Saturday 22 February saw 128 competitors arrive at Awesome Walls Sheffield to battle it out at the first Lead competition of the season!

The competitors were challenged by two qualification routes, with the top climbers in each category heading to isolation for the final challenge.

The setting team was led by chief route setter Max Ayrton (ex-GB Senior team), Alex Fry (Setting Legend), Gavin Symonds (Technical Master) and Simon Rawlinson (IronMan). Providing challenges across the entire centre, they succeeded in testing the skills of the competitors with technical routes and utilising the steepnees of Awesome Walls to the max!

We head to Manchester next for the Junior British Bouldering Championships on 4 April. Register here.

Full results of the BMC Youth Open Lead 2020

Youth C

🥇 Valissya May 🥈 Lucy Garlick 🥉 Esmee Bonsen	🥇 Monty James 🥈 Kishan Fillingham 🥉 Tom Steele

Youth B

🥇 Anya Hmaimou 🥈 Jessica Claxton-Daniels 🥉 Saveena Fillingham	🥇 Jack MacDougall 🥈 Yukio Makita 🥉 Tom Healy

Youth A

🥇 Erin McNeice 🥈 Louise Flockhart 🥉 Tilly Vasic	🥇 Daniel Smith 🥈 Joseph Xiberras  🥉 Hugo Heffer

Junior Category

🥇 Robert Cook 🥈 Rhys Langlands 🥉 Ryan Gilbert

DOWNLOAD: The full results here 📜

VIEW: All the photos here 📸

Big thanks to:

Beta setting for providing world class hold selections at every National competition.

The route setting team for their hard work and dedication in setting a great competition.

Volunteer judges and belayers without whom the competition would not take place.

Awesome Walls staff for their support on the day.

Mark ‘Scoring Master’ Alderson for keeping the scores correct.

Simon Rawlinson for his role as the All-important Jury President.

Sam Pratt for capturing all the action in his awesome photos.

Youth Outdoor Climbing Courses

Whether you want to make the leap from indoor climbing into Sport or Trad climbing outdoors, we run many courses across the country and throughout the year that are specially for 11-17 year olds.

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Subsidised Youth Course Places

There are a large number of free places on courses for families who may struggle to afford it. Any families who live in rented accommodation and who receive income support or universal credit may contact the instructor of a course or Alex West for a place.

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