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Great weekend in Wellington!

24 Sep
President Climbing NZ Results

Fantastic Bouldering comp over the weekend- big shout out to HangDog Climbing the dynamic Dynomites – Wellington Climbing Club all the Climbing NZ officials, all the fantastic volunteers and our super sponsors: RAB, The North Face, Friction Labs and Earth Sea and Sky! Results are on PIKI https://piki.vimaly.com/#CNZ/event/akGZBgpCAesrw61cW/show?type=results

Timetable – Wellington Bouldering

20 Sep
President Climbing NZ Events

Saturday 22nd September 2018 – Qualification (Opens M/F / Youth B / Youth A / Juniors / Masters) and Opens Finals

7.00 am – Facility opens for warm up

7.00 am – Technical meeting – Team Managers

7.30 am – Isolation opens – OPENS M/F

8.30 am – Isolation closes – OPENS M/F

8.35 am – Qualifiers start – OPENS M/F

10.40 am – Qualifiers end – OPENS M/F

10.40 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.

11.00 am – Isolation opens – Youth B / Masters / Youth A / Juniors

12.00 noon – Isolation closes – Youth B / Masters / Youth A / Juniors

12.30 pm – Qualifiers start – Youth B

1.15 pm – Qualifiers start – Youth A

2.00 pm Qualifiers start – Juniors / Masters,
  Qualifiers end – Youth B

2.40 pm  – Qualifiers end – Youth A

3.15 pm – Qualifiers end – Juniors / Masters

3.15 pm – Isolation Opens – OPENS M/F

3.15 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

5.00 pm – Isolation Closes – OPENS M/F

5.30 pm – Viewing – OPENS M/F

5.45 pm – Finals start – OPENS M/F

7.45 pm – Finals end – OPENS M/F

8.00 pm – Prize-giving – OPENS M/F

8.30 pm – Route setters set up problems for Sunday

Sunday 23rd September 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, A, and Junior Females

11.00 am – Isolation closes – Youth B, A, and Junior Females

11.20 am – Finals end – Youth C/ Youth D

12.30 am – Finals start – Youth B, A, and Junior Females

12.45 am – Prize-giving – Youth C/ Youth D

1.30 pm – Isolation opens – Youth B, A, and Junior Males, and Masters

2.00 pm – Isolation closes – Youth B, A, and Junior Males, and Masters

2.30 pm – Finals end – Youth B, A, and Junior Females

2.30 pm – Finals start – Youth B, A, and Junior Males, and Masters

4.30 pm – Finals end – Youth B, A, and Junior Males, and Masters

4.45 pm – Prize-giving – Youth B / Youth A / Junior / Masters

5.00 pm – Competition ends

 

 

First Climbing Worlds Final for New Zealand

16 Sep
President Climbing NZ News

Photo caption: Rachel Carter from Taranaki is the first New Zealand climber to make it to the finals of a climbing world competition.

Photo credit: Eddie Fowke, IFSC.

Climbing athlete Rachel Carter is the first New Zealander to make it to the finals of a sport climbing world competition.  Carter was competing at the International Federation of Sport Climbing World Championships and Paraclimbing World Championships in Innsbruck, Austria this week.   Carter, competing in the Paraclimbing Female RP2 category, made it to the top of her first qualifying climb and was only a few holds away from the top of her second qualifier.  That put her in fourth position and secured her place in the finals.

The 35 year old mother of three from Taranaki has only come back to climbing in the last few years after an injury as a teenager left her unable to bear weight on her left leg.

At the end of the finals Carter remained in fourth place, narrowly missing out on a medal.

Over 800 climbers from 58 countries were competing in Innsbruck, many with their eyes on the Tokyo Olympics in 2020 where climbing will feature for the first time.  Three other Kiwi athletes were competing in Innsbruck: Lucy Whitehead from National Park, Erica Gatland from Auckland and George Sanders from Wellington.