Video Belgian Team TAB France

European Boulder TAB Argentière France

Manolo and Ignace wen to the  European bouldering contest Tout à Bloc (TAB) on 25-26 July 2012. They were motivated . Together they  had trained hard. They  also decided to watch their food  and didn't eat  any french fries, cakes, breads, chocolates, desserts, ... . It was not a diet because they ate  other foods such as fruits, vegetables, pasta, rice, potatoes, ...  they could  eat a lot but in the end they  felt it was still mentally difficult but had the character to persevere. We left with the whole family on Saturday, July 21, 2012 to Argentière-la Bessée in France. A journey of about 1000 km .

We brought  our crash pads  and  went on Sunday bouldering in Ailefroide. We climbed  some 6c boulders and  tried some 7a's  but Manolo had to stop soon because all the skin of his fingers was gone and he even had blood injury on one  finger.

Manolo felt strong and had decided to stop  participating at  European boulder competitions if he wasn't in the top 20. All competitors had to climb 8 boulders in maximum 5 attempts.
Manolo topped  4 boulders in 7 attempts and  placed  15 ° of  26 participants in the boys category B.   Liam Thijs climbed the same four boulders  but needed   1 try more and he ended on a 17 ° position.
Ignace managed to top 2 boulders and finished on a 16° place.

All other Belgian participants did their best to climb these  boulders opened by the legendary Jacky Godoffe. Chloe Caulier climbed four boulders Flash and stranded on an 8 ° place  and just  missed the finals.

Results of Belgian team:

            8. Chloé Caulier    (Female  A)

            15. Manolo Debreyne (Male B)

            16. Ignace Debreyne (Male Juniors)

            17. Liam Thijs           (Male  B)

            21. Maëlys Gillart  (Female B)

            24. Dawn Claeijs   (Female B)

            26. Cedric Binst   (Male  A)

            27. Tim Goossens  (Male A)

Complete results on :

http://www.ifsc-climbing.org/index.php?page_name=resultservice&comp=1426&cat=ICC_MBJ

 Saturday, Manolo also participated in the Micro TAB. A local open bouldering contest for youth up to 15 Years.He climbed 22 of the 25 boulders and finished on  2nd place Male B category .The French Boys Luke Mesnard B was first. He was also third on the European boulder competition  and clearly  stronger than Manolo. Nils Lemière finished first in category Benjamins.He topped all his boulders.
His brother Floris Lemière took 11°place.