Event Information and Format
This is final official event on the 2015 Climbing New Zealand calendar and will be held on the19th and 20th of September.
This competition will be held at: The Wall and Basement Cinema, 1140 Hinemoa Street, ROTORUA and hosted by the Rotorua Climbing Club.
PLEASE NOTE THAT THERE WILL BE NO LATE REGISTRATIONS (AFTER 17 SEPTEMBER) ACCEPTED AT THIS EVENT.
The National Cup series is open to all climbers, in all age groups from Under 12 to Open and Masters.
The 2015 National Championship in a one-off event with Lead and Bouldering. Each discipline is run on a single day with Lead climbing on Saturday and Bouldering on Sunday. The format is as follows:
Lead
- Lead format to follow IFSC Competition Climbing Regulations 2015
- Youth B World Youth Competitors may no longer compete in opens
- Combine Junior with Open competition by awarding placings to top Juniors in the Open competition
- Run between 4-6 routes at a time
Bouldering
- Utilize IFSC European Youth Competition Bouldering format
- YB/YA/Junior/Open only
- Qualification consists of between 8-12 problems for each category (some categories combined)
- 2 easy boulders (most of the climbers must do it) 5 middle boulders and 5 difficult boulders. For a middle boulder, the bonus hold can be at the same difficulty as the top of the easy boulder and for a difficult boulder, the bonus hold can be at the same difficulty as the top of the middle boulder
- Coloured holds only
- Flash format with no demonstration
- Time to climb problems 1.5 hours
- Maximum of 5 attempts per problem
- Scored as per IFSC bouldering format
- 6 competitors to the final round
- Final round consists of 3 problems run as per IFSC finals format with isolation.
Event Timetable (Please note that this could change throughout the day, check event timetable at competition)
Saturday: Lead Qualification and Finals
7.45 a.m. Facility Opens for warm up
8.15 a.m. Briefing and Demonstration - Youth D/Youth C/Youth B/Youth A
8.30 a.m. Q1 Climbing Starts – YA/YB/YC/YD
9.45 a.m. Q1 Climbing Ends – YA/YB/YC/YD
9.45 a.m. Q2 Climbing Starts – YA/YB/YC/YD
11.00 a.m. Q2 Climbing Ends – YA/YB/YC/YD
10.45 a.m. Briefing and Demonstration - Opens / Junior / Masters
11.00 a.m. Q1 Climbing Starts – Opens / Junior / Masters
12.15 p.m. Q1 Climbing Ends – Opens / Junior/ Masters
12.30 p.m. Q2 Climbing Starts – Opens /Junior/Masters
1.15 p.m. Q2 Climbing Ends - Opens /Junior/Masters
2.15 p.m. Isolation Opens - YA/YB/YC/YD
2.30 p.m. Isolation Closes - YA/YB/YC/YD
2.45 p.m. Viewing
3.00 p.m. Climbing Starts - YA/YB/YC/YD
4.30 p.m. Climbing Ends - YA/YB/YC/YD
4.30 p.m. Isolation Opens – Opens/Junior/Masters
4.45 p.m. Isolation Closes – Opens/Junior/Masters
6.00 p.m. Open /Junior/Masters Viewing
6.15 p.m. Open /Junior/Masters Climbing Starts – Opens Final Climbs
7.45 p.m. Climbing Ends – Open Finals
7.45 p.m. Prize Giving
Sunday: Bouldering Qualifications and Finals
7.45 a.m. Facility opens for warmup
8.15 a.m. Briefing
8.30 a.m Youth B / Youth A Qualification: 8 Problems
10.00 a.m. Qualification Ends
10.00 a.m. Briefing – Juniors/Opens
10.15 a.m. Junior / Opens Qualification: 8 Problems
11.45 p.m. Qualification Ends
11.45 p.m. Isolation Opens Youth A/Youth B
12.00 p.m. Isolation Closes
1.00 p.m. YB/YA Finals: 3 Problems
2.30 p.m. Finals End
2.30 p.m. Isolation Closes Opens
3.00 p.m. Junior / Opens Finals: 3 Problems
4.00 p.m. Finals End
4.05 p.m. Prize Giving
The full rules the event and series are run under can be downloaded from the Climbing New Zealand Website.
Rotorua
ROTORUA, BOP 3010
New Zealand
| Domestic License From | |
| Auckland Sportclimbing Club | $ 0.00 |
| Waikato Climbing Club | $ 0.00 |
| Rotorua Climbing Club | $ 0.00 |
| Dynomites Climbing Club | $ 0.00 |
| Nelson Climbing Club | $ 0.00 |
| The Flying Geckos | $ 0.00 |
| Wanaka Cliffhangers Climbing Club | $ 0.00 |
| Taranaki Tuataras | $ 0.00 |
| BOP Team Rocktopia | $ 0.00 |
| Lead and Bouldering | |
| Male and Female Masters [MB, ML] | $ 90.00 |
| Female Open [FOL, FOB] | $ 90.00 |
| Male Open [MOL, MOB] | $ 90.00 |
| Male Junior [MJL, MJB] | $ 90.00 |
| Female Junior [FJL, FJB] | $ 90.00 |
| Female Youth A [FYAL, FYAB] | $ 90.00 |
| Male Youth A [MYAL, MYAB] | $ 90.00 |
| Male Youth B [MYBL, MYBB] | $ 90.00 |
| Female Youth B [FYBL, FYBB] | $ 90.00 |
| Lead Climbing Only | |
| Male and Female Masters [ML] | $ 55.00 |
| Male Juniors [MJL] | $ 55.00 |
| Female Juniors [FJL] | $ 55.00 |
| Male Open [MOL] | $ 55.00 |
| Female Open [FOL] | $ 55.00 |
| Male Youth A [MYAL] | $ 55.00 |
| Female Youth A [FYAL] | $ 55.00 |
| Female Youth B [FYBL] | $ 55.00 |
| Male Youth B [MYBL] | $ 55.00 |
| Female Youth C [FYCL] | $ 55.00 |
| Male Youth C [MYCL] | $ 55.00 |
| Female Youth D [FYDL] | $ 55.00 |
| Male Youth D [MYDL] | $ 55.00 |
| Bouldering Only | |
| Male and Female Masters [MB] | $ 55.00 |
| Female Juniors [FJB] | $ 55.00 |
| Male Open [MOB] | $ 55.00 |
| Female Open [FOB] | $ 55.00 |
| Male Juniors [MJB] | $ 55.00 |
| Female Youth A [FYAB] | $ 55.00 |
| Male Youth A [MYAB] | $ 55.00 |
| Female Youth B [FYBB] | $ 55.00 |
| Male Youth B [MYBB] | $ 55.00 |
