Wow! What a finish to the season, with SCBC taking a leading role in hosting the rest of the rest of the country at The Boulders Climbing Gym in Central Saanich over the May long weekend for Lead and Speed Nationals. Thank you to all the SCBC members and parents and friends as well as Boulders staff who helped make this event the success that it was.
CEC Lead & Speed Nationals 2018
SCBC athletes were in top form at LSN2018, taking away a whopping 55% of the medals , including 55% of the National Champions and sweeping 3 of the podiums. Please visit the SCBC website for full results, BC results are below.
Difficulty Provincials
Thanks to Richmond Olympic Oval and all the fantastic volunteers for hosting the SCBC Difficulty Provincial Championships. The challenging routes and fun competition prepared our athletes well for Lead and Speed Nationals 2018. Full results on the SCBC website.
Photo: Ken Chow
Speed Provincials
SCBC was pleased to host our athletes at SCBC Speed Provincials at The Boulders Climbing Gym on April 14th. We saw some some fast times and it was great to see more athletes competing in speed. Full results on the SCBC website.
SCBC crowned our overall champions in each age group based on combined rankings in Boulder, Difficulty and Speed. Congratulations to our overall champions! See the SCBC website for complete rankings.
Photo: Wayne Takashiba
Youth D Female - Sienna Chow Youth D Male - Nathaniel Smith
Youth C Female - Annabelle McDonald Youth C Male - Connor Jones
Youth B Female - Emi Takashiba Youth B Male - Ethan Hoffman
Youth A Female - Lola Rabinovitch Youth A Male - Guy McNamee
Junior Female - Teyha Rogers Junior Male - Hayden Jones
Open Female - Christy Spurrell Open Male - Guy McNamee
A huge thank you to the gyms that hosted difficulty and speed competitions this year:
Also thanks to the many, many volunteers (including our fabulous photographers!) who we rely on to successfully run SCBC competitions. These comps can not happen without you!
Photos: Wayne Takashiba
World Youth Championships
BC athletes make up almost half of the athletes named to the Youth National Team that will represent Canada at the Youth World Championships taking place in Moscow, Russia August 9-16. Good luck to all our athletes!
World Cup Results
BC climbers have been busy competing on the IFSC World Cup circuit in Europe, Asia and the US. Congrats to all our climbers!
Photo: Climbing Escalade Canada
Team BC Evaluation Camp
Sport Climbing BC conducted its first ever Team BC evaluation camp for athletes born 2004 to 2007. The Camp took place June 23 & 24 at Richmond Olympic Oval and Project Climbing Cloverdale.
Athletes participated in athletic readiness evaluations, including tactical, technical and sport specific assessments in both bouldering and lead as well as athletic readiness assessments for mobility, strength, cardiovascular and power.
SCBC is currently putting together Committee Terms of References and will be looking for volunteers to help out with these committees. In order to continue developing and growing our sport and increase our capacity, we will require your help. Stay tuned for more information soon and please consider helping out!
News from the CEC
CEC has entered a partnership with Mountain Equipment Coop that includes a financial contribution of $375,000 from MEC over three years as well as an in-kind product contribution that will see MEC design and manufacture National Climbing Team uniforms and apparel.
Thank you and goodbye . . . to our inaugural SCBC President Iain Stewart-Patterson, who will stay on in an advisory role as Past-President, and to our first ever Athlete Representative Christy Spurrell, who is moving on as the Speed Rep on the CEC Athletes' Commission. Both have been instrumental in helping SCBC develop and grow.
Welcome . . . to our new President Peter McNamee and Athlete Representative Derek Runions who have already jumped in to eagerly begin their tenures.
Photos: Ken Chow & Wayne Takashiba
Peter, Sebastian, Terry, Jennifer, Simon, Derek, Iain and Joanne
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