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Climbing New Zealand is pleased to advise the following National Level events will be held in 2012:
 
 
April     28/29th - National Cup 1 - Cliffhanger Climbing Club and Basecamp Wanka
June     9th/10th - National Cup 2 - Rotorua Climbing Club and The Wall
July      7th/8th  - National Cup 3 - BOP Sportclimbing and The Rockhouse
August 11th/12th - National Cup 4 - Auckland Sportclimbing Club and Extreme Edge
 
October 6th/7th - National Championships - The Flying Geckos and The Roxx
 
We look forward to an exciting 2012 Competition Season with improved events and increased competitor numbers.
 
A number of regional level events are taking place over the coming months - we look forward to advising of these dates as they become available.
 

The draft programs is 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. Briefing and Demonstration - Youth D/Youth C/Youth B
1.15 p.m Climbing Starts – YB/YC/YD
2.35 p.m. Climbing Ends – YB/YC/YD
3.00 p.m. Briefing and Demonstration - Open Female/ Open Male
3.15 p.m. Climbing Starts – Open Climbs
4.15 p.m. Climbing Ends - Open Climbs
5.00 p.m. Briefing and Demonstration - Open Female/ Open Male
5.15 p.m. Climbing Starts – Open Climbs
6.15 p.m. Climbing Ends - Open Climbs
7.00 p.m. Isolation Closes - Open Female/ Open Male
7.15 p.m. Climbing Starts – Open Finals Climbs
9.00 p.m. Climbing Ends - Open Finals & Prize Giving
 

Sunday: Youth/Junior Lead & Speed Qualification and Finals 
 
8.45 a.m. Demonstration -- YA/Junior/Masters
9.00 a.m. Climbing Starts – YA/Junior/Masters
10.15 a.m. Climbing Ends - YA/Junior/Masters
10.15 a.m Isolation Opens – Youth B/ Youth C/ Youth D
10.45 a.m Isolation Closes – Youth B/ Youth C/ Youth D
11.00 a.m Viewing
11.10 a.m. Climbing Starts – Youth B/ Youth C/ Youth D
12.10 p.m. Climbing Ends
12.00 p.m. Isolation Opens – Youth A/Junior/ Masters
12.30 p.m. Isolation Closes
12.45 p.m. Viewing
1.00 p.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

Prizegiving will follow the conclusion of the Speed Finals

Please note that in accordance with the rules, all place getters must be present at the prize-giving. This will enforced throughout 2011.

The IOC Executive Board met on the 4th July 2011 in South Africa. One of the most important items on the agenda for climbing was the selection of the short list of sports that will be eligible for inclusion in the 2020 Olympic Program.
The IOC Executive Board agreed that the following sports will be considered for inclusion in the sports programme: baseball, karate, roller sports, softball, sports climbing, squash, wakeboard and wushu.
From this list of eight sports one sport will be selected to be considered for inclusion at the 2020 Olympiad. The Olympics can include a maximum of 28 sports at the Olympics so this next step does not guarantee inclusion in the games but is the first hurdle.
Selection of the sport  will be voted at the 125th IOC Session in Buenos Aires in 2013.
This is great opportunity, Climbing New Zealand looks forward to supporting the International Federation of Sport Climbing (IFSC) in reaching new heights for the sport of Climbing.