The first Open Youth climbing competitions took place in north west England over the weekend of 5 and 6 March 2016.
Lead Climbing
The Lead event was hosted by Awesome Walls Liverpool on Saturday 5 March 2016. With over 110 young climbers entered Awesome Walls was full to the rafters and there was some fantastic performances from all the categories.
The standout efforts came from Daniel Smith and Josh Ibbertson in Youth C who both managed to top their final routes and had to be split on countback to the qualifiers.
Female Youth C
1st - Robin Casey
2nd - Anya Forino
3rd - Emma Futcher
Female Youth B
1st - Isabelle Adams
2nd - Rebecca Stephens
3rd - Pippa Watkin
Female Youth A
1st - Hannah Slaney
2nd - Rebecca Kinghorn
3rd - Jo Neame
Female Junior
1st - Molly Thompson-Smith
2nd - Flo Tilley
3rd - Holly Rayfield
Male Youth C
1st - Daniel Smith
2nd - Joshua Ibbertson
3rd - George Stables
Male Youth B
1st - Hamish McArthur
2nd - Finley Wood
3rd - Solomon Kemball Dorey
Male Youth A
1st - Kieran Forrest
2nd - Sammy Oakes
3rd - Joe Czubkowski
Male Junior
1st - William Bosi
2nd - Jim Pope
3rd - Peter Dawson
Results for all categories taking part on the day can be found
here.
Bouldering
The Boulder event took place at the Depot Climbing Centre Manchester on Sunday 6 March 2016.
The fantastic new Depot climbing centre in Manchester hosted over 160 boulderers on Sunday, and with plenty of space the routes setters set some great problems in varying styles.
The finals were held on the big wide competition wall and some great efforts where put in at the end of a long day and some of the climbers were looking quite tired from their efforts in the qualifiers.
Female Youth C
1st - Robin Casey
2nd - Matilda Collins
3rd - Megan Wyatt
Female Youth B
1st - Kitty Morrison
2nd - Holly Toothill
3rd - Emily Phillips
Female Youth A
1st - Hannah Slaney
2nd - Alexia Basch
3rd - Imogen Horrocks
Female Junior
1st - Tara Hayes
2nd - Molly Thompson-Smith
3rd - Sidonie Graham
Male Youth C
1st - Daniel Smith
2nd - Joseph Xiberras
3rd - George Stables
Male Youth B
1st - Nathan Whaley
2nd - Elliot Verry
3rd - Hamish McArthur
Male Youth A
1st - George Morris
2nd - Tommy Matthews
3rd - Max Milne
Male Junior
1st - Billy Ridal
2nd - Luke Murphy
3rd - Aidan Roberts
Full results can be found
here.
Congratulations to all those that managed to 'do the double' and win both events - Hannah Slaney, Daniel Smith and Robin Casey.
GB Climbing & Berghaus
This weekend also saw the launch of the new relationship with the GB Climbing Team and
Berghaus who have just signed up with the BMC in a two year deal to provide clothing to the GB team. All the junior climbers looked great in their new team kit and there will be some pictures to follow soon. Look at for the GB Climbing Team in their new kit at future events.
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