EICA:Ratho Summer Bouldering Series 2013 Under 13's Results

EICA:Ratho Summer Bouldering Series 2013 Under 16's Results

EICA:Ratho Summer Bouldering Series 2013 Veteran Results

EICA:Ratho Summer Bouldering Series 2013 Senior Results

New Duel Coloured Volx Holds Just In!

Howdy climbers!

We've just recieved the first delivery of duel coloured Volx holds. These will be show-cased at Round 1of our Summer bouldering series which starts on Saturday 3rd August! Enjoy...

In case you were wondering about the specific hold models (or is that just me that wonders that?) the Fried egss were all from the Volx Bleau Line, the Blue and Yellows (Refreshers) were a combination of V-Base Prism, Brake and Crack and the Pink and Blacks (Liquorice allsorts) V-Pure 2.0.

 

 

Ratho Quarry Sport Wall Topo

Fun Boulder Comp Results

New batch of XXL Volumes finished just in time for Sundays Boulder Comp...

Eilidh and Keira aren't actually that small, it's just that our new batch of XXL Volumes are massive! Finished just in time for Sundays Fun Boulder Comp!

DMM and Evolv @ EICA:Ratho Boulder Comp!

Our kind sponsors DMM and Evolv will be show casing their new products at this Sundays Fun Boulder Comp. Rob Greenwood will have DMM's new range of ice axes with him along with their gear destruction machine. Robbie Phillips will have Evolv's demo shoe range for all to try including their new Shaman rockshoe.

UKC/UKH at ISPO 2012 - DMM from UKClimbing.com TV on Vimeo.

Lapis "Wasp" coloured holds just arrived!

We've just recieved a delivery of some tasty new "Wasp" coloured Lapis holds. Setting for Sunday's boulder comp starts tmrw so get ready to play on some funky new shapes and colours!

EICA:Ratho Fun Bouldering Comp Sunday 19th Feb 11am-4pm

Howdy climbers, just a wee reminder for everyone that we'll be hosting our 2nd Fun Bouldering comp of the 2011-2012 Winter season on Sunday 19th February between 11am-4pm.

The comp is open to all levels of climber and should be a fun day for all. We have a few sponsors on board for the comp with a tasty selection of prizes on offer.

Categories are: Recreational VB-V2, Intermediate V2-V5, Advanced V5+, Veteran 45+, Junior 8-12 year old and 13-16 year old categories.

Entry price will be standard entry fee+£2.50 which includes a free drink at the prize giving ceromony.

Thanks to the following companies for their support...

5th November Boulder Comp Results

5th November EICA Bonfire and Fun Bouldering Comp

Howdy climbers,

Just a reminder that the EICA will be holding a Fun bouldering comp on Saturday 5th November from 11am-4pm. There will be a Bonfire, Fireworks, BBQ and social gathering after the event finishing at 7pm. This event will only be open to competitors and will include 1 free beer or soft drink.

The comp is open to all levels of climber and we will have the following categories: Recreational (VB-V2), Intermediate (V2-V5), Advanced (V5+), Veteran 45 yrs+, Junior 8-12, 13-16 yr old categories. Cost will be standard entry fee+£2.50

See you all there....

EICA:Ratho Fun Bouldering Comps 2011-12

Howdy Climbers,

We're going to be organising 2 fun bouldering comps this winter. The first bouldering comp will be on Saturday 5th November which will hopefully include a Bonfire and Fireworks display afterwards (weather dependent of course...) and a free beer or soft drink for everyone (aren't we good to you... )

The second bouldering comp will be on Sunday 19th February. These comps will be open to all levels of climber and we'll be including an intermediate category this year. The cost will be standard entry fee plus £2.50.

Hope you can all make them,

buz

More boulder comp photos....

Check out some more boulder comp photos from Gilles Moulin here:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/rathocomp/

Fun Boulder Comp 2011 Results and some Photo's

Here are the results from yesterday's Fun Boulder Comp:

U13 Boys

1 William Bosi 195
2 Robert Davidson 180
3 Sam Harlend sendra 180
4 Rory Cargill 177
5 Jamie Pendan 175
6 Rory White 167
7 David Medzybrodzki 163
8 Harry stansfeild 157
9 Ruraidh Middleton 146
10 Evan Davis 127
11 Findlay Johnson 126
12 Euan Farmer 122
13 benFindlay 102
14 Evan Rasmussen 89
15 Guy Mathison 89
16 Declan Currie 87


U13 girls

1 Rebecca Kinghorn 180
2 Eilalh Vass Payne 177
3 Emily Eadie 172
4 Kirsten Grey 172
5 Gabrialla Stewart 172
6 Keira Farmer 170
7 Morgan rodgers 165
8 Kirsten Taylor 164
9 Ellie Hogarth 156
10 Jodie Brown 154
11 Erili Geddes 107
12 Freya Baxter 99


13- 16 boys

1 scott Keir 200
2 Jamie Drummond 200
3 Steven Addison 197
4 Angus Davidson 186
5 Malcolm bradley 181
6 Scott donaldson 170
7 Ruaraidh Macaskill 163
8 Alex Bosi 150
9 andrew Hairsworth 93
10 Scott Govens 32



13-16 girls

1 Rachel Carr 197
2 Sophie Harper 147
3 Amy Anderson 146
4 Nikki Addison 145
5 Simla Green 139
6 Christie Macleod 107
7 Lyndsey Forsyth 106
8 Megan Saunders 79
9 Victoria Boyd 44
10 Hannah Dewar 30


Rec. Men
1 Alexei Matveyev 162
2 Gordon McKillop 161
3 John Sharples 147
4= Mike Lewis 145
4= Mitch Figures 145
6 Robbie Carruthers 140
7 David Carruthers 139
8 Grant Saunders 134
9 Colin Mcpherd 120
10 Ian Brown 108
11 Martin Wood 107
12 Alex Scott 93
13 Mark Hammonds 83
14 Dave Brown 77
15 Tim Squires 70
16 David Wilson 55
17= Tom Jones 50
17= Sean Hiddleston 50
19 John Macleod 45
20 Paul Gowens 40

Rec.Women

1 Nicola Bishop 135
2 Gail Robertson 54
3 Avril Gall 50
4 Dawn Thomson 47
5 Kim Picozzi 45
6 Emily Raemaekers 22


Adv. Men

1 Will Atkinson 197
2 Eddie Barbour 184
3 John Brown 170
4 Andrew Simpson 162
5 Alex Gorham 160
6 Dylan Mackenzie 157
7 Kris Devlin 149
8 Mike Rudden 147
9= Ross Henighen 137
9= Merlin Floate 137
11 Paul Williamson 134
12 WDC 102
13 David Gudmundsson 101
14= Nick O'Grady 100
14= Fraser Harle 100
15 Lukas Solanka 99
16 Paul Raeside 94
17 Fraser Gibson 87
18 Donald Slatter 60


Adv. Women

1 Natalie Berry 125
2 Anna Wells 114
3 Xiao Xian Goh 93
4 Lasma Seitinsone 92
5 Eva Sparreboom 72


Vet. Men

1 Ruairidh Mackenzie 149
2 Neil Shepherd 146
3 Peter Roy 144
4 Robert Durran 137
5 Kevin Gibson 114
6 Dave Hainsworth 90
7 Ed Payne 52
8 Gregor Hannappel 50
9 Sandy Carr 49




















Thanks to Will Carrol for the photo's http://io-photography.co.uk/

Volumes Chapter 2

Setting for Saturdays Fun Bouldering Competition started today which meant that our nice new batch of volumes were put up in the bouldering room. Here's a wee taster of what to expect...

Beastmaker 1000 and 2000 now at EICA:Ratho

All you fingerboarders out there will be happy to know that the EICA:Ratho now have a Beastmaker 1000 and 2000 for your pulley straining pleasure.



The guys at Beastmaker say the 1000 for those operating in the Font 5 to 7c region (VS-E4/5) and the 2000 for Font 7a to 8b (E4-E11).




You can download some really useful training advice from the Beastmaker website:

http://www.beastmaker.co.uk/products1.htm



Gaz finding out if his joinery skills are up to scratch....

Oh la la, New Volumes at EICA:Ratho!

Having worked in climbing walls for well over a decade now, the big change I have noticed over the past few years has been the introduction of volumes onto the climbing surface. Volumes really allow you to open up the variety of movement you can create whilst setting, as you no longer have to climb face on, on flat panels. You can incorporate 3D style climbing which adds so many more posibilities when setting. Volumes also allow you to constantly change the climbing surface as you can remove them and re-position them as you like.



The down side to volumes is that they are fairly expensive if bought commercially, however, if you're handy with a saw, plainer and drill the best method is to build your own, unfortunately, this isn't quite as easy as it sounds. I have built a few basic volumes in the past and have always found the most difficult part being able to keep the volume lying flush against the wall. I think I have spent a fair few hours hand plaining my volumes until they sit this way, usually with the volume decreasing in size and my usually pretty relaxed demeanor vanishing fairly rapidily....



Luckily, on the way to work this week I mentioned my volume building dilemma to Mr Gilles Moulin (french man in top pic). "I am building something like this all the time in France" was his reply.



So, with the help of a handy frenchman (Gilles) Calum Forsyth, Gaz Vincent and myself, we locked ourselves into the empty unit next to Tiso's (sorry Bruce for all the noise!) and got to work designing, building and painting some pretty radical volumes.



I'm pretty happy with the results and I really think that they'll add a new dimension to climbing at Ratho. You can see the fruits of our labour when we show case our new volumes at the EICA:Ratho Fun Bouldering Comp on Saturday the 19th February from 11am-4pm.



A special thank you has to be given to Gilles for sharing his secret french volume building formula with us. He definitely deserves a big high five if you see him in the arena!