So the first round of the leading league is now over and it was very entertaining to watch people throwing themselves at the challenging array of routes set by Mark.

All the  score cards have now been counted and checked and I can now confirm that the winners are….

Male Open

Hoppy?

Female Open

Vicky Hau

Veteran

Andy Bray

Junior

Andy Gee

Elite

Graeme Harwood

If you are one of the lucky winners then please get in contact with Ben via ben@craggy-island.com to collect your prizes or have a chat to reception when you are next in.

Well done to everyone who tool part. Full results are listed below:

The next round will be taking place around February time so watch this space for more details!

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Here are the opening times for both centres over the festive period. As you can see we are open most days for you to come and burn off the Chritmas dinner and start getting back into shape for the new year!

Friday 23rd Dec:  10:00-22:00

Christmas Eve:  11:00-16:00

Christmas Day:  CLOSED

Boxing Day:  CLOSED

Tuesday 27th Dec:  10:00-22:00

Wednesday 28th Dec:  10:00-22:00

Thursday 29th Dec:  10:00-22:00

Friday 30th Dec:  10:00-20:00

New Year’s Eve:  11:00-18:00

New Year’s Day:  CLOSED

Normal Opening Hours resume from Monday 2nd January 2012.

Merry Christmas!

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We have a jam packed week of route setting taking place from this Monday!

There will be new routes popping up all over the place so lots to keep you busy.

Mark will be in all week setting at various locations around the centre but mainly the top ropes and Mikey will be joining in the fun on Monday and Wednesday for the traverse wall and auto belays.

A full list of what panels will be set and when will appear on Monday, but what you can count on is a lot of the usual weird and wonderful creations from the dynamic duo!

Tags: Guildford, hadcocks, Mark Croxall, mike, route, setting

Father Christmas has come early for all our student climbers -  it’s the Craggy Student Festive Fiver this Xmas!

From Saturday 17th December 2011 to Sunday 8th of January 2012 registered Student climbers will only have to pay £5.00 to climb without having to have annual membership. On weekdays entry will be £5.00 before 5pm and all day at the weekends. This offer applies to both Craggy Guildford and Craggy Sutton.

That means more money spare for presents for your loved ones or beer*

’tis the season to get cranking!

Enjoy
Gareth

* delete as appropriate

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So we are about 1 week into the leading league and we have lots of competitors throwing themselves at the many different routes.

It’s not too late to enter though as you can pick up a score card at any point in the 6 weeks that the competition is running, but best to pick it up soon so you have the most time to try the routes!

Although it is a competition it is definitely not all about winning. Taking part in a competition is a great way to improve your climbing and give you a focus when down at the wall, it will also give you something to work towards in between each competition and will be a great way to compare your progress in between the comp wall sets.

We thought we would just give you a quick run down of the rules to help you get to grips with how it all works.

- You can have as many goes on each route as you like but the less goes that you complete the route in, the more points that you get. A maximum of 100 points per climb is awarded for those who complete the route on their first go.

- An ascent counts as climbing the route from the bottom to the top, clipping all the quickdraws on the way and without sitting/resting on the rope.

- If you fall off an attempt you should ideally lower straight down to the ground and not practice any of the moves higher up.

- This is a fun competition and we are leaving it up to you to mark your own scorecards and be honest with how many attempts it has taken you.

- There are 5 different categories and prizes will be awarded to the winners of each, with spot prizes given out to those who we deem have tried the hardest!

Scorecards cost just £1.50 plus your normal entry and it is then up to you to keep hold of your scorecard and log each ascent. At the end of the 6 weeks or when ever you have finished you just had your scorecard in and we add it up.

The categories are as follows; Male, Female, Junior (Under 16) and Veteran (40+) which range from grades 5+ – 7A  and a special Elite category which has climbs between 6C – 8A.

If you are interested in entering or would like some more information then please have a chat with our reception team on your next visit!

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