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 .

BMC Youth climbing series 2014

Well done to all our juniors who took part at the weekends 

BMC YOUTH CLIMBING COMPETITION 

 

We had a great team representing Rope Race in the Northwest and Peak region.

Carry on the good work and keep up the training ready for the next round.

 

Don't forget, any photos we would love to see them and share on the blog.

Geckos and Rock Monkeys

Geckos and rock monkeys another busy weekend climbing, bouldering and slack-lining.

 

 

Next weekend sees the start of the

BMC YOUTH CLIMBING SERIES 2014

Have you registered?

Online registration only.

 

Good luck to all our juniors taking part this year.

Don't forget to tell us your climbing stories and experiences

share some of your photos with us,if you are at the competitions just supporting

or taking part, we want to hear about it.

 

Send photos etc to ....geckos@roperace.co.uk

Climbing Club

 

Geckos and Rock Monkeys

 

 

 

 

Another busy week for our junior climbers,

 Working hard towards their next level in our Geckos and Rock Monkey award scheme.

Don't forget you get a certificate and badge when you have completed each level

and your photo up on our wall of fame in reception you can also star in our blog,

 

 

Congratulations Miller

A Bronze Rock Monkey Award



New Year Geckos

Happy New Year

 

Welcome to our 2014 gecko's blog

We are hoping that you will all get to contribute to this blog with news, stories and photos

We will keep you up to date on forthcoming events over the year.

 

We start 2014 with a couple of great pictures from Miller and Heidi

 

              They have certainly brightened up a cold wet and windy start to the New Year

                                Well done to John, getting his Platinum award this week,
                                       what a great achievement, keep up the good work.
                                      

                    Katie B looking great in her new boots, there will be no stopping her now!