SIBL 2010/11 Series This years series is under way with rounds, sponsors and special events being organised right now.Keep an eye out on the website for regular updates as well as on our facebook page by clicking the facebook logo to the left of this page. Its gonna be another fun packed year with even more extra events at each round. See you all soon.

Final Results now up. The final results of 2009/10 SIBL series are now up on the results page. The Mile End scores have been added so check out where you finished. Please remember that the lowest score from your six rounds has been dropped. The series total is your best five results.

Mile End SIBL Final Photos. Photos now up on the Gallery page from the SIBL Final at Mile End. More photos to follow soon. Remember to give us your views of the round and the series as a whole on our SIBL forum.

Wild Country Shoe Demo. At the final of the 2009/10 at Mile End this weekend will be Wild Country showing off their new range of climbing shoes with a boot demo and the chance for you to try on some of their fantastic shoes. Staff will be on hand all day to help you choose what shoe is right for you and to answer any questions you have. Ill see you guys there on the 28th.

Red Bull at Mile End. This Sunday, (28th) see's the final of the 2009/10 SIBL series at Mile End Climbing Wall. Red Bull will be in attendance all day giving away free merchandise to all competitors. Its gonna be a great day so make sure you pop down and see us.

Photos now up. Photos from the last round at the Arch are up on the website. Click on the gallery tab to the left to see the action. More to follow soon!!

Arch Results Now Up. The arch results have been compiled and are now up on the website. Click the results tab to the left to see where you came!! Don't forget to share your comments of the round on our forum. Let us know how it went for you and if what we can improve on.

Castle Photos now up. The photos from the Castle round are now up and you can view them here. These photos are courtesy of Gery Petrova who has kindly done a report of the last round which you can view on her excellent blog by clicking the link: http://neofreezone.com/category/climbing/sibl-series/
 

Changes to SIBL Rules. Can all competitors please read and take on board the latest addition of the rules. They have been slightly changed and clarified to make your competition a fair, friendly and fun day out. Please read and email Sam here if you have any issues with them or don't fully understand any of the points.

New Sibl Forum. SIBL's new forum is now up and running. Click the forum button to the left and create yourself a user profile and start posting up!! You can still view the old forum by clicking here: http://www.createforum.com/phpbb/viewforum.php?f=1&mforum=sibl

Important Castle Round Information. Please be aware the fourth round of this SIBL at the Castle will begin at a slightly later time. Registration will be open from 11am with the comp starting at 12pm until 4pm. The head to head and prize giving will be between 4pm-5pm. As im sure you all know by now we have a whole day of events going on in conjunction with the Castle. After the Competition we will have food available until 7pm when the lecture will start including a talk by Steve McClure and then at 9pm the Castle Christmas party will start with the upstairs area being turned into a club / bar. See you all on Saturday!

SIBL At The Castle. The castle has once again come up trumps and produced a poster detailing all the days activities at our next round. To view a larger version just click the poster. 

Round details for the Castle. We have some exciting news regarding the Castle round on 12th December 2009. All lectures have now been confirmed as well as others activities running through out the day. Click the link to find out more http://www.sibl.co.uk/round%20details.htm

Check this out. If you fancy seeing some of the videos from the Westway round then check out Gery Petrova's blog at http://neofreezone.com/intro/hello-world/climbing/sibl-bouldering-competition-series-round-3/ Gery has also very kindly put up a few words about the round and will be reporting the rest of the series on her blog.

Have you won! At the Evolution round last weekend we had the exciting opportunity to pick two people who the judges thought had tried the hardest. These prizes were awarded to competitors we thought had done well no matter what there final score. We are pleased to announce the winners of a one on one lesson with Gaz Parry at a wall near you are:

• Steve Hall

• Sam Roberts.

Congratulations to both Steve and Sam. These guys were picked after some decision making by all of our judges and we thought they deserved a free lesson with one of Britain's best coaches. So, if your names Steve Hall or Sam Roberts then please email me by clicking here and ill tell you how to claim your prize.

Don't forget guys to leave you comments about the round on our facebook page or on our forum on this site. tell us what we done good and what we need to improve on and ill try and reply to everyone.

See you at the Westway on the 1st November.

Craggy Island Sutton. Well the 2009/10 series got off to a great start last weekend with some amazing problems and yet again the atmosphere was fantastic. Make sure you check out all of the results. The photos from the round are now live and can be viewed by going to our gallery. Check out Craggy Islands Website (http://craggy-island.com/news/category/sutton-news/) for more photos of the round. See you all at the next round at Evolution on the 18th October 2009.

This year the SIBL has a bunch of very special prizes to announce. We have teamed up with Gaz Parry and Epic Adventures to bring you four unique prizes. First off are two very special prizes. This year we are proud to announce that the overall winners of both the Male Open and the Female open will receive five days accommodation and 3 days coaching near Gandia in the Costa Blanca at the Epic Adventures base. This is your chance to get your hands on some world class training advice from one of the best climbers on the scene. Epic adventures is run by Gaz Parry who needs little introduction. To find out more about Epic adventures and Gaz Parry click the links below.

 
     Epic Adventure                 Gaz Parry

On top of this we also have two on the spot prizes to hand out during the EVOLUTION round. These again are curtsey of Gaz Parry and are to be handed out to two competitors that have tried the hardest or impressed us the most during round two. If your picked your be able to take advantage of a 1.5 hour private one on one lesson with Gaz Parry at a wall that suits you both. We have two of these lessons to give away so to be in with a chance don't miss the second round at Evolution on the 16th October 2009.
 

                                                                                 2009/10 Fun Comp.

This year we have decided to drop the fun competition which we usually run along side the main competition. It can be quite a struggle to run a full size comp and a fun comp at the same venue. Last year we were only able to bring you two fun competitions held at the larger of the venues. So we can focus more on the main competition we are dropping the fun competition from this series.

Registration and pre pay online now open. Everything is now confirmed so get yourself over to the registration page and fill in the form. By filling in the form it will mean that we will have your details at the start of the first round saving you time when you sign in. Why your there you can also pre pay online and receive £10-£15.00 off the full price of six comps as well as your FREE SIBL T Shirt. See you all soon!!!!!

SIBL 2009/2010 Venues and Dates. Okay guys, dates are now up and confirmed. Any missing dates will be up as soon as we get confirmation. Its all pointing to a good series with walls really working hard to pull out the stops for the series. Keep an eye on the website for all the latest information.

Westway Results. The Westway Results are now up on the site. If you spot any mistakes or i have spelt your name wrong please get in touch.

Evolution Competition. Evolution Climbing Centre is holding a series of competitions over the weekend of 13th and 14th of March 2009. On Friday 13th March they are holding a public fun day were you can come along and try all aspects of indoor climbing from bouldering to abseiling. Tickets are £3 or £10 for a family of four. You can view the poster Here. On Saturday 14th March they have three competitions you can enter for just £15. A bouldering, Dyno and speed campus competition will all be available for you to try with some great prizes up for grabs. You can view the poster here. And there really is no excuse for you guys to get down there as all SIBL competitors get £5 off the entry price. For more information on the day call the centre on 01892 862924 or visit their website www.evolutionindoorclimbing.co.uk

SIBL Facebook. Many of you have been asking us to set up a facebook page for you guys to share you photos and videos with each other. well, now its up. Just search for us as 'SIBL Bouldering' and become one of our friends to share your photos. Alternatively click this link http://www.facebook.com/gettingstarted.php?#/profile.php?id=1641617059&ref=profile

Round 2 Evolution Route Setter Announced. We have some exciting news about the route setting for the Evolution Round 2. Click here to find out who will be setting your routes and will also be hanging around during the event.                                            

Round Three Castle. Important Changes to the Round. Right guys. We have teamed up with the hard working team at The Castle to bring you an extra specially Christmas party event. We have got a jam packed day for all you guys with Lectures and an after party for any one wishing to stay on. The most important change to the round is the day and times. The third round will be held on the Saturday 13th December and not the traditional Sunday. The times too are changing slightly so as the day will all roll into one. Instead of the normal registration time of 10am, it will now be moved forward by one hour to 11am. The competition will start at 12pm and will finish at 4pm with the prize giving and head to head round between 4pm and 5pm. Straight after this we have two cracking lectures lined up courtesy of The Castle:

• Jack Griffiths - Jack will be talking about his expeditions to the Circe of the Unclimables and the lotus flower tower
• Neil Gresham - Neil will be talking about everything Gresham.

We are also happy to announce that all SIBL competitors will get half price entry to the lectures paying just £5.00 instead of the £10.00 usual fee. Tickets for competitors will be available on the day from the SIBL crew members.

Straight after the lecture we have The Castle Christmas Party were everyone is able to attend. This will run in the upstairs area and will be shut off for climbing. The cafe area will be turned into a bar and there will be a DJ on the mezz floor. The Castle Christmas Party will run until 1am for all you competitors who wish to stay on.  As some of you may of noticed the dates on the posters are CORRECT. We will be reminding everyone at the second round held at Evolution Climbing Centre about the changes. We are going to do our best in the future not to move the day of the SIBL and keep it to Sunday's but as I am sure you will agree this is going to be worth the exception. I would like to here what you guys think of the change and you can put your ideas on the forum thread i have started here.

Round One: The Arch. Results Now Available. That's right guys. The results are finally up and I apologies for the week it has taken to do so. The results can be found by clicking on here. We would also be keen to hear your feedback from the first round so if you have any ideas or suggestions on what we could do to make things better please use the forums above which I will be looking at on a daily basis.

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As some of you may have noticed, Neil and Chris have decided to hand over the reign of SIBL to Sam and Dave from Revolution Climbing Centre. We hope that SIBL will continue to run as smooth and successful as it has done in the past. Please bare with us through the transition period as we try to iron out any bad points

New Crew. As you may be aware, SIBL has been getting bigger and better, I have now moved to France and finding it more and more difficult to arrange things in the UK. We have now taken on 2 very experienced and keen climbers to help in the day to day running of SIBL. Sam Johnson and Dave Collom both from Kent will be helping us out for the future.

Pre Registration. Just like last year you can pre register online. this will make the entry on the day so much easier and faster. we have come up with a new system this year to make things easier. you can also qualify for huge discounts by pre registering. We will open up the registration page just as soon as all the walls are confirmed.

Last years results. Have now been moved to here, you can still see all the podium pictures and full results of last years league. You can also download them in an excel format.

The Categories are. Male open, Female open, Junior male, Junior female, Novice and Vets. The fun category that we tried out for the last couple of years has now been changed to a novice category, this category is open to anyone at any age or any ability. The prize structure for this event will be the same as the last couple of years and will be a raffle for first place only. The vet category will run, but there wont be any prizes in this category. Instead they will be scored on the open scoring system, but will still hold there own league standings.

 

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