Foundry Bouldering League

Friday 20th November, from 5pm

Round two of the Bouldering League will have 2 pairs of Boreal climbing shoes and CragX vouchers up for grabs in the raffle. Plus DMM will be here on the night with more raffle prizes.

The whole bouldering wall will be re-set prior to the event and new exciting volumes will be added to the main wall for added interest

The league has three levels: U13's, Recreational and Elite.
Each round acts as a stand alone event but those who compete in all three rounds will be entered into the league and be in with a chance of winning even more prizes.

Watch the round one video

Event Sponsors:

Training at The Foundry

Last weekend saw some of the countries top climbers training at The Foundry, as part of the British Bouldering Team.
















Above: Helen Shilleto
Right: Ned Fehally

BMC Leading Ladder

14th - 29th November @ The Foundry

The BMC Leading Ladder is a series of fun informal competitions that start in October and run at 24 walls, with 35 rounds right through until the end of March. Each round will have 10 routes ranging from F5+ to F8a, with three ability categories -
• The Improver category is aimed at climbers whose on-sight limit is F6B/6B+.
• The Recreational category is aimed at climbers whose on-sight limit is F7A/7B.
• The Elite category is aimed at climbers whose on-sight limit is F7C/8A.
Each category will then be split into male/female and junior/adult.
If you want to enter you can buy a scorecard from Foundry Reception for just £1
Or visit The BMC for more information on the event.

Coming up - The Foundry Bouldering League Round 2 - Watch the Video

BMC Leading Ladder

Starting 14th to 29th November. Collect your score sheet from reception for £1 and spend up to 2 weeks trying the 10 routes ground up. Three categories of Improver, Recreational and Elite. Route grades of F5+, F6A, F6A+, F6b, F6b+, F6c, F7a, F7b, F7c and F8a.

Try before you buy!

As the credit crunch bites you don't want to waste those hard earned pennies, so take advantage of the chance to "try before you buy".

Evolv sponsored climber Ben Bransby will be on hand tonight to give you the chance to try Evolv climbing shoes for free.

Evolv Boot demo - Thu 29th Oct from 5pm

The Foundry Bouldering League is back...

Rob, Tim and Matt produced forty problems for the night. Everything from easy kids to challenging the strong. As usual it was good to see the smiling faces and enjoy the supportive atmosphere as experienced and capable climbers desparately tried to avoid being outscored by the youngsters. The Foundry Academy was present in strength and they pretty much packed out the junior section.




Spot prize winners were
Joe Broadhead / Ben Edwards - Boreal shoes
Glen Chappel - CragX voucher

A big thankyou to our sponsors: Boreal, DMM, The Clinic and CragX

Foundry Bouldering League - Results

A report from the evening will follow

Elite Category
P Smitton (M) - 150
J Cook (M) - 129
E Morris (M) - 96
C Chung-Hsien - 59
H Baresford (F) - 51
T Millinkovic (F) - 44

Recreational Category
D Cheetham (M) - 200
L Jones (M) - 191
R Lloyd (jnr M) - 176
E Hartley (M) - 173
T Bonnert (jnr M) - 170
A Waterhouse (jnr F) - 148
I Bennett (M) - 147
B Hall (F) - 138
B Clough (M) - 126
B Edwards (M) - 124
J Broadhead (jnr M) - 113
I Stewart (jnr M) - 92
S Allen (M) - 89
P Daniel (M) - 87
T Waterhouse (M) - 80
T Rivett - 76
H Chi-Yu - 75
K Fowler - 73
D Brown (M) - 63
M Holmes (M) - 63
H Murray (jnr F) - 60
J Beach (jnr M) - 60
J Shaw (jnr M) - 58
J Forde (jnr M) - 50
B Scott (M) - 47
R Cole (M) - 44
K Dorset - 42
J Parker (M) - 41
J Hickson (M) - 36
M Roper - 22

Kids (under 13) Category
P Tai (F) - 91
J Waterhouse (M) - 88
A Hall - 87
M Clerkin (F) - 85
M Aspinall (M) - 82
B Hoyland (F) - 81
G Hoyland (F)- 75
A Rivett (F) - 56
D Windle (F) - 51
P Watkin (F) - 43
B Jenkins (F) - 40

The Team 5.10 is here now

FiveTen were unusually efficient and we got the Team last night, the very day that we were told they were finally coming. We only have limited numbers of some sizes so get here quickly to avoid disappointment.

Team 5.10 Shoe coming to CragX shop...

New 5.10 Team shoe will be in CragX Sheffield store in the next few days!

The Foundry Winter Bouldering League starts in 3 days....

Evolv Rock Boot Demo

Thursday 29th October 5-9.30pm
Meet Evolv sponsored climber Ben Bransby and try out a pair of Evolv shoes for free - just pay your normal Foundry entrance fee.

Evolv shoes are available from CragX, following a fitting from our experienced staff.

Foundry Bouldering League

There will be three levels - kids, recreational and elite

Dates for your diary are
Friday 23rd October
Friday 20th November
Friday 22nd January

The event is sponsored by

It's winter @ The Foundry

Well OK it's not snowy, but as the nights draw in you can take advantage of an extra 4 hours climbing each weekend.

The centre is now open till 8pm at Weekends.
Monday-Friday 10am-10pm
Weekends 10am-8pm

Remember after 4pm at weekends you can boulder for just £4.50.

Save fighting with the traffic,

the Foundry Cafe will be fully open from Tuesday 29th September.
Come down straight from work and take advantage of free Wi-Fi access whilst you enjoy a latte. Or get a panini to stave off those after work hunger pangs, whilst you're waiting for your climbing partners to arrive

Opening Times will be:
12-7.45pm, Mon-Thu
12-5.45pm Friday
10-5.30 Weekends

As usual we will be offering a range of hot/cold sandwiches, burgers, homade specials and the all important chip buttie.

Student Special Offers

Start of Term Special Offers, valid untill 23rd October:
Annual Student Membership - £220
30day Student Membership - £20 (normally £35)

Both the above memberships give you an unlimited number of visits, for the duration of your membership. Working out at less than £4.25/week the Annual Membership is a wise choice for anyone wanting to train more than once a week.

These are only available to full time students, on production of valid student ID.

Circuit-tastic!

Well, all the bouldering down at the Foundry has been completely reset now, and its circuit time!

Pick up a circuit topo at reception and get ticking!

There are five circuits with problems located right round the centre:

Kids circuit - Font 3a - 5a

Level 1 - Font 3a - 5b

Level 2 - Font 5b - 6c

Level 3 - Font 6c - 7b+

Elite circuit - Individually graded....

- Mark Armitage working through the level 2 circuit

- Tom

Experienced climber wanted!

Are you an experienced(sport and trad) climber? Have you ever considered instructing/coaching? Call Mark on 07818043915 or email mark@greatadventures.co.uk (Foundry Mountain Activities) to discuss details.

Bouldering Circuits

The lads have completely stripped the Wave and Bleaustone Wall of holds, added new volumes to the Bleaustone Wall and are now beginning the process of setting new problems. The plan is to include a number of circuits, which will help give climbers a more structured session.








For those unfamiliar with circuits, basically you pick a grade range (circuit) and can then work to complete all the problems on that circuit. We are planning 5 circuits with grades from 3a to 8a, these will be spread over the centre on the Wave/Bleaustone Walls, Corridor and Furnace boards.

Yet more new routes

With our busy winter season rapidly approaching Rob and Dan are working hard to give you new routes.


Their next project is to completely re-set the prow of the Five Ten wall, this includes adding new volumes to give further interest to the routes.