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Exeter Deep Water Solo Competition

© Paul Phillips

Chris Cubitt taking the plunge of problem 1 in the Exeter DWS Semi-Final  © Paul Phillips
The first UK deep water soloing competition took place on 30/31st August and saw some great performances from teams entered by Alpkit, Boreal, DMM, Entre-Prises, Evolv, Five Ten, La Sportiva, Scarpa, as well as a few GB Team members, Quay Climbing Centre team and US climber and media mogul Sierra Blair-Coyle.

The location was perfect as the  Quay Climbing Centre is situated next to a canal basin where the Entre-Prises wall had been constructed then moved out on a floating pontoon. There was a fantastic turn out to watch the event with a helping hand from particularly good weather on the Sunday.

The wall was 7m tall and 3m overhanging and, although not that high by typical DWS standards, it meant the setters could add some pretty wild/entertaining moves and not worry too much about the consequences. Chris Cubitt's, head-first, splash down from the last hold on problem 1 in the semi-final was one of the most spectacular (opposite).

Team Scarpa's Michaela Tracey continued her current good form after winning the BBC's this year to take first place in the women's with DMM's Liam Hasley taking the closely fought men's top spot.

The final results were:

Open Female
Open Male Under 16 Females Under 16 Male
1st Michaela Tracey 1st Liam Hasley 1st Hannah Slaney 1st Jim Pope
2nd Sierra Blair Coyle 2nd Matt Cousins 2nd Eugenie Lee 2nd Tommy Matthews
3rd Emma Twyford 3rd Nathan Phillips 3rd Kitty Morrison 3rd Dominic Vincent

  More info on the Deep Water Solo Exeter Facebook page

Check out this video report from Joby Newson of  BouldersUK

A few more photos from the event 

Michaela Tracey celebrating with a jump off the top of problem 3<span style="text-align: center">in the semi-final</span>  © Paul Phillips
Michaela Tracey celebrating with a jump off the top of problem 3in the semi-final
Steve McClure on problem 1 in the semi-final  © Paul Phillips
Steve McClure on problem 1 in the semi-final
Adrian Baxter off the wall in the final of the Exeter Quay DWS competition  © psaunders
Adrian Baxter off the wall in the final of the Exeter Quay DWS competition
© psaunders, Aug 2014
Mike Goldthorp finding out the heel hook sticks pretty well on problem 3 in the Exeter DWS Semi-Final  © Paul Phillips
Mike Goldthorp finding out the heel hook sticks pretty well on problem 3 in the Exeter DWS Semi-Final
© Paul Phillips

 


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Hailing from Scottsdale, Arizona, 25-year-old Sierra Blair-Coyle has been competing professionally since the age of 14.  Voted one of the Top 99 Most Outstanding Women of 2015 by AskMen, she has also been a World Cup...

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2 Sep, 2014
That is a brilliant shot of Mikey G! Looks like it was an ace event!
Yeah, it was great fun. Thanks to all who helped make it happen!
2 Sep, 2014
Such a brilliant event! Roll on next year :)
3 Sep, 2014
Seconded
3 Sep, 2014
Yup stonker of a weekend, so much fun to watch and to compete in. Great effort to the Quay for running it.
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