Sunday 23 February saw Para athletes from all over the country head to Awesome Walls Sheffield for the first round of the British Para Climbing Championships.

The competitors were challenged by two qualification routes, with the top climbers in each category heading to isolation for the final challenge.

The setting team was led by chief route setter Simon Rawlinson (IronMan), Max Ayrton (ex-GB Senior team), Alex Fry (Setting Legend) and Gavin Symonds (Technical Master). 

Utilising world class holds for National Competition sponsor, Beta Setting, the route setters provided technical test pieces and slopertastic routes covering all angles Awesome Walls has to offer.

We head to London next for the second round on 6 June.

Full Results of the BMC Para Climbing Championships 2020 - Round 1

Male RP3                                               Female RP3

🥇 Dave Bowes                                    🥇 Martha Evans

🥈 Luke Smith                                       🥈 Jeantique Hommel

🥉 Richard Ashton                                🥉 Hannah Frost

Male RP2                                              Female RP2

🥇 Kai Johnson                                    🥇 Hannah Baldwin

🥈 Kenneth Ellacott                            🥈 Emilie Magaud

🥉 Jonny Huntington                          🥉  Leanora Volpe

Female AU                                             Male AU

🥇 Isabella Walsh                                🥇 Matthew Phillips

                                                                  🥈 James Rudge

Female LA                                            Male LA

🥇 Jo Newton                                      🥇 Stuart Sneddon

                                                                🥈 Eirik Gudbrandsen

                                                                🥉 Jonathan Shields

Female B1                                             Male B1

🥇 Anna Foo                                        🥇 Jesse Dutton

                                                                🥈 Daniel English

Female B2                                             Male RP1 

🥇 Abbie Robinson                              🥇 Laurence Morgan   

Female Open Category

🥇 Jessica Mould

🥈 Lydia Benjamin

DOWNLOAD: The full results here

VIEW: The event photos 📸

Big thanks to:

Beta setting for providing world class hold selections at every National competition.

The route setting team for their hard work and dedication in setting a great competition.

Volunteer judges and belayers without whom the competition would not take place.

Awesome Walls staff for their support on the day.

Simon Rawlinson for his role as the All-important Jury President.

James Hawkins for capturing all the action in his awesome photos.

We want to say a big thanks to every BMC member who continues to support us through the Coronavirus crisis.

From weekly Facebook Lives and GB Climbing home training videos, to our access team working to re-open the crags and fight for your mountain access, we couldn’t do it without you.

Did you know that we've launched a U27 membership offer for just £1.50 / month? And with full membership from £2.50 / month, it's never been easier to join and support our work: 

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