Comp Results from Up the Bloc and Climb Base5

A second round of local bouldering comps were held this weekend in B.C. and Ontario.

Climb Base5, in Vancouver, hosted a two-day event with Open, Junior and Youth A competitors climbing on Saturday and Youth B, C, D climbers competing on Sunday.

In the open category, Mika Hosoi had another strong day of climbing and won the event. Hosoi also came first at B.C.’s first local comp two weeks ago in Kelowna. Definitely no strangers to the podium, Maria Celkova came second with Becca Frangos in third.

my mega try hard thanks to @gneiss_climbing for hosting a killer first comp of the season. psyched that I was able to cop first place! @hiveclimbing creds to @kyedip

A post shared by Mika Hosoi (@mika_hosoi) on Nov 5, 2018 at 6:55pm PST

For the men, young guns Ethan Hoffman and Brennan Doyle took the top two spots (for the Youth A category as well). Qualifying in first by one attempt, Tosh Sherkat finished the final round in third.

Whew what a day! After only a couple hours of sleep, and a heinous race to the comp directly from the airport, I'm over-the-moon psyched to have made finals at November Sessions in first place! . Come check out finals and cheer us on! . Video from Mom (@tulasmom ) of the last boulder from qualifiers, before this comp I had never done all the qualifier boulders in a round before!

A post shared by Tosh Sherkat (@tosh_sherkat) on Nov 17, 2018 at 2:30pm PST

Climb Base 5 Open Final Results
1. Ethan Hoffman (A)/ Mika Hosoi
2. Brennan Doyle (A) / Maria Celkova
3. Tosh Sherkat / Becca Frangos

Much like Climb Base 5, the event at Up the Bloc was packed with youth climbers, with a relatively small number of open competitors. That said, it was still a very competitive field for both the open men and women.

Will Johnson got some amazing photos from the first day of the event:

Really great boulders today from @dcroutesetting @therealsachiversachi @siul8tr @hamsquashe @adamtataryn at #upthebloc – fun comp! Here are the junior and open shots from the qualis round. More pics on the @ontarioclimbingfederation Facebook page ? #bouldering @up_the_bloc #rockclimbing #compseason #tonguesout #gunsout #ontarioclimbingfederation

A post shared by Will Johnson (@tenorwill) on Nov 17, 2018 at 5:29pm PST

Familiar names in the top spots for the men. Jakob Elliott took home the win, while Dylan Saffery and Rahul Sapra, who both made the podium last month at the Hub, came second and third, respectively.

For the women, top Junior competitor Justine McCarney won the women’s open event. Elina Avramova, with a bronze under her belt from the Hub, earned herself silver yesterday place, and rounding out the podium was Avramova’s teammate, Kacy Wilson, who took home third place.

Check out Will Johnson’s album from Sunday’s Youth A, Junior, and Open Finals here.

Up the Bloc Open Final Results
1. Jakob Elliott / Justine McCarney
2. Dylan Saffery / Elina Avramova
3. Rahul Sapra / Kacy Wilson