Friday 10 September

We had to get up really early so we could get to gym an hour before demonstration because some of us were climbing early. I was the last New Zealander to climb and I started warming up too early. When I was on the climb I got up to the first hard move and put my heel on my right hand hold, and when I moved my right hand up to the next hold I knocked my heel off the hold and fell off.

At the end of the qualification round our results were:

Junior Male
Jesse: 46
Chase: 47

Youth A Male
Mark: 31

Youth A Female
Sarah: 24
Speedy: 35

Youth B Male
Josh: 36
Wiz: 46
Penut: 55
J.J.(me): 63

Youth B Female
Tayla: 46
Alex: 54

Sarah was the only one us to make the semi-final the next day. The top 26 make the semi-final.

In the evening we had the speed qualification. We all climbed fast but none of us made it to the next round. 16 people go to the next round and they do a knock out competition like the fifa world cup. About An hour before the speeds I cut my foot on the ground. Glenda taped it up for me and put antiseptic stuff on it and it really stung. It hurt to step on it but I don't think it had any impact on my speed time.

Our placings were:

Junior Male
Chase: 30 (18.72)
Jesse: 33 (20.86)

Youth A Male
Mark: 35 (19.56)

Youth A Female
Speedy: 25 (28.43)
Sarah: 29 (she didn't hit the buzzer hard enough both times!)

Youth B Male
Josh: 26 (20.30)
J.J.(me): 27 (20.75)
Penut: 28 (21.52)
Wiz: 33 (34.08)

Youth B Female
Tayla: 21 (33.79)
Alex: 25 (48.16)