9 August 2008
DynoMites Climbing Club wishes to thank the sponsors and volunteers who contributed to Event 3 of Climbing New Zealand's 2008 National Cup Series, held at HangDog Climbing Gym on the weekend of 2-3 August. Assisting Climbing NZ and HangDog to hold a national competition is a huge undertaking for our small club. We would not be able to do so without generous support from the Wellington climbing community and sponsors. Our thanks to the route setters, who worked long hours late at night to produce top quality routes. We received many positive comments on the routes from participants and spectators. Thanks to the belayers and spotters for your diligence and for waiting through breaks in the schedule.
As well as enjoying the competition climbs, climbers from DynoMites and from other clubs around the country appreciate the opportunity that competitions provide to get together with fellow enthusiasts. They have created a supportive and friendly national community.
Thank you to the competition sponsors who provided sport prizes and equipment:
5 August 2008
DynoMites wishes to thank NZ Community Trust for granting us $500 towards two new ropes in June. The ropes are being much used and appreciated.
5 August 2008
Event 4 in Climbing NZ's 2008 National Cup Series will take place at the YMCA, Christchurch, on 13-14 September.
5 August 2008
Congratulations and best wishes to the four DynoMites climbers selected to represent New Zealand at the World Youth Championship in Sydney, Australia, later this month: Georgia Orme, Zac Keegan (Bob), Cieran McBride and Zac Orme.
17 May 2008
Event 4 in the 2008 National Cup Series is no longer to be held in Wanaka because the host wall and host club are closing down. NZSF is investigating alternative venues.
2 May 2008
HangDog Winter Boulder Series starts on Wednesday 21 May at 6.30pm! This is a fun, relaxed bouldering competition with problems to suit beginners as well as challenges for experts. It will run fortnightly for ten sessions. Participants can come along to as many or as few sessions as they wish.
Event 1 in the National Cup Series takes place on 24 and 25 May at The Rock House in Mt Maunganui.
4 March 2008
The dates and venues of the 2008 National Cup Series events and the NZ National Championship and Oceania Championship have been announced on the NZSF website.
25 February 2008
The DynoMites 2008 Annual General Meeting will take place:
Thursday 13 March
7pm
At the Parrot and Jigger, Station Village, Hutt Rd, Lower Hutt.
All parents and climbers welcome. Underage attendees to be accompanied by a supervising adult.
22 January 2008
The National Boulder Series begins at Waitomo on 16 February 2008. Further events follow in February and March at Baring Head, Wellington; Jardines, Queenstown; and Spittle Hill, Canterbury.
17 August 2007
The New Zealand team, including DynoMites climbers, Georgia, Cieran and Bob, has departed for Ibarra, Ecuador, to compete in the 2007 Climbing World Youth Championship. We wish the team all the best! To follow their trip, check out the Team Diary.
17 August 2007
Copies of the new DynoMites information brochure have been printed and are available at HangDog Climbing Centre (hanging on the back wall with all the other brochures).
17 August 2007
The final event in the 2007 National Cup Series, held at The Rockhouse in Tauranga at the end of July, was enjoyed by all. Rare entertainment was provided by DynoMites climbers Cieran and Bob: Cieran clipping while hanging by one hand from the ceiling, and Bob dynoing during the Speed competition with such power that the hold came off the wall and Bob fell away with it in his hands. Photos from the competition can be viewed on our Photos page.
Event 2 NZSF National Cup
Lower Hutt 2nd and 3rd of June 2007.The second leg of the National Cup was hosted by the DynoMites Climbing Club, with the support of the Hangdog Climbing Gym, at Lower Hutt over the weekend of the 2nd and 3rd of June.
The competition had close to ninety entries over all the grades.
The weekend was a great success with the competitors facing challenging climbs, in turn giving the climbers an opportunity to display improving technical ability. There were some extremely competitive climbs in all Grades, and some exciting climbing on Saturday night in the Open Competition. It was also great to see a large number of junior competitors giving it a go.
Special thanks must be given to the forerunners, Tyler Culpepper and James Field-Mitchell, who put in extremely long hours, to ensure that the climbs placed on the wall were of a high quality.
The Results of DynoMites climbers can be found on our Results page. The official results for the weekend will be found on the NZSF website.
The competition, following on from the first event in Christchurch, illustrated the increasing dominance of the climbers from the Flying Geckos Club based in Christchurch. The Geckos now have a substantial lead in the Teams Cup competition, followed by DynoMites Climbing Club. The Bay of Plenty Sports Club based at the Mount Maunganui Rock House is currently in third place.
This is the first time for a number of years that the Rock House Club has not been at the forefront of the interclub competition.
DynoMites want to thank all the sponsors who supplied spot prizes and equipment for the competition. These are HangDog, Sky City Cinemas, Mountain Designs, Bivouac, Mainly Tramping, Orb Communications, Mudge Builders, Hirequip, FFA Climbing, NZ Police, Whittakers Chocolates and NZ Alpine Club.
The organising committee from the DynoMites club also wish to record their gratitude to all the people who contributed their time to make the weekend the success it was.
Hope to see you all in Wanaka!
Grant Atkin
President DynoMites Climbing Club
The exploits of DynoMites climbers in the first event of the 2007 National Cup Series at the YMCA in Christchurch can now be viewed on our Photos page. Results can be viewed at the NZSF website.
The second event in the 2007 National Cup Series takes place at our home wall, HangDog on 2 and 3 June.
DynoMites members Cieran McBride, Zac Keegan (Bob) and Georgia Orme have been selected for the New Zealand national team competing in the 2007 World Youth Championship in Ecuador in August.
In February 2007, DynoMites took part in the 2007 National Bouldering Series. Check out our photos of the Baring Head, Wellington, event. Results and further details can be found at NBS.
In 2006, DynoMites climbers competed in the:
- National Bouldering Series
- Lower North Island Regional Series
- Junior National Cup Series
- Senior National Cup Series
- National Championship
- Oceania Championship
In August 2006, DynoMites members Zac Keegan (Bob), Annika Fyfe and Georgia Orme were part of the New Zealand team competing in the 2006 World Youth Championship in Austria. The team diary makes interesting reading.