Northumberland Bouldering

The 2nd annual North-East Climbing Awards took place on Friday night at Percy Hedley School in Forest Hall, where a packed out hall watched guest speaker Dave Macleod talk about his recent high E-grade routes. Walking down the red carpet were many of the stars of North-East climbing including daredevil route climber/photographer Mark Savage, North Yorkshire crag developer Colin Binks and Rock Solid team coaches Andrew Earl and Chris Graham, making a rare appearance dressed up in shirts. The Sherrif of Newcastle was also in attendance to present the following awards:

Achievement skill and dedication: Adam Watson
Enthusiasm, perseverence and attendance: Katie Rowe
Most promising young climbers: Jack Graham & Mairi Teasdale
2007 Rock Solid Boys Captain: Dan Walton
2007 Girls Captain: Eleanor Cranke
Alan Hinkes Award for contribution to NE climbing: John Earl

All proceeds from the event went to local junior climbing team Rock Solid.


Above: John Earl (centre) receives his award for Outstanding Contribution to North-East Climbing with the Sherrif of Newcastle and presenter Dave Macleod.

The Scarpa UK team hit the crags of Kyloe and Bowden at the weekend and thanks to a great turnout and some good weather, the event was a success. You can read an account of the weekend on the Scarpa website and see the team in action on their Youtube page.



Above: John Dunne in action on Hitchhikers (7a+) at Kyloe in the Woods.