Bouldering League R1 - Results

(ph. Norman Gilman)

Round 1 was a fantastic success with over 100 people picking up a scorecard and taking part in the competition.

25 problems from font 4 to 7c meant there was something for pretty much everyone and the scores reflect this with a wide range in all categories. Full results for R1 can now be viewed on climbingworks.com news page.

Leah Crane on the Women's cash problem. Leah, Katy Whittaker and Naomi Buys shared the £125 cash prize. (ph. Norman Gilman)

The most impressive climbing of the night was Dave Barrans systematic destruction of every problem in the competition. All 25 flashed without barely breaking a sweat. He also had time to relax and hang around on the 7c while letting another competitor finish their respective problem. As he was the only one to complete this boulder in a very strong field, it topped an already impressive bit of climbing.

You can see some more photos and a short, late Friday night, report on our blog.

Dave Mason on the Men's cash problem. This was the stopper crux until Dave found a cunning kneebar to the right that led to a number of ascents. 10 in fact. R2 cash problem will be a little harder... (ph. Norman Gilman)

The next round will take place of the 4th December and will start EARLIER than normal. The next 3 rounds will start at 6pm now instead of 7pm. This has changed because R1 was so popular meaning there was still people trying to complete problems at 10pm. Hopefully the earlier start will allow everyone enough time to finish.

Overall, R1 was a success. Over 100 competitors, a wide range of scores, top tunes and a great atmosphere. Thanks everyone : )

Friday Night Comp

As I write this, R1 of the Winter Bouldering League is nearing its end. The remaining competitors who, somehow, still have energy are rushing to finish their respective problems.

Trying to figure out if a competition is going well is a hard act. With alot of smiling faces and a positive energy around the comp wall, I think I can confidently state that R1 has been a success.

With over 100 competitors on the night it will take a day or two to count up all the scores. We should have them all totalled up by Monday so keep an eye on the blog and website for full results.

The £250 cash prize has brought out the big guns and alot of Men have completed their cash prize so their £125 has been heavily diluted. The Women's problem though has only had 3 ascents so far so the drinks are on the ladies tonight : )

A busy R1 but also a very good R1

The mystery competitor (just returned from the Frankenjura) who is slightly disappointed with his 4 points on the night. The one problem he did do was the cash prize problem though...

Blank Canvas

And then there was nothing....again. The competition wall has been stripped and once more Percy and Sam have a blank canvas to create some brutal masterpieces for Friday nights Winter Bouldering League.

The 25 problems that were up for all of 48 hours got a good hammering and were well received by both the armed services and our customers.

So, back to the business end. Tomorrow night, 7pm, R1 of the Winter bouldering league at The Climbing Works. £250 cash up for grabs on the night while the overall winner of the league (male & female) will get a 3 month membership to the Works.

Check out tomorrow's blog for more info on the comp.

48 Hours

That's all the time the latest comp wall creations will be available to climb before disappearing back into the holds room ready for a new set for the first round of the Winter bouldering league at The Climbing Works (which starts roughly in 48 hours)

The Berghaus comp wall will be closed this afternoon between 12.30pm and 4.30pm for the armed services bouldering competition, it will be back open again this evening for you, our lovely customers, to batter yourselves on before it's stripped Thursday morning.

Below is a short video of Sam (recently returned from his Spanish sport climbing trip) showing his new fitness on the Green + vols problem.

So. Many. Problems.

This morning Sam and Percy are busy setting 25 new problems for Wednesday's armed services bouldering competition. This will take place between 12.30pm and 4.30pm and will mean that the competition wall will be closed for the entire afternoon. The rest of the wall will be open as usual though - so you only have 10 circuits, a motherboard, campus board and circuit board to climb on.

For this slight disruption on Wednesday afternoon to your severe overhanging training you get 25 new problems to try tonight and tomorrow night. By Thursday morning the comp wall will once again be stripped, ready for ANOTHER 25 new problems to be set for the first round of the Winter Bouldering League on Friday night.

For those in the armed services who are thinking about coming down tonight to maybe get some sneaky beta on the new problems, beware! If we catch anyone doing this we will have to deliver some climbing works punishment... ; )

Lectures, comps, and more comps....

Don't forget, tonight Leo Houlding is lecturing at The Climbing Works. Me and Pickles will be heckling from the back.....

Also this week The Climbing Works is hosting not one, but two bouldering competitions. This means that the comp wall will be stripped tomorrow, and new problems for the Armed Forces Bouldering Championships will be set on Tuesday. The competition will be on Wednesday afternoon, so the comp wall will be closed whilst the comp is on, but the wall will reopen at half four-ish so you can all get on the problems on Wednesday evening. Be quick though, because the wall will be stripped on Thursday in preparation for the first round of our bouldering league which takes place on Friday evening. Its a friendly comp and everybody is welcome. You might even win some CASH!

So, there you go - 25 new problems to try on the comp wall but only available on WEDNESDAY EVENING, and then another 25 new problems on the comp wall for you to try from Friday evening onwards. Crikey, we're good to you...!-)

Bad Parking

A certain Sheffield resident, ex-climber (who's middle name is Charles), wall & hotel owner came to visit another business located beside us, leaving his car in a No Parking zone. This left us with no choice but to 'redecorate' his car...

who could do such a dastardly deed??

obvious answer really