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Bloc Climbing will be closed to the public on Sunday, 19th May 2013 for our annual bouldering competition – Bloc Contest 2013! Feel free to rock up on the day and test your skills in a fun, social climbing competition.
As a result of the competition on Sunday, the top rope panels will also be unavailable on Saturday as well.
Bloc team had a fantastic day out at the Tour de Corde at St Peters yesterday, bringing home all the gold!
Youth D Female
Tara – 1st
Youth A Female
Siobhan – 1st
Ros – 2nd
Youth A Male
Jarred – 1st
Pumper Female
Ai Hua – 1st
Siobhan – 2nd
Ros – 3rd
Pumper Male
Jarred – 1st
Michael (Schmick) – 2nd
Legends Female
Barbara – 1st
Congratulations to all Bloc Team members who competed, clearly the hard work is paying off!! Can’t wait to see what you guys can do next Sunday at Bloc Contest 2013!
Congratulations to all BBL competitors for your fantastic results and improvements over the last 3 months. Below are the overall place getters results.
Open A Male
1. Jarred Jordan
2. Matt Barker
3. Evan McCarthy
Open A Female
1. Siobhan Dobie
2. Ai Hua Li
3. Anes Yang
Open B Male
1. Mark Serrels
2. Akin Ceylan
3. Jack Kelleher
Open B Female
1. Barbara Dobie
2. Lex Henderson
3. Sara Siegel
Youth B Male
1. Ethan Jordan
Young Crushers Female
1. Tara Le Noury
A huge thank you to our sponsors, Five Ten, for providing brand new climbing shoes for our first place prizes!
The place getters in all Opens categories now have the choice to proceed directly into the finals (with an exciting NEW finals format – more info to come soon) of Bloc Contest 2013, to be held at Bloc Climbing Centre on Sunday 19th May 2013!
Open A Male
1. Jarred Jordan – 334 points
2. Matt Barker – 331 points
3. Sam de Guzman – 313 points
Open A Female
=1. Siobhan Dobie – 292 points
=1. Ai Hua Li – 292 points
3. Anes Yang – 282 points
Open B Male
1. Dave Watson – 291 points
2. Dave Thackray – 286 points
3. Aaron Gibbs – 271 points
Open B Female
1. Jacqui Hume – 256 points
2. Lex Henderson – 255 points
3. Karina Barrett – 254 points
Youth B Male
1. Ethan Jordan – 265 points
Young Crushers Female
1. Tara Le Noury – 205 points
View the BBL Live Ladder for full results and places.
The Bloc Bouldering League is over for another year! Congratulations to all competitors, some fantastic improvements seen over the last 3 months! The results for round 3 will be up shortly and don’t forget the BBL Presentation Evening is on tomorrow night from 7pm, where our overall winners will be announced and our fantastic prizes awarded. Tomorrow night includes a free BBQ for all BBL competitors, looking forward to seeing you here!
Open A Male
1. Jarred Jordan – 332 points
2. Evan McCarthy – 324 points
=3. Sebastian Albornoz – 319 points
=3. Dave Hughes – 319 points
Open A Female
1. Siobhan Dobie – 292 points
2. Ai Hua Li – 285 points
3. Anes Yang – 270 points
Open B Male
1. Akin Ceylan – 294 points
2. Mark Serrels – 289 points
3. Jack Kelleher – 288 points
Open B Female
1. Barbara Dobie – 243 points
2. Lex Henderson – 238 points
3. Natalie Everett – 231 points
Youth B Male
1. Ethan Jordan – 264 points
Young Crushers Female
1. Tara Le Noury – 228 points
View the BBL Live Ladder for full results and places.
Competition is very tight in Round 2 of the Bloc Bouldering League which ends tomorrow, Sunday, 7th April 2013! Head to the live scorecard page to see where you are currently ranking, and come visit us tomorrow to secure your final climbs for Round 2. Good luck!!
Try something different these school holidays and rock-on down to Bloc Climbing Centre, where you can expect an indoor action packed school holiday program run by a highly qualified Physical Education Teacher. Learn to climb, gain rope skills, challenge yourself in a safe engaging environment, meet new friends and embrace the art of rock climbing. Our structured school holiday program is full of fun, action and adventure bound to build confidence, self-esteem and strength you probably didn’t know you had! For more information, click here.
Congratulations to Sam de Guzman who ticked his hardest boulder to date, Aphrodite. Aphrodite is a V7 at Hollow Mountain Cave in the Grampians. Awesome work Sam!!
Jarred was selected for the Australian Youth Team travelling to Canada later this year to compete in the World Youth Championships, after climbing 4 out of 5 qualifying climbs. Congratulations Jarred!!
The Bloc community wishes Jarred all the best, at the Australian youth selections tomorrow. May all your crushing dreams come true.”Good luck” Jarred.
Bloc Climbing will be opening over the Easter Long Weekend at the following times.
Saturday: 12-4pm
Sunday: 12-4pm
Monday: 12-4pm
Have a safe and enjoyable Easter break – go easy on the chocolate!!
To all the Bloc Crew heading towards the Grampians, have a safe climbing trip. May all your crushing dreams come true!
On top of Dan and Sam’s fantastic interstate results, Bloc Team also performed exceptionally well at Round 2 of the Tour de Corde at Northern Beaches Rockhouse.
Youth D Female
Tara – 1st
Youth A Female
Ros – 1st
Siobhan – 2nd
Youth A Male
Jarred – 1st
Pumper Female
Ros – 1st
Pumper Male
Michael (Schmick) – 3rd
Legends Female
Barbara – 2nd
Congratulations to all Bloc Team members who competed, and a special mention for Ethan who competed in his first competition! Great work team!!
Following on from Sam’s fantastic result, Dan da Silva also found himself on the podium at yesterday’s Bayside Boulder Bash in Melbourne, finishing 3rd in his category!
Congratulations Dan and Sam – everyone in Melbourne will be talking about how strong Bloc climbers from Sydney are!!
Bloc member, Sam de Guzman took out first place in Junior Male at the Bayside Boulder Bash competition in Melbourne this morning. Representing Bloc, Sam was a clear winner scoring 64 points in a rather unique scoring system, a clear 10 points ahead of second place.
Dan da Dilva is also competing in the Opens category and scored 72 points. We will let you know how he places when the second round of Opens climbers finish shortly.
Big congratulations boys, you are doing the Bloc proud!!
Open A Male
1. Evan McCarthy – 321 points
2. Matt Barker – 314 points
3. Sam de Guzman – 309 points
Open A Female
1. Siobhan Dobie – 284 points
2. Ai Hua Li – 275 points
3. Anes Yang – 257 points
Open B Male
=1. Mark Serrels – 271 points
=1. Dave Thackray – 271 points
3. Daniel Kunovsky – 270 points
Open B Female
1. Natalie Everett – 235 points
2. Sara Siegel – 233 points
3. Barbara Dobie – 229 points
Youth B Male
1. Ethan Jordan – 241 points
Young Crushers Female
1. Tara Le Noury – 203 points
View the BBL Live Ladder for full results and places.
Congratulations to all Bloc Bouldering League competitors in Round 1. Final results will be posted shortly!
Congratulations to Matt Burnett who, despite the rainy weather, ticked his hardest project climb to date, Microwave. Microwave is an 8a+ or 30 at Centennial Glen in the Blue Mountains. Awesome work Matty!!
Congratulations to the following Bloc Team members for their fantastic results at Round 1 of the Tour De Corde on Saturday.
Tara: 1st Youth D Female
Ros: 1st Youth A Female & 1st Pumper Female
Siobhan: 2nd Youth A Female
Jarred: 1st Youth A Male & 1st Pumper Male
Ai Hua: 2nd Pumper Female
Barbara: 1st Legends Female
Congratulations to all the other Bloc Team members who competed, scoring valuable points for the Bloc Team. Round 2 is on 16th March at Northern Beaches Rockhouse and the Bloc Team would love your support to show the other gyms we can do more than just boulder!
The Bloc Bouldering League Ladder can now be viewed live online here.
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