Boulder Rock@groenplaats

The weather was great for the time of the year.No rain ,sunshine and temperature above 20°C.Ignace and Manolo were motivated to climb in the centre of Antwerp “ Groenplaats” Belgium. .Ignace and Carl went by bike to this competition on Saterday 24 September 2011. A lot of people and tourist stopped and watched them climbing on coloured blocks with the cathedral of Antwerp in the background.

Ignace did not expect a lot but was ready to climb hard. Before he jumped on his bike he did 20 minutes fingerboard training to warm up. He climbed 28 of the 30 boulders during qualification and was in the finals of the men adults. Also Cedric Binst ,Wanne Libot and Jurgen Lis of the Klimax team were in the finals. In the finals he topped one boulder in a second try and could not believe he was on the podium with a second place ! Jurgen Lis won by topping one boulder in first try and was also overall winner.Marius Oniga also topped one boulder in 2 try’s but needed one try more to get the 4 bonus holds and was third.

Manolo watched Ignace in the finals and the next day it was the competition for the Youth younger than 16 years. Manolo climbed 29 of the 30 boulders .Liam Thijs also climbed these 29 so they had to share first place. William Frimout climbed 26 Boulders and was third. Also three girls had to share first place Chloé Caulier,Celine Cuypers and Dawn Claeijs.

Results on www.climb2climb.be
Adult results

Youth results