10 December 2006

Matthew Cousins was again joint points winner at Round 2 of the Southern Indoor Bouldering League today. He also went on to win the head-to-head after a three-phase competition consisting of two boulder problems and a pull-up challenge. Matt took the £100 prize after outperforming all the other four competitors by five pullups.
Nathan Kemp was seventh in the same competition.

Tony Musselbrook put in a marvelous performance at the British Bouldering Team Trials in Sheffield where he reached the final round and finished in tenth place.

12 November 2006

A 10-strong contingent from Dane Court descended on the small climbing wall in Redhill for the first round of ths year's Southern Indoor Bouldering League. Echoing our success at Dane Court's first ever SIBL, Matt Cousins and Tony Musselbrook took joint first in the main competition with Joel Charley (8th overall) joining them to finish in the top three of the head-to-head.

There were also determined performances from Philip Charley (11th), James Cooper (6th), Nick Gore (4th), Peter McNulty (19th), Rhys Barnes-Miller (10th) and Sam Webb (17th).

4 November 2006

As the competition season gets into gear, Dane Court pupils have proved to be on excellent form.
At the Craggy Island Boulder Bash in Guildford today, Tony Musselbrook took first place in the Male Open (3rd overall) with Matt Cousins in third (4th overall) and Nathan Kemp in 8th overall.

In the Male Junior category, Rhys Barnes-Miller finished third (4th overall).

Further afield, old boy Tom Gore finished 31st in a field of 47 at round 7 of the Bouldering World Cup in Moscow, Russia.

27 August 2006

Many of our climbers have been away sampling the great outdoors (and sometimes the great indoors). Here is a summary of their adventures:
A break in the competition season heralded an attack on the Southern Sandstone. Everyone improved on their previous performances but of particular note are Rhys Barnes-Miller who broke the 6a barrier in style and Matt Cousins, Joel Charley and Tony Musselbrook who between them dispatched several routes in the high sixes.
Tony also visited the bouldering Mecca of Magic Woods in Switzerland where he amazed many by completing two problems graded 8a or above. Tony has just competed in the Climbing World Youth Championships where he finished a creditable 57th.
More recently Matt Cousins flashed The Mau Mau E4 6a on a rain-interrupted visit to North Wales.

9 June 2006

The school's bouldering wall was the venue for BBC Radio Kent's live outside broadcast at lunchtime today.

Reporter Kerry Gray talked to headteacher Paul Luxmoore and teacher in charge of Outdoor Education Mark Alderson about the development of climbing at Dane Court and the origins of the school climbing wall.

Kerry also spoke to ex-pupil Tom Gore who explained how his decision to study at Nottingham University was influenced by the locality of indoor and outdoor climbing venues.

21 May 2006

Tony Musselbrook will compete in his first European Youth Cup round at the Kletterhalle, Imst in Austria on 27 and 28 May.

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21 May 2006

Joel Charley won the final London and South East round of the British Regional Youth Climbing Series yesterday making him regional champion for the second year running and eligible for the national final to be held on 1st July 2006 at Awesome Walls in Liverpool.

Joel will be joined, this year, by his youngest brother Philip who qualifies in second place in the 10-12 category.

23 April 2006

At the first round of the British Regional Youth Climbing Series (BRYCS), yesterday, Joel and Philip Charley both won their respective categories.

In the 10-12 Boys, Philip finished the roped climbs with a significant lead and, despite injury, maintained a margin to finish ahead of the seven-strong field.

Joel was the only competitor to score maximum points on all climbs in the 13-15 Boys category; climbing confidently all day.

6 March 2006

Following another successful training weekend with the national senior squad, Tom Gore has been invited to join the British Bouldering Team.
He has maintained a high standard and commitment to his training. He said that he has "learnt a lot about the whole international process ready for next year's Birmingham World Cup round".

Tony Musselbrook also attended the training weekend which took place at Boulder UK in Blackburn.

19 February 2006

Some Brilliant and dedicated performances have seen three of our climbers in finals of the British Bouldering Championships this year.

Nathan Kemp and Joel Charley both reached the final of the Junior Male competition on 18 February with Nathan finishing sixth and Joel taking Third place on the podium.

On 19 February, Tony Musselbrook continued his run of improvement by qualifying 5th for a place in the afternoon final. Competing against the nations strongest senior boulderers he struggled with the big, powerful problems finishing eighth but improving his overall senior ranking from 12th to 10th.

Matt Cousins was, as always, a sporting participant and valuable supporter of his fellow climbers.

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23 January 2006

Despite a nasty bout of gastric flu and competition from the biggest and strongest ever field of senior boulderers, Tony Musselbrook finished twelfth at round 1 of the British Bouldering Championships 2005-2006 held at Ratho, Edinburgh on 21 January 2006.

Matt Cousins and Callum Harris finished in 36th and 37th places respectively. Ex-pupil Tom Gore was 21st.

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