SERIES DETAILS
- Category: Senior (16+ years old)
- Division: Female / Male
- LTAD Stages targeted: Learn to Win & Winning for a living
- Event (1): National Championships
- Discipline: Boulder & Lead
- Length: 5 days
OBJECTIVES
- Crowning National Champions
- Continuous National Ranking (CNR) points
- High Performance Program (HPP) entry pathway
- Development opportunity for athletes who will not make HPP or World Cup / World Championship teams
- Finals are at a level to prepare athletes who will make the HPP and WC teams
- Talent identification event for 16-19 years old athletes
- Route setters and officials’ development opportunity
- National celebration of our sport
SCHEDULE
This event will take place over 5 days:
- Day 1 and Day 2 – Boulder Competition
- Day 3 – Rest day
- Day 4 and Day 5 – Lead Competition
Athletes can register and qualify in both disciplines, or only one discipline.
COMPETITION FORMAT
Bouldering Format
- Qualifiers – 5 on 5 off isolation. 4 Problems OR IFSC Flash Format 6 problems
- Semi-Finals – 5 on 5 off isolation. 4 Problems
- Finals – World Cup format, 4 minutes. 4 Problems
Lead Format
- Two (2) qualifiers – Flash Format
- One (1) Semi-Final – On-sight
- One (1) Final – On-sight.
QUALIFICATION
Pathway #1 – Pre-Qualification Pathway:
- HPP Athletes
- Current HPP Athletes at the 5 months mark will receive a direct invitation to the National Championships
- Quotas will be discipline-based (HPP athletes in lead will receive invitation for lead event, etc)
- Continuous National Ranking
- Additional athletes ranked in the CNR (ex: positions 7 and 8) may receive invitations as well, based on event capacity
- Number of quotas will be determined at least 5 months prior to the National event
- Senior Nationals
- Reigning Champions from the previous Senior National for each discipline / gender will be pre-qualified for the National Championships (discipline-based)
- Youth Nationals
- Top finishers from the most recent Youth Nationals in Youth A and Junior Categories
- Number of quotas will be determined at least 5 months prior to the National event
Note: Unused quota from Pre-qualification Pathways will be re-allocated (added) to Provincial Qualification Pathways
Pathway #2 – Provincial Qualification Pathways
- PTSO Guaranteed National Championships Quotas
- Each province and territories will start with a fixed number of quota spots for the National Championships. The fixed number of quotas will be determined at least 5 months ahead of the event based on capacity
- Each province and territory has autonomy to decide how they will fill these quotas. CEC highly recommends the hosting of a fair competition to qualify the athletes in an equitable manner
- Unused quota in this category will be re-allocated to the other provinces in the same region using a membership size priority system
FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THIS SERIES, PLEASE CONTACT INFO@CLIMBINGCANADA.CA
