Northumberland Bouldering

Aido Holt reports from the 1st round of the Sunderland Wall/Allcord Bouldering Series... 'The series got off to a fantastic start last night with a great turnout of local talent enjoying a challengingly set collection of problems (Many thanks the route setters - Andy Earl, Chris Graham and special guest setter - all the way from Holland – Suzan Dudink. Many thanks to all who helped organise and took part in what was a very successful event! Don’t forget the next round on February 15th 2008 at Sunderland Wall and don’t worry if you missed the first round - Your best score of two of the three rounds will be used to calculate final standings.' After the chalk settled and all the scores were counted the results are as follows:

JUNIOR GIRLS	SENIOR FEMALE	VET FEMALE (35+)
1 Kate Watson 208	1 Joanne Quinan 167	1 Ali Mcdonald 100
2 Bethany Walton 204	2 Ruth Kirby 121	2 Melanie Richards 71
3 Eleanor Cranke 170	3 Sophia Ballantine 107
JUNIOR BOYS	SENIOR MALE	VET MALE (35+)
1 Jamie Naden 237	1 Adam Watson 208	1 Bryan O'Sullivan 117
2 Ben Patterson 228	2 Andrew Porter 201	2 Neil Patterson 90
3 Sam Brannigan 161	3 Dan Walton 117	3 Bentley Strockbine 80

The new British Leading Team for 2008 was announced yesterday with a strong presence from the North East. Tom Newman (19) and Adam Watson (18) have established themselves at an early age in the senior team whilst special mention must go to Tom Middlemas who joins the junior team in their aspirants group after an excellent result in the British Team trials against competitiors much older than him. Image(L): Tom Newman in action on Dulcinea (7a+) in the Simonside Hills.

Sunderland Wall, in conjunction with Allcord, will be holding a brand, new bouldering series of three rounds to get the New Year off to a well intentioned start!! The first round will take place on Friday January 18th 2007 between 5pm and 9pm. Entry fee will be £2 plus standard wall entry fee. No prior registration is necessary – You can arrive on the day and compete and if for some reason you can’t make one of the rounds don’t worry: Only the best two rounds will be used when calculating your final score. The second round will take place on Friday February the 15th and the third and final round will be held on Friday March 21st. Fantastic prizes direct from the highly regarded Allcord stable (CAMP, PAD, ACOPA, LOST ARROW to mention but a few!!) will go to top competitors in the following categories:

Junior boys under 16
Junior girls under 16
Senior male
Senior female
Vet male
Vet female

For more information contact Sunderland Wall on (0191) 5144234 or email: info@sunderlandwall.co.uk