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G’day All,
The WA bouldering Competition is being held at Rockface on October 17th. Entry forms are now available at the front counter there. The format will be of old style, 3 hour Pumpfest, the finals are slightly different aimed to increase the excitment and fun of it all. There will be great prizes for most if not all competitors, including $2000 cash up for grabs in the Advanced divisions. Pizza and drinks provided on the day and freebies for all with a special gift bag to the first 50 entrants. So, what more do I need to say, get your entry forms in now and start training.
Silly question, Can we enter on the day still? I fly in a few days before.
How many catagories and how many problems?
There should be no problem with entering on the day (I say with baited breathe) We are looking at a cut off of approx 80 competitors and usually get somewhere close to around that number. If you email [email protected] we can email you out an entry form to ensure a position in the fun.
There will be approx 120 pumpfest problems and 5 male and 5 female finals (advanced division) problems.
The divisions are simple – Male or Female and Novice or Advanced. Great gear orientated prizes for the novice and lovely moolah up for grabs in the advanced.
My shoulder’s still fooked from the last one I was in… ’04 was it? Hehe!
Yes indeed, the buzz is growing and growing and with just over three weeks to go if you’re not training hard….YOU SHOULD BE :). This comp promises to be action packed with at least two of Australia’s best already registered and competing (actually they are world class having competed and ranked in many world cups). Plus there are rumors of two more Eastern states big boys wiggling their ears at the WA gossip.
A little something I wanted to clear up though, categories. Now you should be able to work out the male/female bit pretty easily, but are you Advanced or novice is the question a lot of people are asking. Well, with this being another “first” in the format way of things, I have decided to limit the competitors to gender only. Everyone was always going to be competing in the same pumpfest, and some people were talking about not trying hard in the pumpfest and as long as they obtained the required 80% to get into the finals they were going to be satisfied. Well to fix that, everyone will now still be doing the same pumpfest but everyone is in just two categories of either male or female. Only the top 6 men and top 6 women scorers will go into the finals. If you make the top 6 you climb off for the cash, beyond the top 6 picking from the prize table will go on until all prizes are exhausted or all competitors have received a prize(btw: some absolutely fabulous prizes have been generously donated by our sponsors and will be on display early next week at Rockface). You will all need to try your best to reach the finals or place as high as possible in the prize pick. Again, same as before any finals problems going uncompleted will result in a super final being held on that problem with 1 go for each finalist, highest point takes the loot.
WOW $2,000 cash plus loads of great prizes up for grabs in a WA climbing comp, I’m excited, how about you? Get your entries in now and be in the first 50 to receive our free gift bag, hope to see you there.
Gareth