New: Specific A&B athletes eligible for 2024-JAN-20 Comp

This post contains important information for Youth B & A athletes. Please read the entire post.

The ACA is constantly evaluating its competition circuit and reviewing feedback received from athletes, parents and coaches. Because of this we are excited to offer a pilot program into the January 20 Lethbridge Youth C and D competition to introduce a second tier for Youth A and B athletes. Our membership continues to grow year over year, and we are looking for ways to manage our numbers and the diverse cross section of athletes that comprise our membership.

This pilot is meant to gauge interest in a second competition tier that allows athletes to gain experience in ACA sanctioned competitions as well as the opportunity to perform well amongst their peers. It is the first step the ACA is taking towards a multi-tiered system which is currently a reality with some of our partner Provincial and Territorial Sport Organizations (PTSOs). The success and feedback received from the participants and their parents in this pilot will be used to evolve this program in future years.

The competition will be a full scramble qualifier (30 to 45 problems athletes can try over the course of 2 ½ to 3 hour) and the top 6 in each category will move on to a 5 on 5 off final. The scramble format will offer a diverse range of problems to challenge all of our athletes.

We would like to invite the following Youth A and B athletes to register for the January 20th Lethbridge Bouldering Local:

- Youth A Females who placed 23 or below at the December 9th Boulder Local at CCC Chinook

- Youth A Males who placed 20 or below at the December 9th Boulder Local at CCC Chinook

- Youth B Females who placed 18 or below at the December 9th Boulder Local at CCC Chinook

- Youth B Males who placed 13 or below at the December 9th Boulder Local at CCC Chinook

The 2023-DEC-09 results are found here.

Registration closes January 13th at 11:59 PM, and the new ACA late registration policy will be in effect for all athlete classes.

INELIGIBLE ATHLETES WILL BE DEREGISTERED WITHOUT WARNING

Reach out to us communications@albertaclimbing.org with questions or comments.