First ever competition in Group A! Sunday 22^nd I was up at The Works, Sheffield to compete in an Open Youth comp. I had 8 qualifiers to try. I could see a clear difference in blocs from Groups B to A because they were more technical and crimpier with bigger moves but I was psyched and up for it. I topped 5 in 9 and got 7 bonuses in 11 which meant I qualified for the final in 1^st place. For one bloc in qualifying I went a different way from the way it was set, a really shouldery move but it worked for me!

I went in to iso and was in there for a total of just over 3 hours! Our first bloc in the final was a slab, it looked well hard. After hearing that no one had had any luck on it I decided I’d try a completely different way, I was close to the bonus but still got nowhere. After I went back in to iso, we were told that the route setters missed a vital hold off our climb- no wonder no one even got to the bonus. Anyway, after 1 bloc we were still in our qualifying positions. Second bloc I flashed to the bonus, it was really hard after that! Finally on the third climb I flashed to the bonus again. Fortunately 2 bonuses in 2 go’s was enough for 1^st place. I didn’t expect it to win with no tops but great challenging climbs.

As always it was a good day to catch up with everyone and really enjoyed myself.

Today on the BMC website is the GB Teams for 2016 announcement so check that out by following the link below.

https://www.thebmc.co.uk/gb-climbing-teams-for-2016