Lorraine Crushing

Hey Climbing Team!

Sorry it took so long to get these results from the CityBeach competition. Also we have some pictures from the competition at:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/42940232@N05/sets/72157622342396287/

Results:
Jack Garrett  7th Male Youth D
Clara Conover 5th Female Youth D
Garrett Conover 5th Male Youth C
Nate Linden 8th Male Youth C
Jordan Speno 13th Male Youth B
Nick Parker 12th Male Youth B
Jacob Metevia 11th Male Youth B
Lorraine Watkins 11th Female Youth B
Allison Wang 1st Female Junior

Thanks again to all the parents who came to support PG climbing team,

See you all at Twisters on October 31st!

Mike
Sunnyvale Head Coach

The third part of our PG Bloc Party is this Friday, 10/9 at PG San Francisco!  It’s a great opportunity for team members to get into that competitive spirit and enjoy climbing awesome problems by our setting team!  It’s from 6pm-10pm, and free for PG Climbing Team members!  Wear your team T so we can spread the word about PG’s awesome climbing team!

Team got off to a great start this week!  With almost 30 members in PG Sunnyvale alone, Planet Granite is going strong for the 2009-10 season!  First comp we’re going to is City Beach in Fremont, this Saturday!  Mike Abell, head coach for PG Sunnyvale will be there too!  Don’t forget to sign up!

Check out the info listed below:  PG will be going to the following three comps.  Addresses are listed.  For any additional information, please email your coach:
Mike: coachsv@planetgranite.com
Ryan: coachbl@planetgranite.com
Ben: coachsf@planetgranite.com

Citybeach Fremont
4020 Technology Place,
Fremont, California, 94538
1.800.354.3010

The competition goes from 1pm-5pm. I recommend showing up about an hour early around 12 noon to warm up and hear the rules. 

Registration   

There’s three ways to get into the competition:
1. a $5 fee to enter the competition without USA Climbing registration.
      -Note: unregistered climbers are NOT ranked meaning they can simply compete, but will not be placed into a category or be eligible to compete regionally  or nationally.

2. a $30 fee to register for ABS competitions ONLY
     -meaning, climbers can compete in any ABS bouldering competition without paying a $5 fee, and also will be ranked and be eligible to compete regionally and nationally

3. a $70 fee to register for both ABS competitions and SCS (Sport Climbing Series) competitions
     – this membership includes both ABS competitions and SCS competitions.  We will be participating in the SCS  held during spring.  $70 membership includes eligibility to compete at a divisional level as well.  (SCS has three levels: Regionals—>Divisonals—>Nationals / ABS only has two: Regionals—>Nationals)

In order to compete in regionals on top of USA Climbing membership, climbers need to go to three local competitions:

Citybeach counts as one
Then Santuary in Sand City
Twisters in Mountain View
If Pacific Edge in Santa Cruz holds a competition will we go there instead of Sand City

Then finally regionals will be held at Citybeach

Online RegistrationHere is the URL to register online for USA Climbing:
http://usaclimbing.net/shop_main.cfm

Registration might take a couple weeks, so show up to the competition with a confirmation email sent by USA Climbing after your registered to avoid having to pay $5.

Welcome to our new Climbing Team webpage!  Please check back here often, as our coaches will be posting throughout the season! 

Don’t forget, you can sign up now for climbing team!  Call your local Planet Granite before Sept 7th to have the $20 registration waived!