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Shropshire Climbing Centre

The number of indoor drytooling events is showing a healthy rise, and the first large event of the year was held at the Shropshire Climbing Centre over 5-6 Feb. The Friday night was very busy, with a high volume of participants taking part in either workshops or taster sessions. The Saturday morning started with a workshop, with the competition beginning at 12.00. Due to reasonable weather outside, this was (quite understandably), not as busy as the previous evening. However, a small but select group gave their all on a variety of problems, from short bouldering routes to overhanging lines with a variety of obstacles including car tyres and swinging logs.
A contingent visiting from Shrewsbury did exceptionally well, all coming in the top 3 places, with 3 being tied with a local, Dan Hall. The results from the shortened entry categories are below:

Shropshire Climbing Centre Results: 6 Feb 2010
1st - Rob Davies
2nd - Tom Barrett
Joint 3rd - Jon Blake & Dan Hall

Prizes for this event were provided by the climbing centre and Lyon Equipment, for whose support we are very grateful.

One of the roof problems.



A delicate traverse



The winners, along with Karl Smith of SCC, left, and Pete Hill, 3rd left.