Saturday 27^th was the day of the Junior British Bouldering Championships and the final round of the Junior British Bouldering Cup. It was being held at The Bloc, in Bristol. After an early registration, group’s B and C’s qualifiers began at 9. In qualifying I got 7 tops in seven goes so I qualified for the final in joint 3^rd place with Max. It must have been the hottest day of the year and isolation was like sitting in an oven! Eventually the finals began. The first bloc was really easy and all 6 of us did it. The second bloc was purely just volumes and even had a drop down dyno to one! The third bloc was crimpy and after a wrong handed start the sequence clicked in to place and I topped it. I topped all 3 first go, as did Max. Usually it would have gone back to count backs for qualifying

but Max had drawn with me for that too. The only thing left for them to split us was for a super final/climb off. We went back in to isolation whilst the problem was being set, then we had a look at it. I was first to try it. For a climb off you’re only allowed one go, whoever gets the highest wins. It was quite a powerful bloc, with dynamic moves to bad holds! On my go I managed to get 3 holds from the top and after Max had a go, he got 2 holds below me, which meant I had become the Junior British Bouldering Champion. It was and amazing feeling and I was incredibly happy! This meant I finished 2^nd in the boulder cup and Max won it. It was nice that we both got a 1^st and a 2^nd place so we were both well chuffed.

I can’t wait for Austria next week; I feel really psyched and up for the challenge!