1st Round Rock Point Czech Cup in Bouldering

Last week, we were setting 1st round of Czech Cup in bouldering. It was also one of two nominational competitions to Czech reprezentation. We were trying to set really hard boulders both in qualification and in the final. This round of Czech Cup was something like test winter preparation. Qualifications were flash system - so 8 boulders, 1.5 hour and betwenn 20 - 30 climbers in one group - dusty party:).
In women qualification, two tops were not achieved, but two or three girls touched last top holds and it was nice to look them fighting hard. In men qualification, there were 4 boulders, which were "for normal" people, 2 for those, which want to knock on a door of final round and 2 boulders, which were really hard. These two boulders were climbed only by Martin Stráník and one of them by climber from Slovakia Tomaso Gregsák. It was nice again to see great climbers fight about a bonus holds and trying to achive tops.

Men Qualification

Martin Spilka in Men Qualification # 1

Final rounds were directed great perfomances of Petra Ružičková and Martin Stráník. They achieved 4 tops and climbed indeed very nice. For me was nice surprise 2nd place of Šimková Veronika, which climbed in Czech Cup for first time.

Veronika Šimková in Women Final # 3

Honza Šolc in Men Final # 2

Štěpán Stráník in Men Final #1

Next rounds of Czech cup will be on public places like clubs (Palace Akropolis - 8.3.), exhibition grounds Sport Expo 10.5., Sport Life 8.11.), climbing festivals (MHFF Teplice 30.08.) or squares (MCR Slaný 13.09) and some of these competitions will be recored by TV cams. It is nice progress and it is motivating, in my eyes, both for climbers and also for setters to participate on integrated systems of competitions. Thanks to the organizators of these competitons, which started to cooperated together.
First three photos are from Vladimír Šauli and last two by Lukaš Bíba.

Sunday work:

Filling walls by holds