The Youth Climbing Series is an ideal competition for intermediate and experienced young climbers.
Dates and venues
| Round |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 - Grand Final |
| Date |
25/01/2020 |
08/02/2020 |
07/03/2020 |
21/3/2020 |
25 & 26/04/2020 |
| Venue |
Awesome Walls Cork |
The Dublin Climbing Centre |
Boulder World Belfast |
Awesome Walls Dublin |
Sheffield, England - TBC |
| Format |
Bouldering |
Routes |
Bouldering |
Routes |
Bouldering and Routes |
| Standard entry cut-off |
Tuesday
21/01/2020
8:00 pm
|
Tuesday
04/02/2020
8:00 pm
|
Tuesday
03/03/2020
8:00 pm
|
Tuesday
17/03/2020
8:00 pm
|
N/A |
| Late entry cut-off |
Thursday
23/01/2020
8:00 pm
|
Thursday
06/02/2020
8:00 pm
|
Thursday
05/03/2020
8:00 pm
|
Thursday
19/03/2020
8:00 pm
|
N/A |
Entry
- Entry is only accepted online.
- The cut off for the Standard entry is the Tuesday before the competition.
- The cut off for the Late entry is the Thursday before the competition.
- No entries are accepted after 8:00 pm on the Thursday before the competition.
- No entries are accepted on the day of the competition.
- To enter any of the rounds please click on any of the links below:
Entry fees
| Ticket type |
Rounds 1, 2 & 4
|
Round 3 |
Cut off |
| Standard entry |
Member of Mountaineering Ireland |
€15.00 |
£13.50 |
8:00 pm on the Tuesday before the competition
|
| Non-member of Mountaineering Ireland |
€25.00 |
£22.50 |
| Late entry |
€30.00 |
£27.50 |
8:00 on the Thursday before the competition |
Categories
The Youth Climbing Series is open to climbers in the following categories.
| Competition category |
Year of birth |
| Youth A |
Born - 2003 / 2004 |
| Youth B |
Born - 2005 / 2006 |
| Youth C |
Born - 2007 / 2008 |
| Youth D - Top-rope |
Born - 2009 / 2010 |
| Youth E - Top-rope |
Born - 2011 / 2012 |
Rules
The rules for the Youth Climbing Series are available via the following link: Updated rules will be available in due course.
A Rough Guide to the Youth Climbing Series is available via the following link: Updated rough guide will be available in due course.
All competitors must have a completed Mountaineering Ireland - Competition Registration Form. The form is available via the following link: Mountaineering Ireland - Competition Registration Form
Format
Bouldering rounds
- Round 1 and Round 3 are bouldering rounds.
- Each competition category will have ten boulder problems to attempt.
- Competitors can make up to five attempts per boulder problem.
- Competitors are scored on the number of Tops and Zones they reach and the number of Attempts taken to do so.
- Each competition group will have two hours to attempt their problems.
- The provisional times for each competition group is as follows:
- Youth E - 11:00 to 13:00
- Youth D - 11:30 to 13:30
- Youth C - 13:00 to 15:00
- Youth B - 14:30 to 16:30
- Youth A - 15:00 to 17:00
- Competitors can attempt boulder problems in any order they choose.
Route rounds
- Round 2 and Round 4 are route climbing rounds.
- Each competition category will have four routes to attempt.
- Competitors can make one attempt per route.
- Competitors are scored on the number of Holds they Control or Use on the route.
- Competitors in Youth E and Youth D will top-rope, competitors in Youth C, Youth B and Youth A will lead climb.
- All competitors can climb from 11:00 to 17:00.
- Competitors can attempt routes in any order they choose.
Qualification for Grand-Final
Competitors' best three results are counted towards the overall ranking and qualification for the Grand-Final. The top three ranked climbers in each competition category will be invited to compete in the Grand-Final.
Results
Round 1
Round 2
Round 3
Round 4
Overall