http://www.thebmc.co.uk/blccBritain's premier Lead Climbing Competition will take place over the weekend of 15-16 October 2011. This year with the addition of the
first British Speed Climbing Championships all to be held at Edinburgh International Climbing Arena, Ratho - NOW WITH ONLINE ENTRY! Come and watch Britains best climbers battle it out hanging upside down on the steepest climbing wall in Britain, all vying for the chance to become British Lead Climbing Champion. The fastest climbers will be on the speed wall fighting for who will become Britains first Speed Climbing Champion.
The Junior and Vets categories BLCC will take place on Saturday 15th October, with the Seniors on the Sunday 16th. The BSCC's will run on Sunday 16th October with the Juniors competing in the morning (at the same time as the Senior BLCC's) and the Seniors in the afternoon once the Senior BLCC finals have concluded.
This year you can now enter the BLCC and the BSCC totally online.
For BLCC entry click
here.
For BSCC entry click
here.
Don't forget there is no reason why you can not compete in both!!
The reigning BLCC national champions are:
Senior Male: Ed Hamer
Senior Female: Natalie Berry
Veteran Male: Eddie Cooper
Junior Male: Ed Hamer
Junior Female: Natalie Berry
Male Youth A: Luke Tilley
Female Youth A: Kitty Wallace
Male Youth B: Jonny White
Female Youth B: Rachel Carr
Male Youth C: Angus Davidson
Female Youth C: Molly Thompson-Smith
As this is the first year the BMC has run the BSCC the first champions will be decided on the 16th October.
Eligibility
This year we will again be using IFSC youth age categories with the addition of a Youth C category. So the ages for the youth categories are as follows:-
Youth C – must be born between 1998 and 1999
Youth B – must be born between 1997 and 1996
Youth A – must be born between 1995 and 1994
Juniors – must be born between 1993 and 1992
Senior entrants must be born between 1993 and 1967.
Veterans must be born in 1966 or earlier.
If you are born in 1993 or 1992 you have the choice of competing in either the Senior or Junior categories of the event or both if you want.
Competition Format
BLCC's
The BLCC uses the same format as the European Youth Series; two routes are climbed by all competitors during the qualification rounds, these are climbed ‘flash’, which means that the routes are demonstrated by the routesetters and the competitors watch the demo and then watch each other climb. The climbing order is changed for the second route to maintain fairness. The climbers who qualify through to the final are put into an isolation zone and the final routes are climbed on-sight.
The basis for ‘scoring’ in the BLCC (and other leading competitions) is fairly simple. The higher up the route the more ‘points’ you gain. Each hold is assigned a score or number. If you touch this hold (e.g. hold 25) then you get credited with '25-'. If you hold this hold you get '25'. If you make progress towards the next hold (but don’t touch it) you get '25+'. The actual ranking for the qualification round is a bit more complicated though, with square roots of the multiple of the ranking from each qualification coming into play.
Time does not have a bearing on the score but there is always a maximum time given by the chief judge in which the climbers must complete the route. If the climber is still climbing when this time period has elapsed (normally 6-8 minutes), they will be asked to stop climbing and their score will be taken from the highest point they reached at the end of the stated time period.
BSCC's
Speed competitions shall be carried out on two parallel routes of identical length, profile, design and difficulty (Records Format). The routes are demonstrated by the national route setters, there will be no isolation for these routes. All routes shall be climbed with the competitor secured by top-rope, belayed from below.
Each competitor will climb both routes in qualification and only one route in the final rounds. The fastest time from either of the two routes will count towards final qualification.Both routes are climbed simultaneously and the competitors shall always climb in pairs. When a competitor has finished his/her attempt on one route, he/she is added at the end of the starting list of the other route. The starting order for the first qualifying route is random.
The final round shall take place as a series of knock-out heats, decided by the climbing time on the route in qualification. The final round may thus consist of the following stages: an eighth final, a quarter final and always a semifinal and a final – the number of stages in the final is determined by the number of competitors qualifying.
There is no qualification process to gain entry into the BLCC or the BSCC and the competition is open to anyone. You've got to be in it to win it, so enter online now. The Juniors categories (born 1992-1999) and Veterans (born 1966 or earlier) will compete on the Saturday, with the Seniors (born 1993 - 1967) climbing on the Sunday. With all the BSCC competitors competing on Sunday. We look forward to welcoming new and established competitors.
Entries
For BLCC entry click
here.
Download the
BLCC 2011 Rules and RegulationsFor BSCC entry click
here.
Download the
BSCC Rules and RegulationsThe British Lead Climbing Championships is at the end of a season of fantastic national climbing competitions, all organised by the BMC. The BMC Open Youth Competition took place on 30th July also at EICA, BMC Youth Climbing Series National Final took place on Saturday 25th June and the British Bouldering Championships was held on the weekend of 15-16 January at the Outdoor Show, London.
The BLCC's and BSCC's routes will be set with Entre-Prises climbing holds. Entre-Prises are the official supplier of bolt-on holds to the BMC.
