[Neilb]

F-BO15

On Saturday 7th February 2015 we will be holding The Foundry Bouldering Open sponsored by Mammut. This will be a BIG one day comp with a CASH prize list of £2000 plus lots of great spot prizes. The Setters will be Rob Napier and Andy Long, and the Chief Judge Graeme Alderson.

The Sponsors: Mammut, Moon Climbing, Bleaustone/Lapis/Axis, The Clinic, SteepEdge, CragX Climbing Shop, FiveTen

The Format:
Starts from 9.30am till 2.30pm for qualification.  Begin climbing when you like within this time.
One qualification round of 25 problems from Font 4 upwards, should be plenty to have a good go at! As well as our normal bouldering walls, we will be bringing in extra matting and setting problems on some of our tall walls. 
The top 6 men/women go through to an onsight final of 4 problems each.  Final starts at 4.30pm (approx).

The comp has Senior (18 or over on 7/2/15) and Junior age categories (age 10-17 years on 7/2/15) as well as a Team event. It is open to any climber who is at least 10 years old on the 7th Feb 2015. However, please note there will be no special junior problems set, you climb the same problems as the seniors. Teams must consist of 3 people and comprise of a mixture of both male and female competitors.

Each competitor will receive an F-BO15 competition vest or T-shirt (for juniors) and a one-off F-BO15 waterbottle!

Individual Cash Prizes (Senior M&F):
1st: £400
2nd: £200
3rd: £110
4th: £80
5th: £50
6th: £30

Team Prizes (per team):
1st: £120
2nd: £60
3rd: £30

Junior Prizes
1st Male/Female – £25 Cash, plus Mammut Slam Bouldering Pad
2nd Male/Female – Mammut Neon Gear Rucksack
3rd Male/Female – Mammut Messenger Square Shoulderbag

Plus lots of goodies from our sponsors and spot prizes for ANY competitor!

How to Enter (and for more info)
Please visit: http://www.foundryclimbing.com/fbo15/

Pre online-entry closes 28/2/15 (free Vest/Tee if you enter online). 
Entry is possible on the day, but pre-entry much preferred by the organiser!

[Paul B]

The most coveted title(s) (King (+ Queen) of the Wave) up for grabs once more!


From 2014. There are more on Facebook including our very own Stu L inverted and fighting hard!

...and cough 

[J_duds]

Pre online-entry closes 28/2/15

I assume this should be 28/1/15?

[Neilb]

Oops! Yes, should be 28/1/15 for closure of on line entries. 

[J_duds]

Hi Neil, when I go to the entry page online at cragx it enters postage (an extra £2.95) on top of the entry price, which doesn't seem right to me.

[J_duds]

when I go to the entry page online at cragx it enters postage (an extra £2.95) on top of the entry price, which doesn't seem right to me.

This has now been fixed.

[Dolly]

I popped in this lunchtime and there are some great problems set for tomorrow.
Obviously I'm not doing it but looks like it will be good if you are

[a dense loner]

Does anyone know what went on? I seem to have been sent the results from the 1998 comp!

[Stubbs]

Looks like a lot of people chose the manchester comp instead.

[Stu Littlefair]

Dense, your results are right. Some octogenarian called Ben Moon won the men's comp. Quite convincingly too. Ella Russell won the women's competition. It was a very good day, and busier than last year despite the clash with rocfest. There'll be a video online soon where you can see that no matter how old he gets, Ben will always be Ben Moon, and the rest of us will never be Ben Moon.

[Doylo]

Moony Moony Moony

[Duma]

I love this. Is there footage around?

[Duma]

Ignore me, stu already answered the question

[Paul B]

Gutted I missed watching Ella take the win, hopefully the prize money went on curry like last year?

[nai]

Form is temporary, Class is permanent.

[Nigel]

Much as I think that this is totally amazing and like Dense it takes me back to the heady days of the 90's, can the Foundry regulars / yoof of today please note that the last two "Kings of The Wave" have been an injured Yorkshire interloper and a 49 year old man. Buck up!

P.S. Ben Moon! Legend.

[Stu Littlefair]

Well, where were you Nige? I'm trying my best but I'm only so good. I just hope they keep clashing with big comps so we don't have to put up with Barrans owning the crown.

[Stu Littlefair]

Paul - hard to blow £400 on curry but I reckon Ella tried her best.

[Nigel]

Well, where were you Nige? I'm trying my best but I'm only so good. I just hope they keep clashing with big comps so we don't have to put up with Barrans owning the crown.

In the pub probably. I'd only be good on the wave if you climbed it on the back side anyway. Joking aside, there is never any shame in getting out climbed by Ben Moon is there?

[Stu Littlefair]

I think he could probably out climb me in a zimmer frame

[Fiend]

 

[cha1n]

Any news on this video? I'm keen to watch old timers beat the youth (so I can convince myself that getting older doesn't matter).

[willackers]

It only doesn't matter if you are Ben Moon, everybody else is doomed.

[cha1n]

Even if your surname's Atkinson?

(Edit: I was hoping you'd be biased and say no as I'm also an Atkinson)

Better get my shoes posted up in the for sale forum.

[willackers]

It's even worse if you're an Atkinson. It's been scientifically proven. Sorry.