Summer Open Youth Boulder Event July 2014 (Issy)

I competed in the July Open Youth boulder event at the Arch climbing centre in London. It was my first bouldering competition.

I topped 7/8 boulders, flashing 6 and completing the 7th on my 3rd attempt. This meant that I qualified for the finals in 2nd position behind Emily Philips. In the final, I completed 1/3 boulders on my 1st attempt. The final boulders were a lot harder than the qualifiers and I found them very challenging.

I came 4th overall, however I am happy with my result as this was my first bouldering competition.

Youth Open Lead Event July 2014 (Issy)

Me on qualifier 2

I competed in the July Youth Open lead event 2014. In the event we were given two qualifiers- one of which I topped (along with 4 others) and the other I fell off low down due to a route-reading error. This meant that I qualified for the finals in 6th position. The other finalists were: Emily Philips, Kitty Morrison, Pippa Watkin, Holly Toothill and Abbie Rivett.

After isolation, I was 1st out for the final route. I topped the route, along with Emily, Kitty and Pippa. This meant that I came 4th due to countback.
The final results were: 1st- Emily, 2nd- Kitty and 3rd- Pippa.