Boulder Leeds & more

Just like to say another big thanks to everyone who attended the Boulder Leeds comp last Friday. You can find the results in our news section.

Since the comp more problems have gone up this week in every grade.

Finally, incase you missed the comp here are a few highlights

Open as usual

We have both made it in today so the Bloc will be open til 10pm.

Thanks
Martin & Ben

Boulder Leeds this Friday

Thats right, Round 2 of Boulder Leeds is this Friday at City Bloc.

Me and Ben have already devised some crazy ideas for the 25 problems that will be exclusively on the comp wall.

As usual the comp kicks off at 6.30 and runs until 9.30pm. Whether your an experienced competitor or you have just started climbing there will be problems for everybody so dont be afraid to give it a go. For pics from last years comps check out the Boulder Leeds Facebook page.

If you have any projects left on the comp wall at the moment you need to get them done before Friday. Here is a bit of beta with our usual vid plus some extras from the small bay.

Walk the line

as Johnny Cash would say. Here at City Bloc we prefer to climb the line.......sorry;)

Check out our latest vid for beta on the reset of the small bay and our tribute to Mr Cash

Comps and comp wall

You can feel it cant you, thats right winter is on its way.

Nights are drawing in and the weather has turned a bit grim to say the least. Not to worry though as there is lots to be keeping you occupied through the winter with the return of the Leeds Winter Bouldering Series.


Finally, here is a vid for the current comp wall:

Setting and then some

The small bay has had a full reset in the past couple of weeks. This week me and Ben are back resetting the comp wall, its never ending but we love it.

Here is a vid for a bit of beta incase your struggling with problems in the small bay:

August Comp Wall

For those who have been down in the past week or so you will have probably tried some of the new blocs. If not check out what your missing

Hints and tips

A bit of help incase your struggling with some of the new problems;)

Another reset

There has been more setting over the past week and a bit. We added more problems to the large bay after Bloc Party (check the gallery for pics) and this week the whole of the small bay has been reset.

Speaking of the Bloc Party, two time champion Dave Barrans also finished an incredible 5th place at the last round of the World Cup in Eindhoven. The next round is this weekend in Sheffield at the Cliffhanger event in Millhouses Park. If you cant make it down you can always watch it live on the internet, check 247.tv for details.

Good luck to Dave and the rest of the GB Team

Bloc Party 2010 Results

Here are the results from Bloc Party 2010, full report with pics to follow:

Mens results:

1st Dave Barrans
2nd Jonathan Partridge
3rd Gareth Haldenby
4th Jordan Buys

Women's results:

1st Diane Merrick
2nd Helen Shilito
3rd Zoe Ogden
4th Naomi Buys

blocs blocs more blocs

The smaller bay has been reset this week with plenty of entertainment to be had.

Here is some beta;)


Also, the second round of the Bouldering World Cup takes place this weekend in Vienna. There will be a live link to the comp at www.boulder-worldcup.com Good luck to team GB

Some beta

for the new comp wall problems. No excuses;)




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New problems

The competition wall has been reset this week so loads of new problems to keep you busy. You can use the new set as training for our annual competition in a months time, Bloc Party 2010. See the news page for more detail.

Finally, good luck to members of the British Bouldering team who will be competing in the first round of the Bouldering World Cup in Switzerland this weekend. There will be seven rounds this year including a round in Sheffield.

Thanks
Martin

Beta for some blocs

As there is a new set of problems up its time for another of Martin & Ben's helpful beta videos;)
Also, dont forget its bank holiday on Monday so we will be open 10am til 8pm

Climbing Coffee and World Cups

Hello all

On Sunday we had the British Bouldering Team at the Bloc for a mock world cup semi final. Myself and Ben set 4 salmon problems throughout the week for the men. The problems will be up for a month so if you want to see what standard the top boys are operating at come and have a look, and give them a try if your feeling up to it.

Speaking of new problems, this week the left hand bay will be reset starting work Tuesday.

Finally, the cafe now has a coffee machine to please all you latte lovers out there.


Thanks
Martin

comps comps and more comps

Since the last blog everything seems to have been about the comps.

First up was the CWIF (Climbing Works International Masters). City Bloc managed to put a team together with Martin and Ben miraculously getting away from the Bloc on the same day (cheers Tom). Rachel and City Bloc junior team member Nathan Phillips finished the team. We had a great day out, big thanks to the Climbing Works for putting on a great event.

As the CWIF attracted many foreign competitors, there were a lot of international super stars hanging around in the UK for a few days afterwards wanting to climb on the gritstone. Unfortunately the weather turned out to be poor(what a shocker), which drove them indoors, and on Thursday the whole Austrian and Dutch international climbing teams showed up at the Bloc. This was great to see as they went around the climbing wall dispatching pretty much everything in sight. (and that was just the female members). We will post some pics in due course.


On Friday 26th, the final round of Boulder Leeds was held at The Depot and the overall series winners where announced with Dave Buchanan and Charlotte Telfer taking the male and female titles respectively. So well done to those and also well done to Nathan who won the junior title with a score that would have been very highly placed in the mens category.
We would also like to say a big thanks to The Leeds Wall, and The Climbing Depot for their partnership in the Boulder Leeds Series over the last 6 months.

Finally, (phew) we are re-setting next week so get your skates on and get those unclimbed problems finished off.

Comp and new probs

March has already arrived, cant believe another month has passed.

Thanks again to everyone who came to the competition, there was something for everyone, tears, laughter and crushing.
Anyhow, more problems have been added to the competition wall and half of the other bay has been set, the remainder to be done on Monday so plenty to keep you occupied.

If your struggling on some of the problems here is a little vid for some beta.

Thanks eveyone

Well we had a great day on Sunday celebrating our 1st birthday. The lucky winner of the 12 month pass give away is, Richard Moore. Well done Richard, we look forward to seeing you regularly over the coming year.

We would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who has been down to City Bloc over the past year, we hope you have enjoyed it as much as we have.

Thank you
City Bloc Team

Birthday Graffiti

Well, the birthday celebrations have started and the raffle tickets are flying out. As you all know on Sunday 7th Feb, at City Bloc we will have been open for 1 year and will be handing out an annual pass to one lucky winner.

We decided to celebrate, and as we are a cultured bunch, we asked a local artist to create a piece of work from the renaissance period, to our training area (aka Area 51). However, we have ended up with some excellent street art, more from the future period. Enjoy!!

Birthday Countdown

One week to go before we launch our City Bloc Birthday Prize Draw with the chance of winning a City Bloc annual pass worth £300. Throughout the week commencing Sunday 31st January and ending Sunday 7th February, for every visit you make to City Bloc you will receive one lucky raffle ticket.

Read more here>>

New Routes for January

The long main wall on the right hand side of the building has now had a full reset with coloured circuits set for all grades and abilities. These routes will remain in place for the next four weeks, giving you plenty of time to tick those problems.

The route setting team are already planning the next set of problems within the two areas on the left hand side of the wall…dates for the next rest are now available on the home page!

CityBloc goes interactive

We are pleased to be able to bring a few additions to the CityBloc website, including a more accessible CityBlog page and a New Routes page so we can keep you up to date with the latest happenings at the Bloc.

Visit the new routes page here for all the latest news on current and upcoming route setting.