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Merry Christmas one and All from the STS
The Scottish Winter is taking a wee break for Christmas but will be back to full force shortly.
The STS on the Ben Big Tree Campervans prize weekend turned out to be the first real weekend of winter and it hasn’t let up much since then!.
Since the STS on the Ben Climbers from the STS have been out making the best use of the conditions with action on the all over Scotland
The teaser film is here take a look at what we got up to at the CIC
The film has been put together with the hard work of James Dunn, Simon Davidson and Dom Scott.
STS on the Ben was made possible with the support of Big Tree Campervans check out their site below for their winter deals:
The competitive part of STS 2011 is over for another year but already planning is well underway for the 2012 season.
Winter is coming however and if you want to join the STS prize-winners on Ben Nevis see details of STS on the Ben here.
If you are still mad for competition then keep an eye on www.drytoolinguk.org and internationally you can find out about the ice world cup here and if you fancy the final event of the French DTS competition all the info is here
The venue for the 2012 final is already set on the 1st of December 2012 the STS will culminate with a festival weekend based at Glenmore lodge. The team at the Lodge are really excited to be hosting the prestigious final round and put together an exciting proposal to the STS with a full weekend of exciting events.
The dates for the other rounds in the series will be announced shortly so wath this space for more information!
The re-launch of the youth side of the series is something we see as a priority for 2012 and we are in consultation with the Mcofs and others as to the best way to move this aspect forward in 2012 and will make announcements in the near future on the results of this.
The petzl team have indicated their support for the 2012 series and specifically for this final event which is fantastic news.
In the meantime
“Have a great winter , see you in the hills”
The timings for this Saturdays competition are different than a usual sts competition so take note!
Qualifiers – 1pm
Finals – 7pm
Results and prize giving from 8:30pm
The prizegiving will take place in the GCC cafe which will be serving some fine recovery food and refreshments!
Along with the round four prizewinners we will be giving out the series prizes , a number of spot prizes for the series and announcing the remaining places for STS on the Ben!
So make sure you stay around to get your prize!
The leaderboards currently count all competitors who have competed in two or more events.
Rankings are only valid if competitors have completed three events but current series totals are shown.
Veterans
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R2 |
R3 |
R1 |
R2 |
R3 |
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| First Name |
Last Name |
Place |
Place |
Place |
Points |
Points |
Points |
No. of events attended |
Best Three |
Rank |
| Bill |
Davidson |
4 |
2 |
2 |
17 |
19 |
19 |
3 |
55 |
1 |
| Thomas |
Buggy |
6 |
1 |
1 |
15 |
20 |
20 |
3 |
55 |
1 |
| Simon |
Yearsley |
3 |
3 |
3 |
18 |
18 |
18 |
3 |
54 |
3 |
| Tony |
Stott |
9 |
5 |
5 |
12 |
16 |
16 |
3 |
44 |
4 |
| Al |
Mckinnon |
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4 |
4 |
0 |
17 |
17 |
2 |
0 |
5 |
Adult Female
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R1 |
R2 |
R3 |
R1 |
R2 |
R3 |
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| First Name |
Last Name |
Place |
Place |
Place |
Points |
Points |
Points |
No. of events attended |
Best Three |
Rank |
| Louise |
humphreys |
3 |
3 |
2 |
18 |
18 |
19 |
3 |
55 |
1 |
| Gillian |
Culshaw |
5 |
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4 |
16 |
0 |
17 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
| Fiona |
Murray |
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2 |
1 |
0 |
19 |
20 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
| Gemma |
Gwynnw Stevenson |
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1 |
3 |
0 |
20 |
18 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
| Brianna |
Zoll |
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8 |
6 |
0 |
13 |
15 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
Adult Male
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R1 |
R2 |
R3 |
R1 |
R2 |
R3 |
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| First Name |
Last Name |
Place |
Place |
Place |
Points |
Points |
Points |
No. of events attended |
Best Three |
Rank |
| Steve |
Johnstone |
2 |
1 |
4 |
19 |
20 |
17 |
3 |
56 |
1 |
| Jim |
Higgins |
6 |
6 |
4 |
15 |
15 |
17 |
3 |
47 |
2 |
| Pete |
Rhodes |
8 |
5 |
3 |
13 |
16 |
18 |
3 |
47 |
2 |
| Harry |
Holmes |
4 |
19 |
4 |
17 |
2 |
17 |
3 |
36 |
4 |
| David |
Chapman |
10 |
9 |
10 |
11 |
12 |
11 |
3 |
34 |
5 |
| Tom |
Challands |
9 |
9 |
12 |
12 |
12 |
9 |
3 |
33 |
6 |
| Andy |
Inglis |
13 |
2 |
16 |
8 |
19 |
5 |
3 |
32 |
7 |
| daniel |
aberdeen |
13 |
6 |
13 |
8 |
15 |
8 |
3 |
31 |
8 |
| scott |
grosdanoff |
16 |
20 |
2 |
5 |
1 |
19 |
3 |
25 |
9 |
| Michael |
Jowitt |
12 |
16 |
23 |
9 |
5 |
-2 |
3 |
14 |
10 |
| Sam |
Burns |
20 |
15 |
14 |
1 |
6 |
7 |
3 |
14 |
10 |
| Alejandro |
Garcia |
26 |
14 |
15 |
-5 |
7 |
6 |
3 |
13 |
12 |
| Gareth |
Wignall |
35 |
23 |
28 |
-14 |
-2 |
-7 |
3 |
-2 |
12 |
| Dominic |
Scott |
5 |
6 |
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16 |
15 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
13 |
| Neil |
Adams |
7 |
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1 |
14 |
0 |
20 |
2 |
0 |
13 |
| Mark |
Chadwick |
11 |
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8 |
10 |
0 |
13 |
2 |
0 |
13 |
| Stephen “ginger” |
Dale |
15 |
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18 |
6 |
0 |
3 |
2 |
0 |
13 |
| Nathan |
Fullwood |
15 |
18 |
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6 |
3 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
13 |
| Rob |
Adams |
17 |
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4 |
4 |
0 |
17 |
2 |
0 |
13 |
| Andy |
Clark |
17 |
3 |
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4 |
18 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
13 |
| Simon |
Davidson |
21 |
12 |
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0 |
9 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
13 |
| Lawrence |
Mitchell |
24 |
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19 |
-3 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
13 |
| James |
Wheater |
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11 |
16 |
0 |
10 |
5 |
2 |
0 |
13 |
| Andy |
Hein |
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16 |
11 |
0 |
5 |
10 |
2 |
0 |
13 |
| Steve |
Walls |
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21 |
25 |
0 |
0 |
-4 |
2 |
0 |
13 |
| Andy |
Laing |
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22 |
26 |
0 |
-1 |
-5 |
2 |
0 |
13 |
| Steve |
Addy |
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26 |
24 |
0 |
-5 |
-3 |
2 |
0 |
13 |
| John |
Stevenson |
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27 |
21 |
0 |
-6 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
13 |
A quick Explanation of how the series scoring works for those of you who want to know!
I will be posting the current standings in the next day or so!
Series Scoring:
To qualify for the series you must compete in three events
The Series points will be awarded based on the overall placing of series qualifying competitors within each induvidual event:
- 20 pts 1st placed series competitor
- 19 pts 2nd place
- 18pts 3rd place
- etc
At the end of the last event, the Scottish Tooling Series will be won by the person in each category, who has entered a minimum of three competitions and accumulated the most points. If more than 3 events are entered, your best 3 scores will be taken.
A great turnout this Saturday for round three of the Scottish Tooling Series at Transition Extreme in Aberdeen.
This is the second year that Transition have been hosts of an STS round and once again they put on a great show!
Transition extreme is a great venue and just like last year the team there bought into the spirit of STS by using the maximum potential of their venue to provide a great mix of routes. The competitors were faced with a huge variety of tests in the qualifiers including pumpy logs and chain routes, technical face routes, pumpy boulder problems and a new great glide through the hoops problem on the traverse wall!
This round of the STS was once again well attended and the familiar faces were joined by a good number of first timers who enjoyed the experience and we will hopefully see along for round four at Glasgow Climbing Centre. The key to the Scottish Tooling Series is the community of competitors who get together for each round of the series and how they welcome newcomers and old faces alike! Skills are learned and friends are made in an environment of friendly and fierce competition. If you think that these things can’t co-exist then get yourself to the next round of the STS!
Pete Hill was the master route setter for round three with a great deal of assistance from the team at TE including Duncan Paterson and Tom Stork the bike rack at the skate park must have looked a bit sparse as most of them were put to use in the routes to great effect!
The finals were a great contest as ever and good to see a good spectator interest at this round from the general and climbing public. This support gives great encouragement to the climbers including a few first time finalists as they come out of isolation to tackle the final route.
Special Mention to Scott Grosdanoff who makes up for what he lacks in reach with great strength, technique and determination however on the day Neil Adams was the worthy winner of the Adult Male Category. (full results here)
Two weeks of training or recovery whichever you chose before the grand finale.
STS 2011 Final round at Glasgow Climbing Centre on Saturday the 12th of November.
The Qualifying starts at 1pm with the final which is open to spectators from c.7pm.
The Party will start soon after to bring to a close the competitive season of the STS for another year.
Since 2010 the STS has been organised on a non-profit basis by Pete Hill and Neil Silver two keen dry-tooling enthusiasts and competitors. The workload involved in organising the series is not insubstantial and with the intention of improving the series and achieving the aims of the community over the next couple of years we are looking to get some other keen and skilled community member involved in some specific roles.
If you think you have something to offer then contact me at neil@scottishtoolingseries.co.uk
Account administrator:
Annual Series tasks:
Administration and recording of all income and expenditure including cash, paypal, bank transfers.
Managing calculation and settlement with venues.
Creation of annual accounts.
Development Tasks:
Sorting out bank and paypal accounts.
Looking into / applying for non-profit / charitable status.
Website and Social Media Technical:
Annual tasks:
Development of website and central booking system
Handling of sponsors logos and content into web pages.
Maintenance of servers and email accounts.
Maintenance of Social media , photo storage and video storage site.
Submission of online content to other outdoor web news outlets.
working closely with marketing to assist with the uploading of articles and releases.
Development Tasks:
re-build / redesign of website required for (2013 at latest)
STS Marketing:
Annual tasks:
Creation of Artwork for posters and flyers.
Creation of content for website and press releases.
Liason with sponsors and responsibility for maintenance of sponsors branding at STS events.
Development Tasks:
Development of the marketing brochure and strategy
The second round of the 2011 Scottish Tooling Series was held at Glenmore Lodge this weekend.
The event was sponsored by Petzl, La Sportiva and Beal who provided some great prizes.
The route setting was headed up by STS regular Mark Chadwick who with the help of Glenmore’s Night watch team put together a great selection of pumpy and technical routes. The STS competitions are run with the support of :
The Mountaineering Council of Scotland
“Developing Youth Climbing in Scotland”
The lodge has facilities which allow climbing with Crampons and axes on their outdoor granite towers. The exposure to the elements and the real rock makes this a unique event in the STS calendar.
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The outdoor area at the lodge is also great for showcasing the Big Tree Campervans of our series prize sponsors. Simon Yearsley was competing in the event and one of the Big Tree Campervans was used by competitors to chill out between routes and check out the quality and comfort!
The Final held on the indoor tooling wall saw the finalists tested to the max with Thomas Buggy coming out on top in the vets, Gemma Gwynne Stevenson in the Females and Steve Johnstone in the Mens.
The full Results can be found here
The day was completed with a fantastic lecture “Mixed Ambitions” by Greg Boswell. Greg talked about his amazing 2010 winter season. Greg’s enthusiasm and honest story telling of his extensive winter adventures made for an enthralling lecture.
Greg is supported by the Mountain Boot Company and you can follow him on his blog here
The Scottish Tooling Series now moves onto Transition Extreme for round three in a weeks time!
The first round of the 2011 Scottish Tooling Series was held at the Ice factor in Kinlochleven this weekend and was a sell out Success.
60 competitors along with supporters and staff had a great time on a number of challenging qualification problems including two routes in the Kinlochleven Ice Cave.
The event was sponsored by Grivel and Scarpa who also are the main equipment sponsors of the ice factor.
The route setting was headed up by friend of the STS and a Scarpa Climber Kev Shields who set a fantastic and interesting route up the ice factor main wall.
The Results can be found here
The Scottish Tooling Series now moves onto Glenmore Lodge in two weeks time .
Registration
With the first round of the STS only two days away the entries have been filling up!
Remember that although you can register on the day it will cost you £5 more than online so get on and book up your place. If the comp is full then there will be no on the day sign up’s!
If you want to check what equipment you need then check out this post from last year here: PPE the kit you need
Remember that the boot rules have changed !
The guys at Blackwater hostel are full but do still have a few spaces in their other accommodation in Kinlochleven if your quick.
Check out who has signed up and further even details below:
Attendee Listing For: STS2011 - Round One - Ice Factor -
Timings:
Registration at 08.30. Briefing at 9.00
Qualifiers from 9:30am - c3:00pm , Finals from 4pm.
Route setting:
- Ice Fridge
- Climbing Walls
- Bouldering room
Sponsors:
Equipment:
Some routes will be on the indoor ice wall so competitors must bring crampons and warm clothing.
Accommodation:
Entertainment:
STS Film partner screenings all day
Cafe open serving snacks and drinks
Bothan Bar open from 12pm
All this for £20 including Ice!!
Register now here!
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