Month: June 2018

For weeks Climbing Anchors taunted us with a new store coming to Melbourne, leaving clues as to where it could be, sending out videos of all their stock.

On Saturday 16 June, 2018 the wait was finally over!  They opened with a bang, offering all those who attended swag, from chalk balls to 1 month memberships from local climbing gyms.

The walls were packed with goodies, including tendon ropes, a very large range of climbing shoes and an entire wall of hardware (carabiners, cams, nuts,,,the list goes on).

To add to the excitement of this new store, Climbing Anchors are offering SCV members a 12.5% discount store wide!  To claim your discount, simply show your membership card* and they will do the rest.

So if you have been holding out for those new shoes, head out to Climbing Anchors, say welcome and take advantage of the member discount.

Climbing Anchors

64A Johnston St,
Collingwood VIC 3066

Monday to Friday, 10am – 6pm.
Saturday & Sunday, 10am – 5pm.
Public Holidays we are closed.

*Download your membership card here.

Have you ever climbed outdoors? Ever wondered who looks after those paths to get to crags and protecting the environment climbers visit?

CliffCare Victoria is the environmental arm of the Victorian Climbing Club.  They work to educate, advocate and protect the environment we inhabit when we go climbing here in Victoria.

Coming up, CliffCare have their Annual Queens Birthday Planting day on Saturday 9 June, 2018 . This project includes the revegetation of the Mt Arapiles campground. To find out more and to sign up, visit the CliffCare Victoria website.

CliffCare is also a valuable resource to keep up-to-date on access changes to crags throughout Victoria.  This can change rapidly and unexpectedly as natural disasters happen.  Follow CliffCare on facebook to keep up-to-date on any new developments.

For those of you who enjoy sport climbing outdoors, there is currently a discussion regarding the development of fixed protection guidelines in the Grampians. They are currently seeking feedback and encouraging discussion on how these guidelines might look.  Please join in the conversation.

The Australian Open Lead Team for 2018 has been selected.  Among the elite athletes selected to represent Australia are Victorians Oceana Mackenzie, Claire Kassay, James Kassay and Campbell Harrison.

These four are the same four selected for the Open Bouldering Team earlier in 2018 demonstrating their capacity in both disciplines.

Congratulations and good luck in your adventures around the world! To view the entire lead and bouldering team, click here.

2018 National Lead rankings have also been released seeing some very familiar names and some new ones enter the top 10 including:

Open A Female Oceana Mackenzie: 2nd Sarah McKenzie: 4th Charlotte Garden: 8th	Open A Male James Kassay: 2nd Ned Middlehurst: 4th Matt Hoschke: 9th
Masters Female Ally Driessen: 4th Sue Middlehurst: 7th Leanne Harvey: 8th	Masters Male Justin Lindorff: 3rd Dick Lodge: 5th Tony Tarpangos: 9th

To view the full National Rankings including youth categories, click here.

This weekend the Japan IFSC Bouldering World Cup is being held with a large Australian cohort travelling to compete.  7 male competitors and 4 female competitors travelled including Victorian climber Oceana Mackenzie.

With a nail biting qualification round, Australian’s across the country were cheering their hearts out knowing that for a chance at semi-finals, Mackenzie needed to top her final boulder problem.

Mackenzie topped the final problem in 2 attempts to join a handful of Australian’s who have made it into semi-finals in bouldering.  Mackenzie joins fellow athletes Thomas Farrell, James Kassay, Samantha Edwards (Berry),  Chris Webb Parsons, Alan Pryce, Tiffany Melius and Chistina Bedard* on this achievement.

The Australian climbing community were ecstatic wishing all the best to Mackenzie hoping to see another Australian reach the finals.  Sport Climbing Victoria came together to watch the semi-finals Sunday morning and cheer on the Victorian athlete.

Mackenzie tackled each problem with composure to finish with a final place of 20th in a very strong field.  This was Mackenzie’s first ever world cup and was an amazing start to her competition career.  We look forward to watching this young crusher get stronger and stronger.

Make sure you tune in at 3.15pm to watch the finals!

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*Know more about the history of Australian competition climbing? Please contact us at contact@sportclimbingvictoria.com.au with more information.