I’ve just returned from what I can safely say was a very successful BLCC for Scottish climbers. The British Lead Climbing Championships (BLCC) is the National competition of the year for sport climbers hence why it attracts so many young talented athletes from all over the country. This year we had a strong team attending with kids in nearly every category from Youth C through to Youth A (unfortunately no Juniors). Buz, Jessica and I headed down on the Friday night, stopping off in the Lakes before driving the rest of the way to Sheffield at 6:30am on Saturday morning because Buz was... Continue reading

Last weekend I competed in the 2012 British Climbing Championships (BLCC's) at EICA: Ratho in Edinburgh. I had not competed in a lead climbing competition since the previous years BLCC and have not regularly competed throughout the year in a few years.  It was a bit of a last minute decision to compete as I was supposed to be missing the event to go to Kalymnos for coaching work but unfortunately due to unforseen circumstances I had to cancel the trip :( So there I was at home with nothing to do! I was previously down for setting the BLCC's but... Continue reading

What can I say... this last weekend has been spectacular with some amazing performances by some truly incredible athletes. I can't begin to explain just how amazed I am at how the level of British climbing has leaped forward in the last few years both at Youth and Senior level. Unfortunately, both days I forgot my camera (D'oh) but no worries, Facebook is a great place to pilfer photos from. Saturday was an Epic day, with excitment and adrenaline seen from practically every corner of EICA. I had friends and coached kids in every category of the competition and was very... Continue reading

A bit late in writing a report on it as nearly every other UK climbing website has done so already, but I thought I'd report a bit on my experiences from both a competitor, coach and spectator. I've been competing for quite a number of years now and in the past have found great satisfaction from it. I must admit that over the last two years I haven't been focussed for competing and have been swaying towards sport climbing outdoors more and more. l train indoors a lot, but it's with the lingering thoughts of rock that motivates me. I guess it's... Continue reading