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Register now for this upcoming event – the ultimate in the Climbing NZ 2016 calendar.  $250 prize for Open Female and Open Male winners.  See you all there!
NZ Bouldering champs at Hangdog just over – and what a fantastic event it was! Big shout out to all who made it happen – Brook, Frank, Jacob, and the crew at the Dog, Ian, Pete and Emma for the best bouldering problems to date, the dynamic Dynomites organising committee and – of course – the amazing climbers and their indefatigable supporters. Well done to all!
Here’s the revised timetable for the weekend.
Please note the Youth D and C competition has been brought forward a bit.
Saturday 3rd September
7.00am Facility opens for warm up.
8.00am OPENS competitors Briefing
8.15am Opens competitors move into the isolation area
8.30am  1st competitor starts
9.15am 10th competitor starts
10.05am 20th competitor starts
10.55am 30th competitor starts
12.10pm Last competitor finishes
12.10pm Youth B/A/ Junior / Masters – Isolation opens
12.20 Routesetting for Youth B / A/ Jun / Masters – Facility closed
1.05pm Facility Opens
1.15pm YB / YA / Jun / Masters Briefing
1.30pm 1st competitor starts
1.45pm 10th competitor starts
2.35pm 20th competitor starts
3.25pm 30th competitor starts
4.15pm 40th competitor starts
6.25pm Last competitor finishes
6.20 OPENS finalists – Isolation Opens
6.30 Facility Closed for Opens Finals Routesetting
6.30 Isolation Closes
6.20 Facility Opens
7.30 Briefing and Viewing x 3
7.45 Opens Finals Round 1 Starts
9.45 Opens Finals Finishes
10.00 Prizegiving
Sunday 4th September
8.00am Facility opens for competitors
8.30am Youth C and D Bouldering Competition Starts
10.15am Youth C and D Bouldering Competition Ends
10.30am Youth C and D Prizegiving
10.30 am Isolation opens all categories
10.40 am Isolation closes all categories
10.45am Youth B and Masters Viewing
11.00am Youth B and Masters Finals Start
12.30pm Youth B and Masters Finals End
12.45pm Junior and Youth A Viewing
1.00pm Junior and Youth A Finals Start
2.30pm Junior and Youth A Finals End
2.30pm Prizegiving
Here is the provisional timetable for the competition this weekend.
Please note that the details may change tomorrow if we have an input of  last minute registrations so please watch this space.
Saturday 3rd September
7.00am Facility opens for warm up.
8.00am OPENS competitors – Briefing
8.15am OPENSÂ competitors move into the isolation area
8.30am  1st competitor starts
45 mins per climber to do 5 problems, Males go first, then Females
12.20 Opens end
12.20pm Isolation opens Youth B/Youth A/Junior and Masters
1.15pm Briefing Youth B/A/Jun and Masters
1.30pm Youth A/B/Jun/Masters start – Youth Bs go first then Masters, YA, and Jun
6pm Last competitor finishes
6 Facility Closed for Opens Finals Routesetting
6 Isolation Opens
6.30 Isolation Closes
7 Briefing and Viewing
7.15 Opens Finals Start
8.45 Opens Finals Finish
9.00 Prizegiving
Sunday 4th September
8.30am Facility opens for competitors
9.00am Youth C and D Bouldering Competition Starts
11.00am Youth C and D Bouldering Competition Ends
11.00am Youth C and D Prizegiving
11.05am Youth A and B Viewing
11.15am Youth A and B Finals Start
12.45pm Youth A and B Finals End
1.20pm Junior and Masters Viewing
1.30pm Junior and Masters Finals Start
2.30pm Junior and Masters Finals End
3.00pm Prizegiving
Bouldering registration is still open for the champs this weekend.
It will close tonight (Thurs) midnight.
Sorry it was accidentally closed this morning by mistake!
Setting well underway at Hangdog for this weekend’s National Bouldering Champs.
5 qual problems now for Opens climbers.
Timetable update will be posted today at some stage. Â Watch this space!
National Bouldering Champs registration closes Thurs midnight!
Don’t get stung by late rego fee ($20)!
Register now for Wellington this weekend!
It’s going to be a great comp – see you there!!
Online Registration is now open for this event.  Please go to the Competitions Tab and drop down to 2016 Lead Championships Christchurch to register.
This event is being held on Sept 17/18 at YMCA Adventure Centre, 239 Waltham Rd, Christchurch (formerly the Roxx).
This event is open to all ages. Competitors aged 16+ may enter the Opens competition as well as the competition for their own age category.
There is a 1st place cash prize of $250 for the male and female winners of the Opens competition, which will be held entirely on Sat 17th Sept (note: the CNZ ‘free entry to the next National Comp’ prize for Opens winners still applies – so this is a bonus).
Online Registration is now open for this event. Â Please go to the Competitions Tab and drop down to 2016 Bouldering Championships Wellington to register.
This event is being held on Sept 3/4 at Hangdog Climbing Gym, 453 Hutt Rd, Lower Hutt.
This event is open to all ages. Competitors aged 16+ may enter the Opens competition as well as the competition for their own age category. Under 14s (Youth C and D) have a separate competition on Sunday morning which is an introduction to competition bouldering.
There is a 1st place cash prize of $250 for the male and female winners of the Opens competition, which will be held entirely on Sat 3rd Sept (note: the CNZ ‘free entry to the next National Comp’ prize for Opens winners still applies – so this is a bonus).
Format  : This is the first time we have organised an exclusively Bouldering Championship for Nationals and the format is different from the one you’ll be used to.
There’ll be one Qualifying Round but instead of waiting in line in a group to attempt 8 problems competitors will be called out of an isolation zone one by one to attempt 4 problems in a row.  You’ll have 5 minutes to make as many attempts as you like per problem with a rest period of 5 minutes in between. Top 6 climbers will go through to the final.
Finals format will be the same as usual – 3 problems, resting in isolation zones between problems.
Youth C and D competition will be one final of 8 problems with a queuing system (the same format as we’ve used for Qualifying rounds to date).
See you all in Wellington!
The news is finally out that Sport climbing is going to be on the event programme as an official sport at Tokyo 2020 Olympics.
https://www.olympic.org/news/ioc-approves-five-new-sports-for-olympic-games-tokyo-2020
Exciting times ahead!