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We would like to express our congratulations to Robert and Peter who have both made it to the Junior British Climbing Team this year. Robert has been on the team since 2004 and Peter was a member last year so this re-affirms their status. Both boys will represent Great Britain in 2007, competing at international level with regular training sessions and the support of great coaches.

Robert and Peter both travelled to the team trials on December the 2nd in Leeds. These took the same format as the BICCS with 2 flash qualifiers and an on-sight final. Robert was competing in the Junior Male category and put in a fantastic performance to win this category and secure his place on the team. Peter competed in the older category of Senior Male and a great performance here saw him secure 9th place. This along with his potential and history saw him land a spot on the team.

These results topped off a great year for both boys. As well as competing in the World Youth Championships in Imst, Austria, Robert competed in the European Youth Championships in Kranj in November and got his best ever placing of 8th. He has since competed in dry tooling competition where he came 2nd and the Aviemore Bouldering league where he came 1st in the first round.

Peter also competed in the World Youth Championships and since then has been training hard and focussing on moving forward in the sport with each event he tackles.

Upcoming team events are as follows:

3rd March - Team training in Sheffield (other training days TBC)

18th May - European Youth Championships (EYC) in Imst (Austria)

6th July - EYC in Leipzig (Germany)

21st July - EYC in Gdansk (Poland)

27th October - EYC in Linz (Austria) TBC

24th November - EYC in Kranj (Slovenia) TBC

Keep up-to-date with Robert and Peter's progress here. Good luck boys!