Outdoor climbing

We are starting our programme of outdoor climbing days and

new for this year an after school group.

Why not join us on Monday 31st March (Easter hols) for a full days climbing in the Peak. We will be leaving Rope Race at 10am and will be back at the centre for 4pm, the cost for the full day is £30.00 this includes all the gear, so all you need to do is bring is bring loads of warm clothes, lots of food and hot drinks. Parents are welcome to join us, as places are limited, ring the centre and book your place.

Bouldering

New training sessions to start soon, keep a look out here.

Rochdale Competition Results

Hi Geckos,

Good on ya' for all who turned up to the Rochdale competition. I hope you all enjoyed yourselves as much as I did.

The format for the competition was a series of 3 boulder problems and 3 routes (BRYCS Style).

Well done to Ellissa Bryant who can first in the 8-10 category, Shelley Pickles who was second in the 10-12 category, and Jen and Catherine who just missed out on medals for the older category. Hard luck to Liam who injured his finger on his second problem (you're a walking disaster Liam)! Hope you're fixed soon.

Rochdale comp info

Hi Geckos.
The info below is from the Rochdale Wall regarding their comp this weekend. I hope you all have a fantastic time and bring back lots of prizes. I am still hoping to come and support you all but unfortuatly I still cant find anyone to look after Fusion. Good luck Sharon

Climbing Starts 10.00am, registration from 9.00am, pre-register where possible to ensure your place, this can be done over the phone by credit card. Entries will be accepted on the day. Entry cost £12.00 which includes a 'T' Shirt plus memento for all competitors.
The competition will follow the new BMC YCS rules; 3 boulder problems and 3 routes for each age category both male and female. Top roped routes in the lower two age catergories and Lead climbing for the oldest catergory.
Age groups as BMC YCS: Those born in 2000,1999 and 1998 (Age 7/8 and no older than 10) Those born in 1997,1996 and 1995 (Age 10/11 and no older than 13) Those born in 1994,1993 and 1992 (Age 13/14 and no older than 16)

Training session - Trust

Another great session run by Paul last night.

Training & competitions

Paul will be running his Geckos training session this Friday for everyone who is interested in adding to their technique. Dont forget the Rochdale wall are holding their competiton next Saturday 16th Feb, Paul has all the info, either speak to him on Friday or give him a ring at the centre 0161 426 0226.

Junior competiton results 2008

On Sunday 20th January we held the first of our 2008 junior climbing competition. Yet again it was a huge success and all the staff at Rope Race would like to thank all who took apart and a big well done!!
The results for the 7-9 years category
1st place Ellissa Bryant - Rope Race with 277 points

2nd place Ellen Downes - Rope Race with 269 points

3rd place Lucy Brown - Rochdale with 244 points

The results fo the 10-12 years girls category
1st place Shelly Pickles - Rope Race with 376 points

2nd place Olivia Ratcliffe - Rochdale with 365 points

3rd place Ellie Cadwallader - Rochdale with 201 points

The results fo the 10-12 boys category
1st place Randy Roby - Rochdale with 400 points

2nd place Matt Roby - Rochdale with 385 points

3rd place James Rushworh - Rochdale with 249 points

4th place Scott Bennett - Rope Race with 90 points

The results for the 13-15 years girls category
1st place Catherine Burgess - Rope Race with 220 points

2nd place Jen Wood - Rope Race with 205 points

The results for the 13-15 years boys category

1st place Bradley Hargreaves - Rochdale with 386 points

2nd place Robin Hayd - Rochdale with 372 points

3rd place Liam Wooleson - Rope Race with 211 points

4th place Chris Rushworth - Rope Race with 173

5th place Neil Bennett - Rope Race with 71 points

Competition pictures

Well done to everyone who competed in our competition on Sunday.

Under 16`s Comp

On Sunday 20th January we will be hosting the first of our 2008 under 16`s climbing competition.There will routes for each age group; Registration will take place between 12.00 - 12.30pm and cost £6.00 per person. All competitors must bring their parent or guardian to complete the consent form.
Age categories 7 – 10 years, 11 – 13 years & 14 – 16 years.
Prizes for the winners

Competition Team Training Dates

If you are interested in joining us for these training dates, please leave your name on reception.

Training and strength workshop - Friday 11th January
Balance workshop - Friday 25th January
Trust workshop - Friday 8th February
Footwork workshop - Friday 22nd February
Confidence workshop - Friday 7th March

The workshop will last approx 1 hour, this leaves plenty of time for individual climbing time, the sessions will start at 6pm. If you come to the 5pm - 7pm Geckos session then this will be the last hour of your session. If you come at 6pm then you can climb until 8pm. It will cost the same as your normal Geckos session.

The workshops will be run by Paul and will be very active training sessions. Every 2 weeks there will be a new workshop, however each workshop is ongoing and you can use what you've learnt when youre not training with Paul.

On the weeks in between workshop training sessions, Paul will be setting a designated route for our Climbing Team to attempt and work out together ask at reception for details of the problem.

JUNIOR CLIMBING COMPETITION RESULTS!

On Saturday 24th November Rope Race hosted a junior climbing competition. The competition was a great success and all the staff at Rope Race would like to say huge big well done to all the competitors who climbed excellently and made the whole day brilliant fun!

There were 3 groups; 7 - 9 year olds, 10 - 12 year olds and 13 - 15 year olds.


The results for the 7 - 9 year olds category are -

1st place - Elissa Bryant (Rope Race) with 472 points

2nd Place - Lucy Brown (Rochdale) with 464 points

3rd place - Fraser Wadsworth (Rope Race) with 429 points

4th place - William Kay (Stockport Grammar) with 417 points

5th place - Ashleigh Brown (Rochdale) with 369 points



The results for the 10 - 12 girls category are -

1st Place - Olivia Ratcliffe (Rochdale) with 360 points

2nd place - Jennifer Wood (Rope Race) with 360 points

3rd place - Ellie Cadwallader (Rochdale) with 360 points

4th place - Shelley Pickles (Rope Race) with 357 points

5th place - Ellen Downs (Rope Race) with 333 points

6th place - Courtney McGreavy (Rochdale) with 330 points

7th place - Cornelia McNeff (Rope Race) with 311 points

(There was a climb off for 2nd and 3rd place which Rope Race's Jennifer Wood won! Congratulations!)



The results for 10 - 12 year old boys are -

1st place - Randy Roby (Rochdale) with 360 points

2nd place - Jacob Murray (Rope Race) with 360 points

3rd Place - Chris Moore (Rope Race) with 345 points

4th place - Luke Nield (Rope Race) with 343 points

5th Place - Jake Fairbrother (Rope Race) with 296 points

6th place - Howard Keyworth (Rope Race)



The results for the 13 - 15 year old girls are -

1st place - Charlotte Garden (Stockport grammar) with 459 points

2nd place - Catherine Burgess (Rope Race) with 428 points

3rd place - Charlotte Kay (Stockport Grammar) with 401 points

4th place - Amy O'Connor (Rope Race) with 398 points

5th place - Beth Stratford - Fosbrooke (Rope Race) with 372 points



The results for the 13 - 15 year olds boys are -

1st place - Robin Lloyd (Rochdale) with 466 points

2nd place - Bradley Hargreaves (Rochdale) with 462 points

3rd place - Adam Moore (Rope Race) with 435 points

4th place - Liam Woolleson (Rope Race) with 426 points

5th place - James Checkley (Stockport Grammar) with 397 points

A HUGE CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OUR WINNERS AND TO EVERYONE WHO TURNED UP TO COMPETE!

Don't forget if you're interested in competing make sure you ask an instructor all about it!

GECKOS XMAS PARTY!

Friday 14th December
5pm - 8.30pm
£25 per child (discount for siblings)

This christmas Geckos are going WILD! The theme of this years party is "The Jungle" so dress to impress in your best fancy-dress outfit, whether you're a lion or a cockatoo get yourself down to Rope Race for some amazing festive fun!

We'll be having loads of climbing games with a jungle twist and a large scale adventure hunt, we'll also be enjoying a christmas buffet and there'll be prizes for the best dressed and for the winning teams, and even a sneaky present from santa.

If you want to come along then contact the centre on 0161 426 0226 or contact@roperace.co.uk or ask at the next Geckos session.

Booking in advance is essential as we wont be able to accept any bookings after Saturday 8th December, so hurry up! And get preparing your best costume!

Children in Need

This Friday 16th November we are having a fun `Fancy Dress` climbing event!! in aid of Children in Need. We will donate £1.00 to the charity for everyone who dresses up, there will be prizes for the best fancy dress and the best dressed pair, so let your imagination go wild!!
Why not bring a fiend and help us to raise as much money for Children in Need as possible.

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.