Name Score Ranking Score Ranking Score Ranking
Sarah Gilmour 24- 2 22+ 1 1.41 1
AMANDA SPEED 29- 1 21- 2 1.41 1
Olivia HOLT 23+ 3.5 19+ 3 3.24 3
Liesel Carnie 23+ 3.5 11+ 4.5 3.96 4
Ellie Stevens 21 5.5 11+ 4.5 4.97 5
Georgia Orme 21 5.5 5+ 8 6.63 6
Sabrina Street 21- 7.5 6- 6.5 6.98 7
Elena Lochore-Ward 20 9 6- 6.5 7.64 8
Georgia Anderson 21- 7.5 3 10.5 8.87 9
kirsten mills 19+ 10 3+ 9 9.48 10
Anita Bergamin 18- 11 3 10.5 10.74 11
Youth B Male
Qualification
Route A Route B Combined
Name Score Ranking Score Ranking Score Ranking
Wiz Fineron 99 1.5 1 1.22 1
Josiah Jacobsen 99 1.5 1 1.22 1
Youth B Female
Qualification
Route A Route B Combined
Name Score Ranking Score Ranking Score Ranking
Rowan hines 99 1.5 20 1.5 1.5 1
charlotte McConnochie 25+ 3 20 1.5 2.12 2
Irmak Thompson 99 1.5 20- 3 2.12 2
Emma Lovegrove 24 7 19+ 4 5.29 4
Emily Searle 25 4 11+ 7.5 5.47 5
Meisha Booth 25- 5.5 12- 6 5.74 6
Nicole Taylor 22 8 12 5 6.32 7
Kate Ogilvie 25- 5.5 11+ 7.5 6.42 8
Melanie Jackson 17 9 11 9 9 9
Youth D Female
Qualification
Route A Route B Combined
Name Score Ranking Score Ranking Score Ranking
Lauren Atkin 21 1 99 1 1 1
Youth D Male
Qualification
Route A Route B Combined
Name Score Ranking Score Ranking Score Ranking
Jack Booth 21 2 99 2 2 1
Cameron Merwood 21 2 99 2 2 1
Levi Offner 21 2 99 2 2 1
Felix Sanders 4+ 4 8 4 4 4
Junior Male
Qualification
Route A Route B Combined
Name Score Ranking Score Ranking Score Ranking
Louis O'Brien 99 1 30+ 1.5 1.22 1
Francis Main 22 2 30+ 1.5 1.73 2
Quintin Graham 13- 4 27 3 3.46 3
Ben Oliver 15- 3 23+ 4 3.46 3
Junior Female
Qualification
Route A Route B Combined
Name Score Ranking Score Ranking Score Ranking
Amy Holland 23 1 13- 1 1 1
Claire Gibson 20+ 2 11+ 2.5 2.23 2
Nikki Carter 18+ 3 11+ 2.5 2.73 3
Masters
Qualification
Route A Route B Combined
Name Score Ranking Score Ranking Score Ranking
Rich Morgan 30 1 25+ 1 1 1
Andrew Marshall 29 2 14- 2 2 2
Geoff Jacobsen 23+ 3 13+ 3 3 3
Dave Offner 21+ 4 11+ 4 4 4
Lisia Grocott 21- 5 4 5 5 5
Youth C Female
Qualification
Route A Route B Combined
Name Score Ranking Score Ranking Score Ranking
Alex Jones 99 6 99 1 2.44 1
Aiyana Grigsby 99 6 27 2 3.46 2
rebecca boles 99 6 27- 3.5 4.58 3
Tessa Jacobsen 99 6 27- 3.5 4.58 3
Victoria Booth 99 6 26+ 5 5.47 5
Tayla Atkin 99 6 26 7 6.48 6
Moya McCarthy 99 6 26 7 6.48 6
Lakyn Wingfield 99 6 26 7 6.48 6
danielle Thomson 99 6 26- 9.5 7.54 9
Erica Gatland 99 6 25- 11 8.12 10
rachel sykes 99 6 23 12.5 8.66 11
ella walsh 9- 15 26- 9.5 11.93 12
Hanna Van der Giessen 26 12 23 12.5 12.24 13
Marlise McNeil 25 13 20- 14 13.49 14
Sian Moffitt 21 14 14 15.5 14.73 15
Eden Craig 8 16 14 15.5 15.74 16
Bridget Clarke 6+ 17 12+ 17 17 17
Youth C Male
Qualification
Route A Route B Combined
Name Score Ranking Score Ranking Score Ranking
Josh Evans 99 1 22 1 1 1
Adam Steens 30- 2 19 2 2 2
Matthew Sutherland 25- 3.5 13- 3 3.24 3
Finn Fairbairn 24 5 12 4 4.47 4
Thaddeus Mongillo 25- 3.5 11 6 4.58 5
Ryan Greenwood 14 9.5 12- 5 6.89 6
Isaac Buckley 23- 6 6+ 10 7.74 7
George Sanders 20 8 11- 7.5 7.74 7
Billie Barker 21- 7 7- 9 7.93 9
Callum McLean 14 9.5 11- 7.5 8.44 10
The third national cup competition has kicked off in Rotorua at The Wall. Stay tuned for some preliminary results as they come to hand.
The program for the 2009 National Cup Series events will be as follows.
Saturday: Youth Qualification / Speed Qualification / Open Qualification and Finals
8.00 a.m. Facility Opens for warmup
8.30 a.m. Briefing and Demonstration - Youth D/Youth C/Youth B
9.00 a.m Climbing Starts – YB/YC/YD
10.30 a.m. Climbing Ends – YB/YC/YD
10.30 a.m. Briefing and Demonstration - Youth A/ Junior / Masters
11.00 a.m. Climbing Starts – YA/Junior/Masters
11.45 a.m. Climbing Ends - YA/Junior/Masters
12.00 p.m. Speed Qualification
1.00 p.m. Speed Qualification Ends
1.05 p.m. Demonstration -- YA/Junior/Masters
1.15 p.m. Climbing Starts – YA/Junior/Masters
2.15 p.m. Climbing Ends - YA/Junior/Masters
2.15 p.m. Briefing and Demonstration - Youth D/Youth C/Youth B
2.25 p.m Climbing Starts – YB/YC/YD
3.55 p.m. Climbing Ends – YB/YC/YD
4.00 p.m. Briefing and Demonstration - Open Female/ Open Male
4.15 p.m. Climbing Starts – Open Climbs
5.15 p.m. Climbing Ends - Open Climbs
6.00 p.m. Briefing and Demonstration - Open Female/ Open Male
6.15 p.m. Climbing Starts – Open Climbs
7.15 p.m. Climbing Ends - Open Climbs
8.00 p.m. Isolation Closes - Open Female/ Open Male
8.15 p.m. Climbing Starts – Open Finals Climbs
10.00 p.m. Climbing Ends - Open Finals & Prize Giving
Sunday: Youth/Junior Lead & Speed Finals
8.15 a.m Isolation Opens – Youth B/ Youth C/ Youth D
8.45 a.m Isolation Closes – Youth B/ Youth C/ Youth D
9.00 a.m Viewing
9.10 a.m. Climbing Starts – Youth B/ Youth C/ Youth D
11.10 a.m. Climbing Ends
11.00 a.m. Isolation Opens – Youth A/Junior/ Masters
11.30 a.m. Isolation Closes
11.45 a.m. Viewing
12.00 a.m. Climbing Starts – Youth A/Junior/ Masters
2.00 p.m. Climbing Ends – Youth A/Junior/ Masters
2.25 p.m Speed Finals- Briefing
2.30 p.m. Speed Finals Commence
Junior & Youth Prizegiving will follow immediately after speed climbing finals
Congratulations to the 2009 team to compete at the World Youth Championships in France, August 2009. The thirteen strong team spend time in Europe training prior to the event and then compete with over 600 athletes for the world championship titles.
The following athletes have indicated their intention to compete at the 2009 WYC, and have been assessed as meeting the required standard:
Youth A Male: Jesse Offner, Damon McNeil, Mark Pugh-Williams
Youth A Female: Sarah Gilmour, Amanda Speed, Olivia Holt,
Youth B Male: Wiz Fineron , Josiah Jacobson-Grocott
Youth B Female: Rowan Hines, Emily Searle, Irmak Thompson, Charlotte McConnochie
Junior Female: Claire Gibson
To complete their qualification, in accordance with the 2009 Selection criteria they must be ranked in the top four of the National Series at the conclusion of the 3rd National Cup event in Rotorua.
Further details will be forwarded via email this week.
Results from 2009 National Cup Series 2 are available here
Thanks to all of the volunteers and officials who made this event possible.
A big thank you to the Dynomites Climbing Club and Hangdog Climbing for a great venue and event.
Some progress results from Day 1 of the National Cup 2 at Hangdog in Lower Hutt.
Youth A Male
Qualification
Route A Route B Combined
Name Score Ranking Score Ranking Score Ranking
Campbell Taylor 14- 1 99 3 1.73 1
Jared Elliott 13+ 3 99 3 3 2
Mark Pugh-Williams 13+ 3 99 3 3 2
Damon McNeil 13- 6.5 99 3 4.41 4
Jesse Offner 13- 6.5 99 3 4.41 4
Jonas Lamarche 13+ 3 16 7 4.58 6
Chase Gatland 13 5 26+ 6 5.47 7
Jonas Lamarche 8 8 8 8
Youth A Female
Qualification
Route A Route B Combined
Name Score Ranking Score Ranking Score Ranking
Sarah Gilmour 29 1 21.5+ 1 1 1
amanda speed 26+ 2 21+ 2 2 2
Olivia Holt 25- 3 19- 5.5 4.06 3
Georgia Orme 22+ 6 21- 3 4.24 4
Liesel Carnie 24 4 19- 5.5 4.69 5
Ellie Stevens 24- 5 19- 5.5 5.24 6
Georgia Anderson 16- 8.5 19- 5.5 6.83 7
Elena Lochore-Ward 21 7 10+ 9 7.93 8
kirsten mills 15+ 10 10+ 9 9.48 9
pace jenkins-foreman 16- 8.5 9+ 11 9.66 10
Anita Bergamin 11+ 11 10+ 9 9.94 11
Anita Bergamin 12 12 12 12
Youth B Male
Qualification
Route A Route B Combined
Name Score Ranking Score Ranking Score Ranking
Wiz Finneron 27+ 2 26 1 1.41 1
Josiah Jacobsen 28- 1 22- 2 1.41 1
Ashley Elder 25 3 10- 3 3 3
Joshua Brindle 16 4 6 4 4 4
Youth B Female
Qualification
Route A Route B Combined
Name Score Ranking Score Ranking Score Ranking
Rowan Hines 27+ 1 24 2 1.41 1
Irmak Thompson 18- 8 25 1 2.82 2
Caroline Webb 19- 3 19+ 3.5 3.24 3
Melanie Jackson 23 2 13 10 4.47 4
Anna Muru Paenga 18+ 4 15+ 7 5.29 5
Kate Ogilvie 18- 8 19+ 3.5 5.29 5
Charlotte McConnochie 18 5.5 15+ 7 6.2 7
Mieka Watson 18 5.5 15+ 7 6.2 7
Emma Lovegrove 18- 8 18+ 5 6.32 9
Meisha Booth 17+ 10 14