The Touchstone Climbing Series, AKA TCS2014, has been bringing beer, pizza, climbing, prizes and ‘da party’ to each of our six of our nine gyms over the past year. The comp series rotates back and forth between rope climbing and bouldering, with on-sight finals at Mission Cliffs and Dogpatch Boulders.
There is one last Friday night comp left at Great Western Power Company in Oakland. Be sure to come on Friday, August 22nd ftom 5pm-10pm to compete. As always, this comp is FREE to our beloved members and only $10 for guests.
If you weren’t around for the finales last year, here is a breakdown of what to expect.
Bouldering
The bouldering comp and on-sight finals will be held a Dogpatch Boulders on Saturday, September 27th. It will be an open comp from 12pm-5pm, which is just like any other comp you’ve come to know and love. Anyone can compete in beginner, intermediate or advanced categories. There will be pizza, beer, food trucks for snacks, and more.
Once the clock strikes 5, it’s finals time! We will select the TOP 3 advanced climbers from the entire series, and the top 3 climbers from the day, to go head to head in On-sight finals.
There are three finals problems and the top 6 male and female finalists will have 5 minutes for each of them. “It’s pretty exciting,” said Routesetter Ben Polanco. “Bouldering finals at Dogpatch are super fun to watch.”
There is a cash purse of $1,000 for 1st place men and women. $600 for 2nd place, and $350 for third.
Prizes will also be awarded to the overall winner in all categories. So the more comps you went to, the better your chances of reaching the podium!
To check your overall rope standings, click here:
Ropes
The roped comp and on-sight finals will take place on October 25th at Mission Cliffs. The new expansion walls lend themselves perfectly to competition climbing and spectating.
The comp will function in the same format. Open climbing will take place throughout the day between 12pm and 5pm. We will select the TOP 3 advanced climbers from the entire series, and the top 2 climbers from the day, to go head to head in On-sight finals.
Each competitor will have 1 chance to climb 1 route, and the climber with the highest ‘highpoint’ wins. If there is a draw, there will be a tie breaker route.
There is a cash purse of $1,000 for 1st place men and women. $600 for 2nd place, and $350 for third.
Prizes will also be awarded to the overall winner in all categories. So the more comps you went to, the better your chances of reaching the podium!
Scoring
For bouldering and roped standings, we take your top two or three results, respectively, for the series, add them together, and rank you within your computed category. If you were ever bumped during the series during a bouldering/roped comp, you are “bumped” for the series.
For the series standings, we take each of your scores, divide it by the maximum possible points for that competition, and multiply it by 10000. That is your “normalized” score for the competition. We take your top 5 normalized scores, add them together, and that is your series score. Then you are ranked by gender and category.
