Holiday activities

Why not join us this school half term, we have a new programme of events including climbng, archery, outdoor climbing, nature walk and crafts. During the school Holidays, we are climbing outdoors on Friday 29th May and June 5th at Windgather Rocks. The cost of the day will be £30 and will include all equipment needed. We will be meeting at the centre at 10 a.m and plan to be back before 4 p.m. You will need to bring plenty of warm clothes and a waterproof, plus a packed lunch. Phone the centre to book your place. (if cold and wet, visit the main website for normal activities indoors)

BRYCS pictures

Just a few of Lucy`s pictures round 3 of the BRYCS. If you have any phones you think would look good on the site please forward them to us.

Round 3 - BRYCS

Yet again well done!! you were all brilliant, composed and it looked like you were all having a great time at the final round of the BRYCS 2009 (except Catherine who was RUBBISH!:)ha ha)
Final results
Boys 14-16 years
Liam 5th place
Girls 14-16 years
Catherine 4th place
Girls 11-13 years
Shelly 4th place
Cornelia 6th place
Ellisa 9th place
Emmy 12 th place

Easter Holidays

Why not join us this Easter holiday, we are running activities throughout the Easter break including outdoor climbing on Friday 17th April!!
Places are limited so ring the centre to book your place.

Outdoor climbing

Yet again we will try and get outdoors this easter holiday!! We will hopefully (weather permitting) going out on Friday 17th April. We will be meeting at Rope Race at 10.00 and be back at the centre by 4.00pm, the cost for the full day will be £30.00 including all the equipment and instruction. Booking is essential as place are limited, so if you fancy a day outdoors contact us as soon as possible.

Red Nose Day Competition

Once again, well done everyone who turned up to help raise money for charity. There was some fantastic climbing on the night as well as some fantastic wellies!!

The boys 6-10 year category results are: 1st Harry S-469 points, 2nd Tolly C-405 points, 3rd William S-394 points, Ben-327 points, Oliver-154 points.

The girls 6-10 year category results are: 1st Liberty K-471 points, 2nd Robyn C-389 points, 3rd Trudie D-336 points.

The boys 11-13 year category results are: 1st Bryn R-424 points, 2nd Spencer AC-420, 3rd Sam L-393 points, Anthony-315 points, Ciaron-173 points, Sam M-153 points, James-152 points, Crad-146 points, Callum-143 points, Owen-121 points, Nicholas-61 points.

The girls 11-13 year category results are: (Joint)1st Cornelia M + Ellissa B-472, 2nd Shelly P-470, 3rd Bethany B-465, Stephanie-414 points, Emma-395 points, Annabelle-324 points, Charlotte-289 points, Claudia-191 points, Megan-113 points, Holly-108 points, Katherine-92 points.

The boys 14-16 year category results are: 1st Liam W-405, 2nd Alistair B-148, 3rd Dan K-104, Alex-103 points, Ben-54 points.

We hope you all enjoyed the competition as much as we did, we'll be organising another one soon. Watch this space!!!
Photos

Red Nose Day

Yet again `Geckos` you were brilliant! Had a fantastic time at our fun competition check out the photos!! We would also like to thank everyone from Upper Limits who joined us. I will be posting the results online.

Red Nose Friday

Don't forget this Friday we will be holding a fun competition and hopefully raise some money for this great charity. Do something funny for money and decorate your wellies, best pair wins a prize.

Well done to Liam, Catherine, Cornelia, Shelly & Emmy at the 1st round of the BRYCS competition.

Red Nose Day - Climbing competition

This year we are hoping that you are going to raise loads more money for this brilliant charity. On Friday 13th March we will holding a fun competition for anyone who wants to join in, there will be 3 routes and 3 boulder problems and prizes for the winners. The competition will start at 5pm until 9pm, there will be judges on every route so come when you can and have a go.
There will also a prize for the best decorated wellies!! so don you boots, get the sticky back plastic out and let your imagination go wild!! (you don't have to climb in them but it would be fun)

Good luck to our climbing team who are entering the BRYCS comp his weekend

Holiday club

Its nearly holiday time again, this holiday we will running our indoor climbing and archery sessions and hopefully climbing outdoors on Friday 20th Feb. Check out the holiday page, if you would like to book let us know as soon as possible.

2009

New and improved GECKOS will be up and running soon, we would like you all to re-register so we can keep in touch and let you know all the fun and exciting events that will be running in 2009. We will be holding GECKOS bouldering and climbing competitions every month with prizes, we will also be competing against other walls in fun climbing & bouldering comps. If you would like some extra training, Paul runs the ROCK ACADEMY on a Wednesday 6.00pm-7.30pm, if you would like to join, just ring and let us know you are coming.
Happy Climbing

Xmas Party

Thanks to you all for making our Geckos Xmas party brilliant!! Hope you all have a fab Xmas and we will see you all in the New Year. The next Geckos session is on Saturday 27th Dec 10.00-12.00 and Friday 2nd January 2009 - 5.00-7.00 & 7.00-9.00.

GECKOS Xmas Party

Its that time again!! this year our Geckos Xmas party theme is cartoon/comic book characters so dress to impress!!
There will be lots of games, Xmas buffet and prizes. So get your best fancy dress on and join us on Friday 19th December 5pm - 8.30.
The cost will be £15.00 per head and discount for family members.
All you need to do is fill in a form before Saturday 13th Dec and we will do the rest.

Geckos `Go Outdoors`

Unfortunatly due to the FREEZING weather we are expecting on Sarurday, the outdoor session has had to be cancelled. However all that were hoping to attend will be happy to hear that if you come to the Saturday morning Geckos, Paul will be doing a leading lesson and abseil in the centre.

Climbing comp

Well done to Catherine and Elissa who competed last weekend. Catherine came 2nd after a well fought battle in the 14-16 years, Elissa coming 1st in the 8-10 years.

Outdoor Day

On Saturday the 11th of October the Geckos went outdoors to Hobsons Moor Quarry, where they had a fantastic day and luckily managed to get all of their climbs done just before the rain came. Everyone climbed really well, and completed every challenge that was thrown at them. Well done guys. Hope you enjoy the photos of the day.

Rock Academy Training Club

From Wednesday the 10th of September, Rope Race will be holding a weekly training session for dedicated Geckos who wish to improve their climbing ability.

The sessions will focus on the different aspects of climbing and will involve coaching to meet specific individual needs. The aim of these sessions is to prepare our Geckos for future competitions.

Those wishing to participate should speak speak to a member of staff.

We look forward to hearing from our future pros!

BRYCS - final Ratho

A huge congratulations to Elissa (3rd) & Shelly (7th) who climbed brilliantly at the BRYCS final. I know the competition was very tough and some of the routes were extremely hard but you both climbing really well.
All the staff at Rope Race wish you both a HUGE congratulations!!!

p.s If you have any photos, please bring them in for us all to have a look at.

BRYCS - Round 3 Saturday 26th April

What can I say, you were all brilliant on Saturday!!!!

Good job Elissa for coming 1st in the 8-10 category and also by coming 1st overall and wining a well deserved place at the BRYCS final at Ratho in June ( hope your feeling better)

Well done Shelly for a coming 4th in the 11-13 category on Saturday and coming 3rd overall and also winning a well deserved place at the BRYCS final at Ratho

Lots of training to be done guys!!!

Good job Ellen for coming 9th on Saturday in the 11-13 category and 6th overall.
Congratulation Cornelia for coming 11th on Saturday in the 11-13 category and 11th overall.
Great effort Jen coming 4th on Saturday in the 14-16 year category and 4th overall
Nice one Catherine for coming 7th on Saturday in the 14-16 category and 5th overall
Great as usual Liam with your positive attitude, coming 7th on Saturday in the

14-16 category and 6th overall.
You all did a great job and I'm very proud of you all, so lets start training for next year!!!

Look out for our new `Rock Academy` team training.

Sharon

Junior climbing series round 2

A big well done to the Geckos who took part in round 2 of the junior climbing series on Saturday. The Rope Race contingent had loads of support not only from each other, but from all the family and friends who turned up to cheer them on.

Well done to Ellissa who came 1st in the 8-10 category with 480 points.

Congrats also to Shelley who came 2nd in the 11-13 category with 457 points.

Good job Ellen, for coming 5th in the 11-13 category, getting 403 points.


Well done Cornelia who is 11th overall, getting 308 points in the 11-13 category on Saturday.


Good job Jen who was 5th with 14-16 category 397 points.

Nice one Catherine for coming 6th in the 14-16 category with 396 points.

Good effort Liam who is currently in 6th place overall, gaining 350 points on Saturday.


I'm dead proud of you all, and am enjoying our brilliant team spirit. Keep up the good work!