Saturday 11th and Sunday 12th September IFSC World Youth Climbing Championship

I headed through to Ratho for the World Youth Climbing Championship. Had two great afternoons soaking up the buzz and watching some very talented climbers taking on what seemed impossible overhanging routes.

430 youngsters from 39 countries took part in this years event. Unfortunately no medals in any categories for team GB, which makes me wonder, are indoor climbing centers in the UK too expensive for kids?
I certainly feel that regular indoor climbing is too pricey for my own budget. However, I'm more than happy to get around this by heading to the crags for trad routes outdoors. This is an alternative that most of our youth climbers will probably find difficult, unless supported by car-owning parents.

Aside the results, the tournament venue received much praise from both competitors and spectators. Such was it's success that the IFSC has chosen to hold the 2011 Youth World Cup in Ratho rather than it's usual location at Innsbruck, Austria.
Congratulations to all the climbers from across the globe who took on some very demanding routes.

IFSC World Youth Championship - Edinburgh (GBR) - 2010

rank	name		nation
female juniors complete result
1.	Ladurner	Alexandra	ITA
2.	Sigrist	Manuela	SUI
3.	Fakhritdinova	Dinara	RUS
female juniors speed complete result
1.	Buczek	Klaudia	POL
2.	Ermolaeva	Anastasia	RUS
3.	Usmanova	Dinara	RUS
female youth A complete result
1.	Janicot	Hélène	FRA
2.	Posch	Katharina	AUT
3.	Röck	Magdalena	AUT
female youth A speed complete result
1.	Tsyganova	Anna	RUS
2.	BRUCKNER	Esther	FRA
3.	Rudzinska	Aleksandra	POL
female youth B complete result
1.	Kazbekova	Ievgeniia	UKR
2.	VERHOEVEN	Anak	BEL
3.	Pavlincova	Andrea	CZE
female youth B speed complete result
1.	Riddle	Dana	USA
2.	Elmer	Alexandra	AUT
3.	Baranova	Valeria	RUS
male juniors complete result
1.	Tauporn	Thomas	GER
2.	Lechner	Mario	AUT
3.	Mardashov	Anton	UKR
male juniors speed complete result
1.	Bokanov	Sayat	KAZ
2.	Posmashnyy	Bogdan	RUS
3.	Ter-Minasyan	Arman	RUS
male youth A complete result
1.	Raztresen	Jure	SLO
2.	Megos	Alexander	GER
3.	Ghisolfi	Stefano	ITA
male youth A speed complete result
1.	Vedenchuk	Viacheslav	RUS
2.	Dzienski	Marcin	POL
3.	Gontaryk	Yaroslav	UKR
male youth B complete result
1.	Halenke	Sebastian	GER
2.	Timmermans	Loîc	BEL
3.	Firnenburg	David	GER
male youth B speed complete result
1.	Artamonov	George	RUS
2.	Luzgetskiy	Sergey	RUS
3.	Santoni	Alessandro	ITA

The IFSC European Climbing Championship gets underway tomorrow at Innsbruck, Austria. If you fancy watching the livestream TV coverage of this event then head to this site.

http://www.247.tv/climbing/freestream