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The Women’s champion, Lt Amy Johnstone, collecting the team trophy on behalf of the team
The Junior Men’s champion, Spr Andrew Mawhinney, collecting the team trophy on behalf of the team
Capt Rachel Gibbs warming up
A look ahead (2018-2020)
For specific details, the forecast of events for 2018 is available in the secure members’ area of the AMA website. In broad outline, however, the AFBL 17/18 will run as usual from September 2017 to February 2018. It will culminate at Indy over the final weekend in February 2018. This AFBL round will double as the Army bouldering competition. It is a great opportunity to test yourself against some cunning and challenging bouldering problems, not to mention the rest of the UKAF climbers! The team will conduct a training camp in Fontainebleau in spring 2018, with the best going on to represent the UKAF in CWIF and the European Boulderma-
The Men’s champion, WO1 Will Woodhead, collecting the team trophy on behalf of the team
Capt Ian Conlan puzzling his way to the top of the first Men’s qualifier
LCpl Tim Read on a previous Army training camp to Fontainebleau
nia in late April. The lead season will mirror 2017, with the Army hoping to improve (!) on the 2017 performance in the Inter-services in July 2018.
The next Army Festival of Climbing will be held in May 2019. Excitingly, 2020 will see Sport Climbing included within the Tokyo Olympics, with each athlete competing in three disciplines: Speed, Lead and Bouldering (‘faster, higher, stronger’). Co-incidentally, the UK is due to host a European Military Climbing championships in 2020 – watch this space for the format!
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