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2023 Senior Provincial Lead Registration closes on November 3rd
Reminder: the registration deadline for the 2023 Senior Provincial Lead competition at the UofA Wilson Centre closes on Friday November 3rd. Don’t miss your chance to compete, register here today. Event details are posted on the event page.
Athletes that plan to only compete at Senior Provincial events have the option of purchasing a reduced single event membership. Youth athletes that intend to compete in other ACA events this season (including Nationals qualification) will require a regular ACA membership for the season.
Reach out to communications@albertaclimbing.org if you have questions or comments.
Registration for Senior Provincial Bouldering closes tonight at 8pm
Don’t miss out! Register for the Senior Provincial Bouldering competition at member.albertaclimbing.org before 8pm tonight.
ACA COACHES! The ACA is creating a coaching committee
Participation would involve:
Meetings and a group chat with other ACA coaches to share resources and coaching insights
Coaching at, and programming for Sunday Sessions after competitions
Opportunities to coach at ACA training camps
Building a coaching network to create more opportunities for your athletes
This committee is open to any registered ACA coaches, however, please consider joining especially if you are currently coaching high-performance athletes. If interested, email Paige Boklaschuk (Performance Chair) paigeboklaschuk@albertaclimbing.org
Reminder: Registration for Senior Bouldering Provincials closes at 8pm on Wednesday
Don’t miss out on the chance to compete in the ACA Senior Bouldering Provincial competition this weekend! Register your spot here.
Sunday session @ ARQ
We're bringing it back!! Sunday Sessions!
Sunday Oct 29th, between 9 am and 12 am, visit Arq to try your hand at the finals problems from the night before! Collaborate with friends and send!
Arq day pass required.
Registration for Senior Provincial Bouldering closes tomorrow
Reminder: the registration window for the Senior Provincial Boulder competition at Bolder Elevated closes on Friday October 27th at Midnight. Check out the event page for more details. You can register at member.albertaclimbing.org and reach out to communications@albertaclimbing.org with questions.
ARQ Comp details updated on event page
We’re excited to share more information about the first competition of the season at ARQ. Check out the event page for the schedule, gym waiver, parking, food / beverage, and 50/50 raffle information.
2023 AGM Details Updated
The ACA board is hosting the 2023 Annual General Meeting on Sunday October 22 starting at 7pm. The meeting link and agenda have been updated in the Event Page on our website. We’ve had a busy year so far, and look forward to sharing our plans and hearing from you all as well! If you have any questions, feel free to email communications@albertaclimbing.org
Points & Ranking updates
Points system: all points are on the thousands system. Currently, the senior bouldering ranking is on the hundreds system and will be switched over to the same points that are used for other categories.
Points system for senior ranking this year: Bouldering ranking will be top local plus provincials. Lead ranking will be provincials only.
Points system for youth ranking: Both lead and bouldering will be the scores of one less than the number of locals plus provincials. For example, currently, there are 3 bouldering locals scheduled, so 2 will be used for ranking.
Reminder: comp registration deadline approaching
Reminder: the Youth Local Bouldering Competition @ ARQ closes on Friday at Midnight. Head over to the ACA membership portal to register your spot.
Volunteer Lead Belayers Needed
If you are interested in volunteering to belay for Senior Lead Provincials at the University of Alberta on November 11, 2023 please email climbing@ualberta.ca. Please note experience is REQUIRED!
Volunteer signup for ARQ local is now open
We’re excited to announce that the volunteer signup for the ARQ local competition is now open. Check out the event page for that and other event details as it becomes available. Thank you to everyone for providing our athletes with an opportunity to compete. These events couldn’t happen without you amazing volunteers.
ACA Sr Provincial Lead Registration Now Open
Registration is open for the ACA Senior Lead Provincial Championship. We also updated the event page, so keep an eye on that for updates to the location and format. Register at the ACA Member Site.
Note that there is now an option for Single Event membership and event registration. This is a discounted ACA membership for those who are attending a single senior provincial event. Youth athletes competing in Senior events will require a full ACA membership for the youth season.
Single competition ACA membership for the Senior season
The ACA board has approved an alternate single competition ACA membership for the Senior season. This membership will cost $15 and will be good for the competition it is purchased for. The single competition membership will be available for each of the Sr Bouldering Provincials and Sr Lead Provincials at this time. The features/limitations of the single competition membership are as follows:
- Competition points will be tracked
- Athlete's purchasing a single competition membership will not be eligible to attend Nationals
- Applies to Senior season events only
- If an athlete holding a single competition membership decides to attend Nationals, a full $90 ACA membership will be required to be purchased.
- ACA waiver must be signed
- Youth athletes competing in Senior events will require a full ACA membership fior the youth season
Sign up for Senior Boulder or Lead Provincials using the single competition membership will require a sign up for the single ACA membership option and use the competition sign up labeled as Single ACA Membership. Sign up link is located below. If you don't have an account you will have to create one.
https://member.albertaclimbing.org/login
ACA Sr Provincial Bouldering Registration Now Open
Registration is open for the ACA Senior Bouldering Provincial Championship. We also updated the event page, so keep an eye on that for updates to the location and format. Register at the ACA Member Site.
The season schedule has been updated
We have a new batch of updates to the season schedule. We’ve added some more events, adjusted the categories for some existing events, and determined the locations for some others. We’ll add the CEC events later this week for visibility. Note that the event details (specific gyms, dates & times, registration details, etc) will be updated as soon as we can share it. We’ll leave the tentative flags up for a few weeks. Thanks to our host gyms for all of your dedication to the sport and support of our athletes!
Registration is open for the ARQ Youth Local Bouldering Comp
Check out the event page to see updated registration details. The categories have been updated: it will be open to Junior, A, and B athletes (the Senior category has been removed). The event has also been confirmed as a 1-day competition, on Saturday October 28th 2023. Athletes will require a new ACA waiver for the season.
ACA seeking Athlete Reps
The ACA board relies on the input of it's athlete representatives to help make decisions that affect all our athletes. Our current athlete representatives, Alyssa Weber and Mark Derksen, are looking to retire from the ACA board. Therefore, we are looking for two new athlete representatives, one to represent climbers in female categories, and one to represent climbers in male categories.
If you're passionate about competition climbing and would like to help drive the ACA to better competition climbing across the ACA, please complete and submit this expression of interest form. We want to hear from you! Preference would be for 18 and older, but exceptions for younger athletes may be considered. Must have competition climbing experience.
If you have questions or comments, feel free to reach out to communications@albertaclimbing.org
Non-ACA Event @ Confluence Climbing in Golden BC
This is not an ACA sanctioned event.
Confluence Climbing in Golden BC reached to share that they are hosting a “scramble” style bouldering competition Sunday Oct 1! There will be 30 problems. Problem #1 will be the easiest and #30 will be the most difficult. Harder problems score higher.
Categories: Juniors, Advanced, Open, and Masters. Prizes will be awarded to the highest scoring male and female in each category.
Registration deadline is Sept 24.
The competition fee is $30 for all climbers.
https://confluenceclimbing.com/comp1/
Season Schedule Updates
We’ve added a monthly calendar to the Season Schedule page. Scroll past the upcoming events.
We also put a few holiday blocks into the calendar (December 2023 and March 2024). These are dates that the ACA will not be scheduling events.