The Depot Climbing Centre in Manchester hosted the 2017 Junior British Bouldering Championships on Saturday 17 June 2017. With a record number of 220 athletes signed up for the 2017 JBBCs the competition was going to be hot in every sense of the word!
As huge numbers of Youth B & C category climbers poured into the Manchester Depot Climbing Centre on Saturday morning the temperature was already starting to rise. By the time the Youth A and Junior qualification session started conditions could only be described as sweaty!
But despite some gruesomely hot conditions and the problems having been set two days ago, in much cooler weather, involving lots of greasy volumes they were some impressive performances from some of Britains strongest young climbers.
By the time finals came around, the young climbers were all a shade of purple but that didn't stop them giving it their all in what was a very exciting set of finals run in the format of a world cup semi-final. Though towards the end the competitors and even the crowd of spectators and parents were all looking quite jaded, however there were still plenty of cheers as we crowned our new 2017 Junior British Bouldering Champions.
WATCH: The Junior British Bouldering Championships 2017 on BMC TV
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Results
Female Junior
Hannah Slaney
Jo Neame
Imogen Horrocks
Male Junior
Jim Pope
William Bosi
Peter Dawson
Female A
Kitty Morrison
Eugenie Lee
Gwyneth Uttley
Male A
Max Milne
Kieran Forrest
Aiden Dunne
Female B
Emily Phillips
Hannah Smith
Paola Neal-Fagan
Male B
Stephen Keir
Hamish McArthur
Matthew Fall
Female C
Matilda Collins
Gwen Morgan
Edie Carr
Male B
Jack Macdougall
Joseph Xiberras
Hugo Heffer
Full results of all catergories can be found here .
The BMC would like to thank the host - Depot Manchester and all its staff, and of course all the volunteers judges who made the event possible.
The British Junior Climbing Team is supported by the BMC and Berghaus . Many UK walls also support the British Climbing Team through free or subsidised entry.
The prizes were provided by DMM as the official supplier of climbing gear to BMC climbing competitions.
The next event on the calendar is the British Bouldering Championships which are to be held at the Cliffhanger Festival on the 8-9 July - full info can be found here.
A film from the event will follow shortly.
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