Saturday 21 January 2012 Ignace and Manolo participated at the Open Flemisch Youth competition in Climbing gym Klimax Puurs Belgium. This year it was for them a greater challenge to become Flemisch champion.
Manolo finally enjoyed a lead climbing competition .He climbed relaxed during qualifications and topped the first route. The second route was harder and he did not reach the top. He made it to the finals. His friend Liam Thijs climbed better during the qualifications so Manolo needed to climb well to become Flemisch Champion Category Male B. He fighted against lactid acid in his forearms and finished 6th place overall and became Flemisch Champion 2012!
Ignace saw his picture of himself on the poster and back of every participant. He topped his first route and even in the second one he was very close to the top .He was in the finals. He climbed well in the finals and finished third place. Just before Lukas Geukens so Ignace became Flemish champion 2012.Afterwards he also gave an interview to local television.
Other Flemisch champions are Anak Verhoeven (Female A),Celine Cuypers (Female B),Cédric Binst(Male A),Nils Lemeire(Male C),Van Malderen Jasper(Male D),…..