Meredith Butcher – Rotorua photo: Judah Plester

Home of Sport Climbing in New Zealand, the new Olympic Sport!!
Saturday 23rd June 2018 – Qualification (Opens M/F / Youth B / Youth A / Juniors / Masters) and Opens Finals
PLEASE NOTE – Saturday’s times have been updated
7.00 am – Facility opens for warm up
7.00 am – Technical meeting – Team Managers
7.30 am – Isolation opens – OPENS M/F
7.45 am – Isolation closes – OPENS M/F
8.00 am – Qualifiers start – OPENS M/F
10.45 am – Isolation opens – Youth B / Masters / Youth A / Juniors
11.10 am – Qualifiers end – OPENS M/F
11.10 am  – Routesetters reset for next round – climbers and spectators must either be in isolation or out of the competition arena until given the all clear by Jury President.
11.30 am – Isolation closes – Youth B / Masters / Youth A / Juniors
12.05 pm – Qualifiers start – Youth B / Masters
2.20 pm – Qualifiers start – Youth A / Juniors
2.55 pm  – Qualifiers end – Youth B / Masters
7.00 pm – Qualifiers end – Youth A / Juniors
7.00 pm – Isolation Opens – OPENS M/F
7.00 pm – Route setters set up for Opens final climbers and spectators must either be in isolation or out of the competition arena until given the all clear by Jury President
7.30 pm – Isolation Closes – OPENS M/F
7.45 pm – Viewing – OPENS M/F
8.00 pm – Finals start – OPENS M/F
10.00 pm – Finals end – OPENS M/F
10.15 pm – Prize-giving – OPENS M/F
10.30 pm – Route setters set up problems for Sunday
Sunday 24th June 2018 – Qualification Youth C/D (Under 14s) and Finals (Youth C/D / Youth B / Youth A / Juniors / Masters)
7.30 am – Facility opens for warm up
8.00 am – Qualifiers start – Youth C/ Youth D
9.00 am – Qualifiers end – Youth C/ Youth D
9.30 am – Isolation opens – Youth C/ Youth D
9.45 am Isolation closes – Youth C/ Youth D
10.00 am – Finals start – Youth C/ Youth D
10.00 am – Isolation Opens – Youth B / Masters
11.00 am – Isolation closes – Youth B / Masters
11.20 am – Finals end – Youth C/ Youth D
11.30 am – Finals start – Youth B / Masters
11.45 am – Prize-giving – Youth C/ Youth D
12.30 pm – Isolation opens – Youth A / Juniors
1.00 pm – Isolation closes – Youth A / Juniors
1.30 pm – Finals end – Youth B / Masters
1.30 pm – Finals start – Youth A / Juniors
3.30 pm – Finals end – Youth A / Juniors
4.00 pm – Prize-giving – Youth B / Youth A / Junior / Masters
4.30 pm – Competition ends
photo: Judah Plester
In action from yesterday and gaining podium placings were Kieran Death – silver YD bouldering, Isabella Shanks – silver YC bouldering, Lucy Whitehead – bronze JUN lead, bronze JUN bouldering. Congratulations! Other top 8 placings to Zoe Weldon (YD lead 4th, bouldering 8th), Irallee Hair (JUN lead 5th, bouldering 5th), Meredith Butcher (6th bouldering YC), Tom Waldin (8th JUN Bouldering, 4th Lead), Maayan Levy (8th YA Lead). Well done to all!
See results – YD,YC Lead: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vRUEKugOwaqkJr0fzY2V3AEtIobQd6H2d57Yc7Z0BzexoaTzN3HqD5qAreohjU3kPcUYgSNup_g-Rsr/pubhtml#
Jun, YA, YB bouldering:Â https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vTCB94xJ5ZA3DyUT2zOtf_epZz9uw9mKJNfWUeNIZFzpaA9a0f-xBxs_17JSnHI8yuBt5GfGsk-safh/pubhtml#
Streaming on SCA FB
Huge congrats today to Kieran Death (YD) and Isabella Shanks (YC) for winning Lead event.
Go New Zealand!
George Sanders set a new speed record for NZ of 10.48 seconds in China over the weekend. Congratulations!
All the best to the NZ Youth Team climbers heading over to Sydney this week for the Aussie Youth Champs – Kieran, Anthony, Zoe, Isabella, Ollie, Kade, Irallee, Lucy, Tom, Alia, Abby, Maayan, Meredith – with Coach Zane – have a great comp!
Also to the Opens climbers on their way to Xian for the IFSC Bouldering and Speed this weekend – George, Sam, Sarah and Tyler and Coach Rob – all the best.
Great weekend in Rotorua at the first round of the National Championship Series and thanks to all competitors and supporters for turning up and participating in the event. Also thanks to the RCC and The Wall for hosting and to all the volunteers. Big shout out to the routesetting team for precision setting. Well done to all!
Just a few more days to go til the first National of 2018.
Registration closes Thursday midnight.
Provisional Timetable –
(Times subject to change dependent on competitor numbers – please refer to the timetable posted at the event)
Saturday 5th May
7.45am  Facility opens for warm up.
8.15 am  Briefing - Opens and Paraclimbing
11.30 am Opens and Paraclimbing Qualifiers End
11.00 am Briefing Youth D, Youth C, Youth B, , Masters
2.15 pm Youth D, Youth C, Youth B, Masters Qualifiers End
2.00 pm Paraclimbing Final and Prizegiving
2.00 pm Briefing Youth A, Junior
5.15 pm  Youth A, Junior Qualifiers End
5.15 pm  Routesetting for Opens Finals – Facility Closed
5.00 pm   Isolation Opens for Open Finalists
5.30 pm  Isolation Closes for Opens Finalists
7.30 pm Opens Finals End
7.30 pm Opens Prize giving
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Sunday 6th May
 8.30am Facility opens for competitors
9.00am Isolation closes for Youth D, Youth C, Youth B Finalists
11.30am Youth D, Youth C, Youth B Finals end
11.30am Isolation opens for Youth A, Juniors and Masters Finalists
11.45am Isolation closes for Youth A, Juniors and Masters Finalists
2.15pm Youth A, Juniors and Masters Finals End
2.30pm Prize giving