Just to let you all know that The Climbing Works will open from 10am starting from Monday 22nd December until the New Year when we return back to normal opening hours.

Christmas Opening Times:

22nd Dec - 10-10

23rd Dec - 10-10

24th Dec - Half Day (10am - 4pm)

25th Dec - CLOSED

26th Dec - CLOSED

27th Dec - 10-8

28th Dec - 10-8

29th Dec - 10-10

30th Dec - 10-10

31st Dec - 10am - 6pm NOTE NEW CLOSING TIME!

1st Jan - CLOSED

2nd Jan - 12-10

Friday night and R2 of the Berghaus Bouldering League saw yet another close competition with the Men's only being decided by 1 point. 25 problems and a big crowd meant it was a great night with alot of big efforts and big falls. Alot of the early excitement and eyes of many competitors were focused on the bonus special problem, that being unclimbed in the 1st round, now had a cash prize of £150 attached to it. This time Percy set an even longer volumes only problem with his favourite type of hold thrown in...a double jam on a roof.

Dave Barrans on the bonus cash problem

Across from Manchester, Dave Barrans came looking exclusively for the cash problem and after a few warm ups he went to work figuring out the beta. A fine effort took him to the penultimate hold but a rookie mistake of not taking a chalk bag cost him dear as he was dispatched off the sloping feature. After a long rest and another look at the finishing moves he set off again, sans chalkbag, and dispatched the final moves with aplomb. A fine effort and well worth the £150.

Leah Crane

In the Mens, visiting Aussie John Merz took top spot (stopping early as he has a bad wrist) while Leah Crane continued on her form from R1 taking top spot in the Womens. Full results from R2 are available here>>

Mens Top 3:

John Merz 175

Dawid Skoczylas 174

Andy Bowman 131

Female Top 3:

Leah Crane  147

Rae Cowie 122

Tiffany Melius 113

Under 18

Nathan Philips 105

Jamie Sheard 96

Charlotte Garden 92

R3 is on Friday, 16th January 2009 so stick it in your diary and come get involved!!

A couple of weeks ago we reset  the children’s boulders. There are now three mini circuits numbered around both boulders. The orange is the easiest followed by brown and then a hard green and pink spots circuit.

These are for children of all ages to test their technique and climbing ability and to offer a change to regular users of the wall. These problems should stay up for two months before being completley reset again. In the next week a couple more problems will be added on the slab to help those who can’t always reach the holds.

The topos are available to download here. These will add fun, focus and learning to your child’s climbing session. The topos included a tick list and various technical terms to learn and find on different problems.

With the completion of the latest blue circuit we now have 9 full circuits plus one easy purple circuit on the main walls. You can download the new topo from here>>

New comp wall topo is on the competition mats and also available to download. All the problems from Round 1 comp are numbered, graded and included on the topo, as well as the new problems set by Percy last week.

The money volume problem has still not seen its first ascent, so keep trying it; unfortunately the money can not be won but is rolled over for the next competition (£200 special bonus). You have until the 12th of December before it's completley reset for the next round of the Berghaus bouldering league.

Details of the Berghaus bouldering league are available on the events page here

Percy has finished his new Yellow Circuit (Font 7a-7c). You can download the topo for this, and the other 8 circuits, by clicking here>>

Round 2 of the Berghaus Bouldering League will take place on Friday 12th December

This will be the second round of 4 (all dates on the events pages) and all follow the same format:

• The competition will start at 7pm and finish just before 10pm.
• Entry cost is your usual admission to the Works plus £2 for a scorecard.
• 25 problems ranging from Font 4+ to Font 7c+
• You have as many goes as you want on the problems and fill in your own scorecard.
• There will be an 'extra' special problem set by Percy which will earn the first person to climb it £200!!! It will be brick hard and probably result in a full body pump plus it carries no points in the overall comp. Fun, fun, fun!!
• Sam & Harry in their DJ guises will also be spinning some tunes for the comp so it will be a fantastic atmosphere.

Every comp round is very relaxed and always a good laugh so whether you're aiming for top prize, competing against yourself or a  group of mates or just doing it for the first time it's a great nights entertainment.

Results of Round 1 can be read here>>

If you have any questions or require more info just ask a member of staff or email us on info@climbingworks.com.

Round 1 of the Berghaus Bouldering League was held on Friday night (14/11/08) and it was a fantastic success. You can read a bit more about it on our blog. Photos will be up soon also.

Winner of Round 1 was Alex (the monk) Honnold, the visiting American wad who scored an impressive 233 out of 250. The Works own Leah Crane won the Female while Pete Whittaker won the U18. As Pete has climbed E9 it's not that much of a surprise. Round 2 will be held on the 12th Dec 2008 and with Percy's special £100 cash problem going unclimbed, R2 will have a £200 cash prize up for grabs.

The full results from Round 1 can be downloaded here>>

With the new Green Circuit now finished we have 10 colour circuits in the main area of The Climbing Works giving you roughly 400 problems to go climb. Not to mention the 30 or so on the Berghaus Competition wall or the Training Board.

The circuits start at around Font 2 and go up to Font 7c meaning there is something for everyone to climb no matter what level you are. If you've never been before you can check out the topo available to download below to get an idea of the range. If you're a regular, you might want to print it off to see how many you can tick (in the next week?, month? session?).

The Climbing Works Circuit Topo available to download here>>

There is now a new Green Circuit consisting of 36 problems (with 4 more to go up on Friday) with the grade range being a very amendable Font 2-4+.

A perfect circuit for kids, beginners or people wanting to warm-up thoroughly on this ever-cooling Autumn evenings.