Three Counties review

[Ian Flatters]

So i spent 3 days at Malvern competing and on the final day the Husqvarna European Pole Climbing championship was held.

 

The weather for most was ok, only 1 final run was delayed due to a rather heavy down poor but in general the wind was the only real thing that the climbers had to deal with. Very very fast times were set throughout the competition and it only being 100th of seconds between some places.

 

The Tree Surgeon Class was very close! Alex was trail blazing his way at the top and had the rest of the field in pursuit:thumbup1:

 

The Expert class was even closer between matt, richard, grant and patch all withing 100th's of a second of each other at some point. The rest of the field wasn't far behind and all down the list 100th's of a second seperating other placings. Many Personal bests set throughout the competion in both classes and it was good for some of the arbtalkers on here to put a face to the name.

 

We also ran a little showground comp which involved West merca police, Army, Showground staff and the RAF. Well those fly boys stepped up and won closely followed by the police.

 

Sorry the spelling is poor as im busy packing to compete in the highland show this week. Results will follow.

 

Also a big thanks to East Durham College arb lads who provided the belay crews and pulled around 4-5 miles of rope through their hands over 3 days.

[Eddie Coyle]

i worked the three counties on a mobile climbing wall. we had a competition to win some solaman trainers for saab. was really funny as some of the pole/tree climbers came on the wall giving it the big talk and in the end they got beat by a 12 y/o girl. i tried to tell them that climbing a rock wall was totaly diffrent but they wunt have it. roll on next year

[Ian Flatters]

i worked the three counties on a mobile climbing wall. we had a competition to win some solaman trainers for saab. was really funny as some of the pole/tree climbers came on the wall giving it the big talk and in the end they got beat by a 12 y/o girl. i tried to tell them that climbing a rock wall was totaly diffrent but they wunt have it. roll on next year

 

I missed this! I was tooooooo busy watching the Jive Ponies:blushing: