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.

EYC Voirion France 9 June 2012

The youth Belgian Team is at EYC Lead climbing competition in Voiron France.
You can follow the competition on Live Streaming. http://www.eyc-voiron.com/
Qualification females  starts at 14 h and Finals at 19.15 Hr.
Update : Anak Verhoeven won  and Loïc Timmermans  was second due to the speed rule . Celine Cuypers made it to the finals and finished 10th. Maëlys Gillard just missed the finals with her 11th. Koen Baekeland finished 29 place.

Video Finals Female Youth Boulder competition Grindelwald

Here's the video of the female climbers .We did not stay for the men's finals so I have no  video of the men's finals.

Video Belgian Team B boulder Grindelwald Switserland

European Youth Boulder competition Grindelwald

The first of two European Boulder competitions in 2012  took place in Grindelwald Switzerland on 2-3 june 2012. Grindelwald is the place close to the famous Eiger North Face. Manolo participated together with Chloe Caulier,Dawn Claeijs,Maëlys  Gillard en Tim Goossens. We also had 2 team coaches Tijl Smitz and Jerome De Boeck. Carl and Thibaud Caulier (father of Chloe) were the two dedicated fans of the Belgian Boulder team. 


Compared to last year we saw more climbers participating at these European boulder competition.At least 145 climbers of a lot of different European countries, also Israel participated. It was a very well organized competition with cool boulder problems that are  different from the ones we are used to climb in Belgium and Netherlands. Alll had to climb 8 boulders in 1.5 hours with a maximum of 5 try's for each boulder.


Manolo had a good start with topping his first two boulders flash. The other boulder were too hard for him to top although he was sometimes very close.He only topped 2 boulders and had 7 bonus holds. He finished on 23 th place in Youth B male.


Chloe Caulier (Girls A)was now our only hope to have  a Belgian climber in the finals. She started with a lot of confidence but could only top 3 boulders and missed the finals as she finished on 7 the place. Only the first 6 of each category go to the finals.


For Tim Goossens it was his first European competition. He had a nervous start but tried hard and was able to top 2 boulders  and finished on 24th place (Boys A).


Dawn and Maëlys also new in the Eureopean boulder competition both in Category B girls finished on 21 and 20th place.


Also our Dutch friends Daan Groskamp, Teun Keusters, Tim Reuser and Tabitna Buma  climbed hard but didn't make it to the finals.


Update : Pictures from Thibaud Caulier on : Picturetown

European Youth climbing Edinburg Schotland

Ignace went with the Belgian Youth Lead climbing team to the European youth  climbing competition in Edinburgh Schotland . He climbed both qualification routes and finished on a 14 place in category Juniors Male. In his category Sebastien Berthe made it to the finals and finished on a 7th place.

Superwoman Anak Verhoeven (Female A) climbed  strong and won in her category.
Another superstar Loïc Timmermans (Male A) finished on 3place .
Celine Cuypers (Female B)  showed she  can climb very hard  by climbing to the top in her 2 qualifications routes and finishing on a 3th place in the finals . Great start for her !
Chloe Caulier (Female A)   made it to the finals and took 5th place !

See complete results on :
http://www.ifsc-climbing.org

Results of the Belgian Team 

	Female	Male
Youth B :	03. Céline Cuypers 15. Maëlys Gillart 21. Verhaeren Margot	16. Liam Thijs 18. Simon Lorenzi 21. Nicolas Collin 24. Antoine Matheys
Youth A :	01. Verhoeven Anak 05. Chloé Caulier 18. Julie Elseviers	03. Loïc Timmermans 12. Nicolas Vancayzeele 24. Cédric Binst 25. Koen Bakelandt 26.William Frimout
Junior :	11. Emilie Guérit	07. Sébastien Berthe 14. Ignace Debreyne