2005 NSW Speed Climbing

Sydney Indoor Climbing

This was the first time the SCA has run a speed climbing event. It was a lot of fun. A great spectator sport, and we hope to have an unofficial speed comp after climbing at the Oceania Championship.

Three categories where:

Category 3 Open
Category 2 Youth A, Juniour, Masters and Open B
Category 1 Youth D,C,B

The comp was open to all comers, who competed in the difficulty. Each climber was given two attempts, with their total taking the top 8 in each category.

These eight then went head to head with winners progressing through to a final.

The Best time was set by Steve Gardner, in the semi final with an amazing 9.70s to climb 14 meters.

Mark Baker, a Master choose to compete in the open, and probably would have won the Category 2

Libby Hall also chose to compete in opens and clearly would have won the Category 1, considering she won the opens

Callum Hyland also went in the opens, but probably would have won the Category 1

Category 3 Male

  1. Steve Gardner

  2. Ben Cossie

  3. Jake Bresnehan

Category 3 Female

  1. Libby Hall

  2. Helen Ellis

  3. Rebecca Foxen

Category 2 Male

  1. Ben Fisher

  2. Jim McGuiness

  3. Matt Hoschke

Category 2 Female

  1. Ashley Feltham

  2. Esther Pakard Hill

  3. Lealia Douglas Brown

Category 1 Male

  1. Axel Tritton

  2. Joe Horan

  3. Conner Macpherson

Category 1 Female

  1. Rebecca Klefisch

  2. Charlotte Petersen

  3. Romy Pakard Hill