Boulder Manchester Final!
8th Apr 2011
The final round of our joint winter league, Boulder Manchester, took place on Friday 8th April and, despite the scorching weather, we saw an excellent turnout from people of all different abilities, for many people this was their first ever competition.
In order to make the event as inclusive as possible, we actually ran 2 separate competitions side by side. One was the standard 30 problem V0-V8+ competition that has been running all winter, the other was a 'Beginners Competition.' The Beginners Competition was aimed at people who have never competed before and the idea was to have our coaches guide the competitors round the problems, offering advice and support as they tried to climb the 20, V0-V5 competition problems. The problems were set by Simon Chevis and Ian Vickers.
As well as all of this we had a Male and Female cash prize problem, each problem had a £50 prize pot which was split between whoever could get to the top. Despite repeated agonisingly close attempts by Naomi Buys, it was Shauna Coxsey who walked away with the full £50. The mens problem saw 5 ascents from James Garden, Jordan Buys, Craig Bailey, Chris Whiteman and Nathan Phillips, they each got £10 for their efforts!
As well as the climbing we also had superstar DJ extrodinaire Simon Williams providing the tunes, Chopper Harris had rigged a pair of slacklines on the upper balcony, Big Tom was manning the bar providing curry and beers, we had a whole bunch of raffle prizes and it was all followed by an awesome night of dancing at Mojo's in town, for those hardcore few that could hack the pace!!
Congratulations to all the winners: James Garden, Shauna Coxsey, Michael Hopkins, Jen Wood, Hank Pasquill, Joanna Goorney, Steven Ladley and Sara Williams.
Full results can be found at: http://www.rockoverclimbing.co.uk/news/boulder-manchester-final-results/
Big thanks to everyone who everyone who came along throughout the league and helped to make it a success.
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