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!

Outdoor Climbing Days

We are now into the the swing of regular outdoor days for the Geckos. Both August and September's outdoor days have gone down well and the weather held out for us on both 4th August and 1st September. A range of climbs all over the crag and even an abseil gave the climbers plenty to go at for the day. One or two on both days managed a go at one of the hardest routes on the cliff, Portfolio, an HVS, or Hard Very Severe, graded climb which is a significant achievement.

With our outdoor days now becoming a regular event the next day will be the first Saturday in October (6th October) and we'll be going to Windgather, near Kettleshulme.

Kayaking club

New for the winter is our kayaking club, the first session will run on Saturday 8th September between 1.00pm - 3.00pm and is for anyone over the age of 8 years.
We will focus on a mixture of fun and enjoyment as well as improving everyone`s paddling skills and work towards gaining BCU Kayak Star Award. All kayaking equipment will be provided. you only need to bring is a complete change of clothes and old trainers just in case!!
Places are strictly limited so if you want to join us contact the centre and book your place.

Outdoor climbing - 1st September

We've got a few places left for this Saturdays outdoor climbing at Windgather. Hopefully the weather will improve but just in case make sure you bring waterproofs, sun cream, fleece, hat, plenty of food and drinks for lunch. We will be meeting at Rope Race at 10.00am and should be back by 4.00pm.

The British Bouldering Championships

Well done girls for doing well at this event, look forward to seeing the pictures.

More outdoor climbing pictures

Thanks Nat for the great pictures of the outdoor day at Windgather.

BRYCS - Final 2007

Well done to Ellissa Bryant for getting to the finals at Ratho and coming 12th overall in the girls 7-9 age group.

Catherine`s outdoor climbing pics

Thanks Catherine for sending your pictures, what was Dee thinking!!

Outdoor climbing

I hope you all had a fantastic time outdoors on Saturday. If anyone has any photos of the day, could you please email them or I can copy them off your camera.
sharon@roperace.co.uk

Hannah Reedy

Well done Hannah for getting your Bronze Geckos Award.
Happy Climbing!!!

Platinum Award

Well done Liam for gaining your Platinum Award last week & modelling the new Geckos T`shirt

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SUMMER OUTDOOR CLIMBING

We will be running the first of our summer outdoor climbing days on Saturday 23rd June. As places are limited contact the centre soon as possible.

Julia

Congratulations Julia for getting your gold Geckos award

Silver

Well done for gaining your silver Geckos award

Catherines BRYCS pictures

Thanks to Catherine for sending me her pictures from the BRYCS round at Manchester

BRYCS

Well done!! to all the Geckos who entered this months BRYCS competition. A special congratulations to Elissa Bryant and Charlotte Garden who now will be competing at the finals.

13-15 years Charlotte Garden - 2nd

13-15 years Catherine Burgess - 9th

13-15 years Ben Hazelby - 7th

10-12 years Shelly Pickles - 4th

10-12 years Jennifer Wood - 8th

7-9 years Elissa Bryant - 3rd