MI Grassroots Pop Up Summer Series

Mountaineering Ireland, in collaboration with Lucy Mitchell, Awesome Walls Cork, Boulderworld Belfast, the Dublin Climbing Centre and Suas Climbing Centre are inviting young climbers to take part in these friendly grassroots competitions for both social bouldering and top rope climbing. 

Join us for a day filled with excitement, camaraderie, and the thrill of conquering fresh new problems and routes. These are fun, friendly beginner/intermediate competitions and should be used as an intro to competition climbing and a feeder into the Youth Climbing Series.

These competitions will pop up around the country over the summer months, and each competition day will focus solely on bouldering or top-roping.

You can support the running of these competitions by becoming a member of Mountaineering Ireland. Please click here for more info.

• Children in the 2026 YCS age categories.
  
• Beginner to Lower Intermediate level climbers :  (Climbers placed in Top 3 in the 2025 Youth Climbing Series and current members of the Irish Youth Squad and Irish Youth Team, are NOT eligible to compete in this competition)
• Residents of Ireland and Northern Ireland.
• Male and female climbers. 
• Climbers who are motivated, willing to push themselves, encouraging to those around them and are respectful of the hosting walls and volunteers.

• Click on the competition tabs above to see how to enter each round and the schedule per event.

• These are self judged competitions; and all parents and children are expected to support each other in judging throughout the day. There will be a judging brief provided just before the competition starts.
• Belaying is done by parents, and climbing wall staff if required (see details in Eventbrite)
• You will receive your scorecard at the reception desk when you check-in at the climbing wall.
• Please bring your own equipment per event (climbing shoes, chalk bag, harness, belay device etc.) or hire it from the wall. Top ropes will be set up for competing in the toprope rounds
• These are friendly, stand alone pop-up competitions; there are no prizes, podiums or medals.

• Toprope routes: 6a - 7b
• Boulders: Font 5+ to 6C