CHRISTMAS GECKOS

All our Geckos Climbing sessions will be running as usual,  

except the Friday 26th, Boxing Day

WE HOPE THAT YOU ALL HAVE AN AMAZING CHRISTMAS

Don't forget our Christmas Holiday Activities.

Amazing Geckos

Brilliant Xmas Party.

We have the best junior climbers!!!

GECKOS XMAS PARTY

 

Join us on Friday 12th December 6-8pm for this years amazing GECKOS Christmas Party.

Games, Party tea, Prizes & Pressies

Ring to book your place

BBC Children in need 2014

 

 

Friday 14th November is this years Children in Need event.

 

We will be having some more fun and games to support Pudsey



Halloween

A fantastic night for all our junior Halloween  climbers on Friday, Lots of spooky stuff going on in the centre.

Well done to Nathan who got his Bronze Gecko award

Windgather & Halloween

 

 

What a fantastic day on Saturday up at Windgather Rocks

 Amazing weather for mid October and a great time had by all.

 

Our next event for the under 18's will be the
 Halloween Geckos

on Friday 31st October.

Come along, dress up or down, fun games and prizes on the night.

Look forward to seeing you then.

 



Family Outdoor Climbing

We have a few spaces left on this Saturday`s (18th) outdoor climbing at Windgather Rocks.  We will be leaving RR at about 12 noon and climb until about 5pm.
To book a place, contact us on 0161 426 0226

Rock Academy

Due to the popularity of our Rock Academy training sessions for 6-16 years. We now have another instructor working along with Haydn, so we have got  8 places available.  So if you want to take your training further ring and book a place.

Family Outdoor Climbing 18th October

We will be running the last of this years Family Outdoor Climbing sessions of 2014 on Saturday 18th October 12 noon until 5pm.
Spaces are limited you book your place early.  £25.00 per head

Well done Rosie & Joe

Well done to Rosie & Joe for getting you Gold & Platinum Geckos certificates.....

Only 2 spaces left

We have got only 2 spaces left for tomorrows outdoor kids climbing day.  If you would like to book or need any information please let me know on 0161 426 0226

KIDS OUTDOOR CLIMBING DAY

WEDNESDAY 13TH & 20TH AUGUST

Book your place now for our kids outdoor climbing day in the Peak District.
We will be leaving RR in the minibus at 10.00am and be back by 4.00pm, we will provide all the equipment and instruction all you need to do is bring along a packed lunch, plenty of drinks and your waterproofs.

Geckos we need to get training!

Climbing heads to Youth Olympic Games

 

The IFSC has announced that sport climbing will be present in the Youth Olympic Games (YOG) in Nanjing, China from 17-27 August as a showcased sport.

 

Check out what the BMC article

https://www.thebmc.co.uk/climbing-heads-to-youth-olympic-games-in-august

Gecko Awards

 

 

A busy week for our junior climbers, we have been handing out awards

Well done to Heidi, Oliver and TJ

Do we give Alan an award for an impressive ,balancing a child on his shoulders



Youth Climbing series

 

 

WELL DONE

 

To all our junior climbers that took part in the final of this years competition

 

A fantastic representation from the North West, securing 3rd place overall.

Over 300 took part in the day from around the country.

Want to be there next year?

Keep an eye out for all the key dates and locations,

we will be running our extra training sessions nearer the time, will keep you updated.



 



Holiday Club 2014

 

This summer we have some new holiday activities on offer for under 16's

 

Coming along to climb? over 7's can register with us and make a start on your Level 1

N.I.C.A.S climbing award.

 

 

One of our Juniors with their Level 2 NICAS award

 

 

We are going to include the Young navigator certificate, lets explore your countryside

 

For the water enthusiasts we will be going out onto the canal .

Lets get going on your Paddle power 'start' award over 8's only

 

 



 

For the Archers among you we have our Young Archer Certificate

Over 8's only

 

Interested in our activities? give us a call or send us an e-mail to book.

Payment on booking please.

£10.00 per session

£25.00 for a full day

 

 



Geckos and Holiday club

 

 

This weeks award goes to Polly

 

A fantastic achievement the Gold Gecko Award

Well done

 

HOLIDAY CLUB

Don't forget we have lots of fun filled activities for half term.

Call the centre to book on 0161 426 0226

£10.00 per session £25.00 per day

 Canoeing

 

 Climbing

 

 

Archery

 



Silver Award

SILVER GECKO AWARD

 

 

A FABULOUS WELL DONE TO OUR SILVER AWARD WINNER



JENNIE COHEN.

 

 



Rock Monkeys

 

 

New climbing sessions for 5-6 year olds.

 

ROCK MONKEYS

 Starting Sunday 18th May 10-11am

Wednesday 21st May 5-6pm

Looking for something to entertain your 5-6 year old?

Why not book a block of 5 weekly sessions for only £40.00.

This is a fun session in which to learn basic climbing skills, whilst remaining under the  supervision of an instructor at all times.

Call us now to book your place.

 



Family Outdoor Climbing - 19.4.14

We had a brilliant day outdoor climbing at Windgather Rocks on Saturday.  The weather and the climbing was amazing.  Well done to you all :)

We have loads of different  climbing sessions over the Easter holiday.

 

Good Friday –  Taster sessions for all ages & family climbing

Saturday – Under 18`s climbing club plus taster sessions for all. Outdoor family climbing

Easter Sunday – Taster session for all & family climbing

Easter Monday -   Taster session for all & family climbing

Then back to our School holiday activity sessions include climbing & archery.

Ring for session times and availability 

Happy Easter

Whether you are half way through your School holidays or just at the beginning we

have lots of climbing for you to enjoy over the next couple of weeks.

If you are going on holiday or doing something exciting we would love to hear about it.

Lets hope you have plenty of these over the weekend

Too many.......Bring them in we'll help you finish them off !!

Just got a late entry from Beth, A great climb in Liverpool for the Youth Climbing Series

 

Youth Climbing Series 2014 & Holiday Club

 

 

Well done to all our juniors

we look forward to some great climbing in the finals representing

the North west and Peak

This is one of our Rock Academy juniors showing of his skills in the last round .

 

 

 

 

Easter is nearly upon us and we have lots of activities on offer for you during the school holidays.

Climbing 10-12 and 2-30 -4-30 Monday to Friday

and for over 8's we have Archery 12-30 till 2.00pm each day.

Don't miss out Book today . £10.00 per session or £25.00 all day.

 

 



Easter climbing

 

 

Gecko's its nearly Easter, time to book you extra climbing sessions with us in the holidays.

We have climbing on every day 10-12pm  or 2-30- 4-30pm

If you are over 8 yrs you can come and do a bit of Archery with us too

12-30 -2.00pm

 

Remember to eat lots of these.!! But also to do lots of this!

Junior Climbing club

 

 

This weekend has been another busy one,

with our Juniors training hard for the last round of the Youth Climbing series.

Its been a big birthday weekend too,

don't forget we do Archery parties for

over 8's if you fancy trying your hand at something a bit different.

 



 



Awards and CAKE !

A big well done to John

 Achieving the Bronze Gecko award on Saturday

 

Here is Zoe who achieved her Level 1  N.I.C.A.S at the weekend

 

This is Jennifer's Birthday cake, made by her very clever

grandma, she was kind enough to send us in a recent photo.

 

Youth Climbing Series round 2



Yet again our junior climbers put in a fantastic show

in round 2 of the BMC Youth Climbing series.

All the training in our Rock academy sessions on a Wednesday evening are clearly paying off.

 

https://www.thebmc.co.uk/results-bmc-youth-climbing-series-round-2-2014?s=1



                               Want to know a bit more ? check out the BMC website
                               March 29th will be the final round in the competition.

 





Holiday Club

 

 

Holiday club is in full swing,

its been a busy week so far and it looks like its carrying on the same way this week

 

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Couldn't get to holiday club?

 

Don't forget we have our under 16's Climbing club

Fridays 5-7 & 7-9

Saturdays 10-12pm



Gecko Award

 

 

A fantastic WELL DONE to Fiona

Achieved her Bronze Gecko award on Saturday



Geckos/ Youth Climbing series 2014

 Well done to our junior climbers.

Just a few snapshots of Megan's climb to get her into 1st place in her group

in the first of this years competition.

 A really great session for our juniors again this week

It will soon be half term, check out the activities on offer to keep

you all busy and active .