Get well Soon

Liam Woolleson has recently injured his leg in a cycling accident.

Our best wishes go to Liam and we all hope he gets well soon!!

Testement to Liam's character and commitment is displayed by the fact he turned out at Rochdale to support his fellow climbers, despite only being out of hospital a couple of days earlier!!

CLIMBING COMPETION - ROCK ACADEMY

Saturday 27th October 2007: Held at Rochdale, the bouldering competition that was organised for our junior section to get some practice of competition climbing was a great success. Run along the same lines as the BRYCS, the competition gave the climbers a great experience and practice session to add to their list of escapades!!

A great day had by all and a super experience.

Very well done to all those who took part:
Ellen Downs
Catherine Burgess
Ellissa Bryant
Jenny Wood
Shelley Pickles

Not only did competition prove to be worthwhile in terms of experience but it also proved successful as some of our juniors walked away with prizes. This was a fantasic achievement and congratulations go to:

Ellissa Bryant 1st Place, 7 - 9 yr old category
Jennifer Wood 1st Place, 13 - 15 yr old category
Catherine Burgess 2nd Place, 13 - 15 yr old category
Shelley Pickles 3rd Place, 10 - 12 yr old category

Congratulations to everyone who took part!!!!

THINK PINK @ ROPE RACE

Thursday 25th October 2007: In aid of Breast Cancer UK we held a 'Pink' evening at Rope Race, inviting all our climbers to come along in support of this worthy cause wearing something pink. If climbers entered wearing something pink £1 of their entry was donated to charity. OUr climbers were also invited to take part in a number of 'pink' challenges we set for them, including bouldering problems, climbs and traverses. We requested voluntary contributions to take part and this alone raised over £60!

The evening was great success, with loads of climbers taking a challenge sheet and an excellent representation from our junior section.

Congratulations go to Ellissa Bryant, David Kirk and Catherine Burgess who won the competition and walked away with new chalk bags as well as 'pink' prize!!

Well done and many thanks go to all those who attended, took part and gave generously.

Towards the end of the summer we had a number of very sucessful outdoor days for our junior climbers. Our juniors come along to Windgather for the day and as well as getting to grips with climbing outside on real rock they can also have a go at abseiling as well!!

We'll be running some more outdoor days in the future, for our juniors so wathc this space and the website for more information!!!

Competition Training

ROCK ACADEMY TRAINING: Saturday 13th October was the first event in what will become a regular fixture for Rope Race. A number of climbers attending a 2 hour bouldering training session with a local bouldering expert and teacher, in preparation for a competition that will be held at Rochdale climbing wall this coming Saturday 27th October 2007.
The feedback from the 'trainees' was that the workshop proved extremely sucessful in helping them prepare for the coming competition.
Watch this space for details of how the competition went, and for future events!