It's an exciting time to join the British Mountaineering Council, and the GB Climbing department.
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The GB National Development Squad process has allowed athletes to consider an offer of selection on the squad for 2022 and we are now able to publish the athletes who have accepted their selection.
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Ahead of the communication of the GB National Development Squad selection outcomes to the public by 5pm on Friday 7th January on the GB Climbing and BMC websites, the 2022 appeals process has been updated and can now be published.
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It was fantastic to see athletes back on the ropes and mats after an extended break from competition and congratulations to all those who competed and took part in the events and thanks to all the amazing volunteers without which the competition events would not be possible.
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Registered blind since birth, due to a genetic condition called Leber’s Congenital Amaurosis, Anna Foo lost her vision completely at the age of 15 years. Now 21 years old, Anna has been climbing since 2018. Talia Lazarus interviews Anna and finds out more about her journey into the GB Paraclimbing team.
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GB Climbing is looking to recruit a small team of route setters to take part in an innovative pilot programme. In December 2020 GB Climbing was successful in winning UK Sport Progression funding to begin work on the progressive development of its competition programme, in pursuit of the long-term strategic ambition to become the World’s leading climbing nation.
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The GB National Development Squad selection policy has now been reviewed and approved. The document details the selection process and what climbing competition results will be taken into consideration as part of the process.
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Elections for the International Federation of Sport Climbing (IFSC) Athletes’ Commission took place at the 2021 IFSC Climbing World Championships in Moscow, Russia, with Olympian Shauna Coxsey MBE, of Great Britain, elected as President.
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Hamish McArthur took home the bronze medal at his first Senior World Championships after becoming the double World Champ in the Junior Boulder and Lead in the same year.
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Fantastic results from the GB Paraclimbing Team at the IFSC Paraclimbing World Championships 2021 in Moscow, Russia, with six medals including two World Champions.
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GB Climbing works alongside promising young climbers to help create the stars of tomorrow. But how to do this? Niall Grimes talks to Tim Cunnington, the Coach Development Manager at GB Climbing to find out more about the thinking behind the process.
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It is easy to forget how young competition climbing is in comparison with many other sports. Toby Dunne traces the origins of this unique sport.
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Every year, GB Climbing organises a series of great climbing competitions across a spectrum of abilities, from seven-year-olds getting their first taste of comps to seniors battling it out to be crowned national champions. But did you ever wonder how to get involved? Zoe Spriggins, competitions programme manager at GB Climbing, tells Niall Grimes how.
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It’s been an exhilarating three days watching Sport Climbing’s debut at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games and the fourth and final day was not one to disappoint either. Here's our report of the Women's Sport Climbing Final.
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This year in Tokyo, climbing has finally reached the heights of becoming an Olympic sport. Looking ahead to Paris 2024, and beyond, what will it take for GB Climbing to qualify and walk away with medals? Niall Grimes caught up with GB Climbing’s head coach Tom Greenall to discover more.
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The atmosphere was hotting up to match the heat levels of this sweltering Tokyo summer as the seven Sport Climbing men’s finalists gathered to climb as fast, as strong and as high as possible for the first ever gold, silver and bronze Olympic medals. Anything could happen and this competition was anybody’s to win – as we were about to find out.
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Shauna Coxsey becomes the first climbing Olympian of Great Britain. Highlights of the second day of Sport Climbing at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, the women's qualification round.
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Highlights of first day of Sport Climbing at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, the men's qualification round
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As climbing heads into the Olympics, we look at the team powering the development of elite climbing performance in the UK: GB Climbing
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The BMC is excited to announce Lorraine Brown has been hired as the new Head of Performance for GB Climbing.
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