Brian McAlinden of The Climbing Works Reports

What a Semi-Final!!! A big big crowd watched a major upset as the uber-Euro Wads Nalle Hukkataival & Kleman Becan failed to make the finals. The collection of weird and wonderful problems shut down some of the best in the World, but not the local Brits who showed some incredibly strength, and ingenuity, to take the top 4 places. Through to the Finals in the Mens are:

1) Dave Barrans GBR
2) Tyler Landman GBR
3) Ned Feehally GBR
4) Adam Watson GBR
5) Nigel Callender IRE
6) Jernej Kruder SLO

In the Womens, the French ladies showed a display of true experience to style their way through the Semi's and into this evening's grand Final. The list for the Female Finals are:

1) Anne Chevrier FRA
2) Melanie Sandoz FRA
3) Shauna Coxsey GBR
4) Katy Whittaker GBR
5) Vera Ziljstra NED
6) Diane Merrick GBR

CWIF - The Climbing Works International Festival:

Finals at 6.00pm: Watch live as it happens at: www.247.tv/climbing/cwif-2011

Women's Semi-Finalists

Melanie Sandoz
Shauna Coxsey
Katy Whittaker
Anne Laure Chevrier
Diane Merrick
Kitty Wallace
Vera Zijlstra
Morgane Aveline
Lily FitzGibbon
Michaela Tracy
Gill Peet
Katy Piddock
Ellie Howard
Jen Wilby
Zoe Ogden
Tiffany Soithongsuk

Mens's Semi-Finalists

Nalle Hukkataival
Ned Feehally
Klemen Becan
Dave Barrans
Ryan Pasquill
Casper ten Sijthoff
Jernej Kruder
Michele Caminati
Wouter Jongeneelen
Adam Watson
Tyler Landman
Dan Bradley
Jon Partridge
Sam van der Fook Whitt (Hmmmm!)
Thomas Caleyron
Nigel Callender
Ed Hamer

This year The CWIF will also be used as part of the qualification process for those wishing to be in the Senior British Bouldering Team. You can read more about this on this UKC article.