The BMC held an Open Youth Competition at Edinburgh International Climbing Arena, Ratho on Saturday 24th July 2010.

Young people from all over Britain took part in the competition.

The Junior British team who were also competing.

The Junior French Climbing team also competed in the event as part of their team training and also facilitating cordial links between Team GB and the French team.

The morning started with the qualifiers.  Each competitor had to climb two routes to decide who would go through to the finals.  For the first time, the results of the qualifying rounds were reported live as they happened, and they are still there available, on twitter

Results

Female Junior
1 Berry, Natalie GBR
2 = Michelard, Julie FRA
2 = Becerra, Mathilde FRA

Male Junior
1 Aglae, Kevin FRA
2 Mazars, Thomas FRA
3 Hamer, Edward GBR

Female A
1 Michelard, Laura FRA
2 Serriere, Julia FRA
3 Garden, Charlotte GBR

Male A
1 Stocking, Jonathan GBR
2 Allan, Momirovic FRA
3 Rio, Corentin FRA

Female B
1 Chanourde, Julia FRA
2 Romain, Salome FRA
3 Slamti, Kenza FRA

Male B
1 De Flaugergues, Geoffray FRA
2 Bonzom, Mael FRA
3 Vaz, Jeremy FRA

Female C
1 Thompson-Smith, Molly GBR
2 Hayes, Tara GBR
3 Addison, Nikki GBR

Male C
1 Ridal, Billy GBR
2 Davidson, Angus GBR
3 Bosi, William GBR

Full results here

More information here

BMC thanks supporters
The BMC would like to thank all those who contributed to the success of the event. This includes the vast number of enthusiatic volunteers who do such a fantastic job. They judge, chaperone, belay, score the event, register competitors, warm up competitors, run errands, and so on, the list is virtually endless. These event simply couldn't take place without their outstanding and unstinting support. And, also, let's not forget the young people themselves, all their numerous supporters and the French Team and their managers for making the long trip over!

Also a big thanks goes to Mark Richardson and the event sponsors Mountain Harware who also provided the prizes.

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