This weekend the annual 2014 British Lead and Speed Climbing Championships will take place at Awesome Walls, Sheffield. In addition to the Lead and Speed disciplines, this year's event will also feature the IFSC Paraclimbing Cup for the very first time.

The British Mountaineering Council's Competitions Officer Rob Adie commented:

"This will be a great opportunity to see some of the best paraclimbers in the world in action and cheer on the GB Paraclimbing Team whilst they are competing on home turf!"

The Lead event will take place on Saturday 4th October for Junior and Veteran categories, with the Seniors competing on Sunday 5th October. The Speed event will be held on the Sunday in between Lead qualifications and after Senior Lead finals. 

For more information and to register for the competition visit the BMC's article here.