Another really fantastic set of results for Foundry based climbers as below.  We are hoping to get people together Thursday night for a photo as usual but thought I’d update in the meantime.

The Foundry Academy can now proudly boast no fewer that 3 Area Champions, 1 Runner-up and 2 3rd placed overall at the end of this year’s Peak Area rounds of the YCS.   All these climbers now progress to climb for the Peak Area at the National Final at Ratho on 23 June.

Results for the Foundry Academy:

In Girls Youth D, Abbie Rivett and Pippa Watkin fought it out all day for 1st place on the day and the Area title, going all the way to a three way superfinal together with Martha, a Nottingham competitor.

Ultimately, Abbie climbed awesomely and secured joint first in the superfinal while Pippa climbed perfectly but came up a little bit short.  Abbie therefore reigns as Area Champion for 2012 with Pippa a deserved second place.  Elsewhere in the category Jenny Hunt climbed just great to secure an overall 5th place in an extremely competitive category.

In Boys Youth D, Mark Alkins-Tooth climbed magnificently, blasting away all comers to easily retain his tile as Area Champion for 2012.

In Girls Youth C, Erin More climbed excellently all day and all series to finish 3rd on the day and 3rd overall.  this is Erin’s first competition trophy so well done Erin!

In Girls Youth B,  Bethany Jennings climbed beautifully to again finish 3rd on the day and 3rd overall – another first trophy for Bethany!

Finally in Boys Youth B, Alex Hall climbed amazingly to secure first place on the day and take the title of Area Champion 2012 in this category.

Other regular Foundry based climbers also put up great showings, securing even more Area titles and places as follows:

Girls Youth E – Poppy Lee – Area Champion 2012
Boys Youth D – Samuel Doyle – Overall 2nd Place
Girls Youth C – Dana Windle – Overall 4th place
Boys Youth C – Tom Lee – Area Champion 2012
Boys Youth C – Tom Doyle – Overall 7th Place
Girls Youth B – Georgia Hoyland – Area Champion 2012
Girls Youth B – Pareesa Tai, Overall 2nd Place
Boys Youth A – Jack Shaw – Area Champion 2012

Good Luck to all the competitors who made it through to the Final on 23 June

Jim Watkin

You can view/download the route guide here.

Or have a look at our downloads pages for all our route and circuit guides here.

We’ve got more route setting to follow over the coming weeks, and as always, feedback is welcome.

Elsewhere, Crag X is now stocking the Anston Stones guide (which, judging by my facebook feed, is the place at the moment – although I’ve yet to get there).

SNAP pads are also a new addition. Great for space saving, whilst still having a large landing surface, these should prove to be very popular.

Finally, The Foundry Café is now closed for hot food, however, Claire is still making great cakes, as well as continuing to cater for birthday parties through the summer.

See you soon.

Tom

Easter Weekend we will be open:

10am-8pm Good Friday
10am-6pm Saturday and Easter Sunday
10am-8pm Easter Monday

View over Frogatt Edge in the Peak District National Park

Sheffield based artist Juliet Forrest stopped by this morning to put up some of her artwork in the café.

A selection of her Peak District paintings are now on display.

Limited edition prints are available to buy – you can put your order in at reception, and Juliet will make up a print to order.

Juliet’s painings are available as limited edition giclee prints.

She works closely with a printer who specialises in fine art reproductions and uses the highest quality, light fast inks on heavy watercolour paper. Prints are produced to Fine Art Trade Guild Standards (www.fineart.co.uk).

Another great day for the Foundry Academy! Of the 7 Academy members entered for Round 2, no fewer than 6 finished in top three positions in their categories!! This puts all of them in a great position to reach the finals with just one more round to come. The full run down is as follow:

Girls Youth D – again Pippa Watkin and Abbie Rivett led the way on Saturday with 1st and 2nd place respectively on the day. This leaves either of them poised to claim overall first place after the third round next month. Jenny Hall, whilst not in the places on Saturday, finished in 5th after another really good day’s climbing from our youngest member!

Boys Youth D – Mark Alkins-Tooth continues his domination with another deserved first place, topping out on every problem and is now set to retain his Area title from last year.

Girls Youth C – Erin Moore again surpassed far more experienced climbers to finish 3rd on the day and hold on course for a potential finals spot.

Girls Youth B – Bethany Jennings again took 3rd place on the day to move towards another potential final spot after Round 3

Boys Youth B – Alex Hall came through with another strong showing to finish 2nd

Other regular Foundry climbers on the day were as follows:

Poppy Lee – 1st place Girls Youth E
Samuel Doyle – 2nd place Boys Youth D
Dana Windle – 4th place Girls Youth C
Tom Lee – 2nd place Boys Youth C
Tom Doyle – 7th Boys Youth C
Georgia Hoyland – 1st Girls Youth B
Pareesa Tai – 2nd Girls Youth B
Jack Shaw – 1st Boys Youth A

All in all, there is some exceptional talent amongst the young climbers at The Foundry. All credit to the staff and coaches there for all their work!!
Jim Watkin

Tim and Joe will be stripping the Green slab and the Crag X Vertical walls on the Monday and Tuesday of next week, so make sure any projects are completed!

New routes should be set by mid-week so look out for new route topo’s at the end of the week.

Also, for all you Dry Toolers out there,  your last chance to go dry tooling this season at The Foundry will be this Sunday at 5:45, so make sure you come along – you can book a place by giving us a call on 0114 279 6331.

James

YCS Round 1 25 February

An excellent round for the Academy with nearly all our climbers being placed in the top three of their respective categories:

In Youth D – Abbie Rivett took an excellent first place for the Girls with Pippa Watkin two points behind on the day in third place. Jenny Hunt placed fifth on the day.
In the Boys category Mark Alkins-Tooth won – easily ahead of the rest of the Boys field. Notably however, all three Girls in this category would have finished in the top three of the Boys category as these were climbed over the same routes!!

in Youth C Girls, the performance of the day saw Erin Moore finish second overall after being only one of two climbers to top their final route on the main wall. Erin was in inspired form all day and thoroughly deserved her reward!

In Youth B Girls, Bethany Jennings also put in a great performance and secured a third place on the day for the Academy, holding off the competition to secure her place ‘on the podium’!

Other Foundry Climbers outside of the Academy with places were Poppy Lee in her first comp 1st in Girls Youth E, Dana Windle a creditable 3rd place in Girls Youth C,
Tom Lee winning Boys Youth C, Pareesa Tai finishing 2nd in Girls Youth B, Alex Hall winning Boys Youth B and Jack Shaw winning Boys Youth A

All in all an excellent day for the Academy and for the Foundry in general; on some excellent routes set by Rob. Organisation on the day from Rob, Tom and Karl was also top-notch and all climbers competing went home knowing they’d been given a tough, but enjoyable day. Thanks to all the organisers.

Full results are at: http://indoorsout.co.uk/index.htm#brycs2012results.htm

Each round this year has been special in one way or another, but I have to say, the final round was by far the most entertaining, and tense. I managed to squeeze in a bit more shaky shaky footage as well as stills:

We had over 140 competitors this year, with the highest attendance approaching 100 people (in round 2). The competition circuit is still up, so if the comps passed you by, you can still try your hand at the competition problems for a wee while yet.

I suppose I should cut to the chase though, and list the winners, and final results:

Prize winners!

Adult Males:

1st : Stu Littlefair
2nd : Dawid Skoczylas
3rd : Nathan Phillips

Adult Females:

1st : Diane Merrick
2nd : Emma Twyford
3rd : Hannah Wilson

Junior Males:

1st : Jack Shaw
2nd : Alex Hall
3rd : Michael Clinton

Junior Females:

1st : Hannah Wilson
2nd : Georgia Hoyland
3rd : Isabella Hough

“The final flash problem prize was a doozy, with around thirteen people flashing problem 11, the £80 prize could only go to one lucky soul…..”

Honorary titles:

Most Consistent:

Georgia Hoyland

Best Improvers:

Steven Gilbert, Michael Clinton, Isabella Hough, Hannah Wilson

Most Entertaining:

Will Atkinson

Most Persevering:

Stu Littlefair

High Scores:

Stu Littlefair (244)
Diane Merrick (220)
Jack Shaw (200)
Hannah Wilson (174)

2011/2012 Winter bouldering League results!

Round 1 Results (PDF)

Round 2 Results (PDF)

Round 3 Results (PDF)

Round 4 Results (PDF)

League Results (PDF)

Some special thankyou’s…

Thanks to our sponsors,

FiveTen (who provided the rockshoe prizes)
The Clinic (who provided the cash prizes)
Crag X Climbing Shop (who let me lean out of their window to get photos)

Thanks to the guys that supplied the new holds at the start of the season, and for working hard to get our holds out on time,

Beta Climbing Designs – (who distribute Bleaustone and Lapis holds)
Core Climbing – (who make great holds, based in Chesterfield)
Planet Holds – (for great mini jugs, and manufacturer of the now infamous ‘ball’)

Finally, thanks to the setters, who actually make the comps what they are:

Rob Napier
Matt Pearson
Dave Mason

There’s been a real atmosphere with The Foundry’s boulder comps this year, and the only thing that remains is to plan for next season’s league. I hope you can all make it to at least one of the comps next season. I promise you’ll enjoy it!

See you soon.