With spring just around the corner, you have probably already been waiting for this year’s Reading Climbing Festival!  

As every year, the Festival will take place across a weekend and we are super psyched to get the community together for 2 days of comps, challenges, fun and games! The main events will be a 1 day Boulder Comp on the Saturday with a qualifiers round in the morning and finals in the afternoon as well as the epic conclusion of our Elevate rope climbing comp on Sunday with Round 4 in the morning and the big finals in the afternoon.  

Around these two events, we have also organised a plethora of challenges and games for you with loads of chances to win some amazing prizes! In our little market, place you will be able to sample and buy the goods of a variety of vendors.  

And for when the tummy begins to grumble, we will have the BBQ running out the front for some tasty burgers.  

So, quick summary of the facts:  

When? 8th & 9th March, 10am-6pm 

Festival Boulder Comp:  

• Saturday, 8 March 

• Qualifiers: 10am-1pm – log your scores on Griptonite 

• Categories:  

• Youth (- 11)m/f 

• Teens (12-16) m/f 

• Elite Youth (Squads 15-18yo) m/f 

• Adult (16+) m/f 

• Master (40+) m/f 

• Finals: 2pm 

• Elite Youth (Squads 15-18yo) m/f 

• Adult (16+) m/f 

• Master (40+) m/f 

Elevate FINALS

•  Sunday, 9 March 

• Round 4: 10am-1pm 

• 2 Top ropes, 2 leads BUT double the points!!  

• Finals: 2pm 

• Elite Youth (Squads 15-18yo) m/f 

• Adult (16+) m/f 

• Master (40+) m/f 

Challenges – ALL WEEKEND!

• Autobelay feature line 

• Special Speed climb 

• “Guess the climber”  

• No hands slab traverse 

• And more!  

Marketplace:   

• Saturday:  

• Redbull 

• GiriGiri 

• Sunday: 

• Tenzing 

• Bee Kind