About Kiihold

Kiihold is a design and fabrication company, primarily serving the rock climbing industry. Their repertoire includes a growing range of volumes made to be effective pieces for commercial and competitive setting, as well as training tools built for modern spaces and protocols.

• Kiihold will be sponsoing training products for selected individual podium winners.

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Categories & Formats

• NOVICE

  • • For climbers within their first year of competitive training and/or joining their teams. This event would be most suitable for climbers with basic skills and little experience; this competition could be one of their first event experiences.

    • Climbers must not have qualified for Finals or Semi-Finals in any prior events.

    • Novice climbers will be eligible to take part in the following rounds:

      • • Qualifiers (carnival session - for everyone)
          Top 10 Novice Qualifiers progress to Finals

        • Redemption Round (carnival session - for non-finalists)

        • Finals (session)

• INTERMEDIATE

  • • For climbers with more than 1 year of competitive training and/or team membership. This event would be most suitable for climbers with some skill and limited competition experience.

    • Climbers who have previously qualified for Semi-Finals but did not win a podium position may join this category.

    • Intermediate climbers will be eligible to take part in the following rounds:

      • • Qualifiers (carnival session - for everyone)
          Top 8 Intermediate Qualifiers progress to Finals

        • Redemption Round (carnival session - for non-finalists)

        • Finals (IFSC Rotation, 4 minutes)

• OPEN

  • • For all experienced climbers, officially carded athletes (e.g. National team members, regardless of level), and/or sponsored climbers with significant experience and high-performing skills.

    • Climbers who had previously qualified for Finals and/or won podium positions should also join this category.

    • Open climbers will be eligible to take part in the following rounds:

      • • Qualifiers (carnival session - for everyone)
          Top 15 Open Qualifiers progress to Semi-Finals

        • Redemption Round (carnival session - for non-finalists)

        • Semi-Finals (IFSC Rotation, 4 minutes)
          Top 6 Open Semi-Finalists progress to Finals

        • Finals (IFSC Concurrent)

General Information

• Both days of the competition will be held at the same venue: Boulder Plus (Boulder+, Chevrons).

• The competition will feature only 1 discipline: Bouldering.

• Prizes for individual performances in the respective categories will be awarded. 

• Awards for the “Best Overall Team” will be calculated from the compiled scores of all events, separately for Girls and Boys. Each Team’s score is the combined performance score from their respective top climbers. There will be a Best Overall Girls Team and a Best Overall Boys Team.

• Additional detailed information will be shared with competitors and coaches closer to the event date. 

Teams Roster

Participating schools are requested to confirm your attendance by replying to the Formal Invite Email, and also submit your team details via the official registration document attached.

Each schools can register a up to a total of 35 students, regardless of the event categories they choose. For example, a school may register a total of 15 Novice climbers (girls and boys), 8 Intermediate climbers (girls and boys) and only 5 Open climbers (girls and boys), making a total roster of 28 students.

Students may join a more challenging event category if they wish, but they must compete in that category for the entire competition, and may not join a more junior category at any time. For example, an Intermediate climber may wish to join the Open category, but they will need to remain in the Open category for the entire event. 

Additional participants may be accepted if the event schedule and capacity can accommodate them. Please reach out to the organisers for discussion and confirmation.