The Foundry 's Christmas Opening Times!

Just a quick note to inform you of the centre's opening times over Christmas.

Sat 24th December
10am - 6pm

Sun (Christmas Day)
CLOSED!

Mon (Boxing Day)
CLOSED!

Tue 27th December
10am - 6pm

28th/29th/30th - Open as normal! (10am-10pm)

Sat (New Year's Eve)
10am - 6pm

Sun (New Year's Day)
CLOSED! 

2nd January
10am - 6pm

3rd January - Back to normal!




Have a good 'un!

Tommy.

Bouldering Comp 5-9.45pm Monday 5th

Yes, its the second bouldering comp of the winter with 25 brand new problems. Loads of great prizes to be won in the raffle (2 pairs 5.10 shoes, CragX vouchers) plus there will be THREE flash problems this time. Every person who flashes the problems gets the chance to win either £40 or 2x x£20 cash prizes. The flash problems will be f6b+ to f6c+/7a. See you on Monday evening - dont forget students get a free score sheet and its only £4.50 to climb on this eve.

BMC Leading Ladder starts 26th November

Its the BMC Leading Ladder starting this weekend. Running from 26th November to 11th December. Its £1 for a score sheet from reception. With ten new routes to have a go at from 5+, 6a, 6a+, 6b, 6b+, 6c, 7a, 7b, 7c and 8a set by Rob and Ash.

New routes in The Furnace

Following on from customer feedback Rob and Ashley have created some new 6a's in the furnace!!

Dry tooling this season!

Dry Tooling is now back on the schedule for the winter season.

Rob and Ash have set 9 new dry tooling routes either in the Furnace or the Main Wall.

The new routes take advantage of the Furnace Wall chimney extension, and are graded between M1 and M8.

The first dry tooling session is TOMORROW - Friday 11th November. Starts at 7.45pm.

Give us a call on 0114 279 6331 to book a place!

Bouldering League Fever + Photos!

The first round of the Foundry Winter Bouldering League nears! 

I've been to pick up a few more boxes of holds this week. The steady trickle will become a torrent next week when the bulk of our holds order comes in..

I have to say, it is rather enjoyable unwrapping all these bundles of bolt on resin. We've now got a lot of rather bright and clean holds crated up and ready to be set with.

The plan this year is to have a competition circuit. This will be in place of the current level two circuit, and will consist of 25 problems through a range of difficulty levels.

The comps this year are gearing up to be pretty great. On the night there'll be raffles for Fiveten rockshoes and CragX vouchers, as well as a special flash problem, with a £40 cash prize. (And it won't be absolutely nails, so it'll be quite open!).

I'm quite excited; and I'm not really very excitable normally.

All that remains now is a long stressful day for Rob and the route setting team, and a bit of finger crossing that other people will get excited too.

Hopefully see you down the wall on comp night. The first round is on Monday night, 7th November. It's gonna be be a doozer.

To reiterate, the dates are:

MON 7TH NOVEMBER

MON 5TH DECEMBER

MON 16TH JANUARY

MON 13TH FEBRUARY

Tom

The Cafe is now open

Ready for the winter season the Foundry cafe is now open and serving it's usual range of cakes, chip butties, paninis, sandwiches and homemade snacks and meals.

FOUNDRY WINTER BOULDERING LEAGUE DATES!

It's that time of year again!

The first round of the Foundry's Winter Bouldering League is just round the corner. 

The dates are:

MON 7TH NOVEMBER

MON 5TH DECEMBER

MON 16TH JANUARY

MON 13TH FEBRUARY

If you've never been to a Foundry comp before, then, well, you should! They're fun and friendly bouldering competitions, with a whole set of brand new problems to get stuck into.

Raffles for great prizes on each night, and overall winners will also get reap a special bounty.

If you've entered the comps before, then the format will be similar. However, we've got something very special planned for this year...... 

Stay tuned!

Save up to 20% off selected Five Ten Rockshoes at CragX

Just in time for The Grit Season we are offering up to 20% off selected Five Ten Rockshoes, both instore and online:

Anasazi LV £100 NOW £90

Anasazi Blanco £105 NOW £89

Anasazi VCS £100 NOW £89


Anasazi Verde £105 NOW £89

Blackwing £115 NOW £99

Dragon £105 NOW £89

Galileo £100 NOW £85

Hueco £90 NOW £79

Newton £105 NOW £89

Rogue £75 NOW £69

Siren £85 NOW £75

Spire £80 NOW £69

These prices are available for a limited period only - sorry, no further discounts apply.

Boulder Resets Ahoy!

A big chunk of the bouldering circuits are going to be reset on the 7th October!

All new problems will be up for you to get to grips with before the comp season starts.

The first round of The Foundry's Winter Bouldering League is a month later, on the 7th November.

So get your eye in with the style of problems that are set on the Wave, Bleaustone Wall, Traverse Corridor and Woody Board - you've got a month to prepare!

Tom

MASSIVE STUDENT DEALS!

Still sore about £9000 a year tuition fees?

Make yourself feel a bit better by taking advantage of The Foundry's stupidly good value membership deals this term.

Full Time Students can get a 30 day membership for £20 at the moment, instead of the usual £35.

But that's not the big news.

Starting 26/9/11, the first 20 people to take out a 3 month membership pay £50 instead of the normal £85. That's simply an unmissable deal.

Or you can go the whole hog and get an annual membership for £200 instead of £220. But, again, there's only twenty of these cheap memberships available!

26.09.11

BE THERE!

CragX Climbing Shop - at least 20% off all clothing

End of Summer clothing sale is now on at CragX. This is an instore only sale and will end next week!

FREE Injury Screening Clinic

The guys from the clinic are back for the winter season. Their first FREE injury screening clinic is on:

Monday 26th September - 7pm-9pm


Come down for free advice on climbing injuries and injury avoidance. An expert team will be on hand to give you the all the information you need to deal with your injury!

Monster Reset

Over the past month or so, Rob, Ash and Steve have been working furiously to reset the whole of the centre.

Since June:

• Every circuit on the Wave/Bleaustone Wall/Traverse Corridor has been reset; 
• There's been a new section of wall built in the furnace, creating a whole new line (and meaning I got to paint in a number '36' at the bottom of the wall); 
• The CragX vert wall has been reset; 
• The Livingstone wall has been reset; 
• The yellow slab has been reset; 
• 40 NEW ROUTES have gone up on the Main wall; 
• The whole of the Furnace has had a reset...

.... And every volume in the centre has been taken down, filled, painted and put back up somewhere else.

We just need to get the Green slab reset next week to get full marks.

Our route setters have really busted a gut to get such a big selection of top quality routes on the wall; and this is all before the winter season has got underway!

Over the coming months, look out for the return of dry tooling, the winter bouldering league, the BMC's leading ladder, and another gazillion or so new routes and boulder problems. There will also be some pretty hefty deals a-happenin at CragX.

So stay tuned!

New CragX Summer Opening Times

From Friday 26th August:

Monday, 12-6pm

Tuesday-Thursday, 12-8pm

Friday, 12-6pm

Weekends, 10.30am-5.30pm

Remember you can order and pay over the phone, then collect from Foundry reception after the CragX closes in the evening - Please try to ring at least and hour before the CragX closes so we have time to process your order.

Alan Cassidy Repeats Metalcore (8c+)

CragX sponsored climber Alan Cassidy repeated Metalcore (8c+) last week, adding to a very impessive 2011 tick list.

Alan Cassidy - Metalcore 8c+ from Matt Pycroft on Vimeo.

To find out what Alan up to head to his Blog - Alan Cassidy (& others) Climbing.

And in the yellow corner.....

The new wall build in the corner of the Furnace opened last night!

Rob worked a long day get some new volumes and routes up on the left hand side of the Furnace.

Line 36 is now open, and sports a pretty nails jamming crack (into a finger jamming crack!). There's also an easier route up there, with more to go on tomorrow.

The climbing in the corner is different to any other part of the centre; now it's filled out with volumes, the corner should make for some of the most interesting and technical top roped climbing at the Foundry.

Let us know what you think!






Tom

Missed out on Cliffhanger? Check out these deals on Marmot clothing and Tents!

We have a wide range of clearance Marmot clothing bought in specially for Cliffhanger which is now available instore at MASSIVE savings.

These are just some examples of the kind of discounts to expect....

Precip Jacket RRP £80 NOW £36
Driclime Windshirt RRP£ 70 NOW £30
Guides Down Sweater RRP£ 130 NOW £55
Alpinist Jacket RRP £400 NOW £170




We also have a couple of heavily discounted tents to go. One is currently up for you to look at in the main hall of the Foundry.....

We've got the Marmot Nusku 2 person tent, and the Widi 3 person tent up for grabs - each tent is around £200 cheaper than normal.

It's a no brainer!

Volumes of new routes!

Rob and Ash have been working hard stripping the CragX vertical wall and they are now in the process of re-setting it.

The volumes have had a nice lick of paint and have been moved around to keep things fresh and interesting. There's plenty of laybacking, mantling and rockovers for you to get stuck into, and that's before the bolt on holds are even on the wall.

New routes will be set today and tomorrow.

As always, we look forward to your feedback. Look out for updated route topo's at foundryclimbing.com.


Holly

New Bouldering Circuits

Rob, Gav and Tim reset the Level 1, 2, 3 and Kid's circuits at the end of last week.


The volumes on the Bleaustone Wall have also had a lick of paint, and a shuffle around to keeps things interesting.


This time around there's more problems in the level 1 and 2 circuits, with fewer level 3 problems.




There are about 70 new problems to get stuck into now. As always, we like to hear your feedback.

Enjoy!

Tom