Welcome to The Foundry Blog....

Opening its doors back in 1991, The Foundry has been at the heart of the Sheffield and UK climbing scenes ever since. Almost two decades on, the centre continues to provide a world class environment for climbers, whether you're new to the sport or about to tick your first Font 8b!

The blog will keep you up to date with the activity and achievements that are going on in and around The Foundry.

Hope to see you soon! - Neil Bentley (Centre Manager)

Wednesday 28 April 2010

Beastmaker 1000s back at CragX

Finally, all of us non-beasts can start our journey to beastdom again. Beastmaker have just delivered us a couple of boxes of Beastmaker 1000s (and a few extra 2000s).
Wannabe beasts should give us a ring to reserve one - we never seem to be able to hang on to the beasts for long.

Friday 23 April 2010

Varsity Bouldering competition



There was an excellent turn out of 73 competitors for the comp though the majority came from Shef Uni (53 !). Only 38 returned their score sheets so we will set a few more lower end problems next year. Having said that the winner, Paul Latham, got 197, a brilliant score as there were some very tricky problems.

Overall winners were Sheffield Uni with 516 to Hallam's 295. The scores are worked out using top tow male and female scores from each uni.









Top 5 male(all from Shef Uni)/ 5 female

Paul Latham 197
Martin Watson 179
Joe Cook 162
Tom Butterworth 156
Malcolm Smith 156
Lisa Trollope 77 (1st woman, 18th overall) SU
Rosie Gibson 63 SU
Lousie Kelly 34 H
Stephanie Cray 29 SU
Nina Flashner 10 H






The winner and runners up received £20 and £10 vouchers for CragX Climbing shop. Prizes can be collected from reception if you have not already got them.










Wednesday 21 April 2010

Outdoor Climbing Instruction


15th May
If you are interested in a days outdoor top roping and lead instruction in the Peak District please get in touch as numbers are limited. If this day is not suitable then please let us know anyway as we will be adding further dates in the future.
The cost for the day is £40
Contact Mark by emailing mark@greatadventures.co.uk

Tuesday 20 April 2010

Varsity boulder comp 2010

This Wednesday afternoon the University of Sheffield will compete against Hallam University with 20 problems to get test their respective bouldering teeth into over a 3 hour period starting at 1.30pm.