Youth Climbing Team
Competitive Climbing is a rapidly growing sport, and Junction offers a supportive and fun environment to train and compete. Our Team has produced provincially and nationally-ranked athletes year after year. If your youth climber is passionate about climbing and interested in training & competition, this may be the program for them.
Our Team is designed to support athletes in their development of climbing skills and personal growth within a healthy competitive environment with the aim of achieving personal bests.
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Climbers compete based on their birth year in either the male or female associated category. However the Junction Team is proud to accept athletes of all gender identities. For the 2023-2024 season the following age groups are:
Jr: 2005-2006
A: 2007-2008
B: 2009-2010
C: 2011-2012
D: 2013-2014
E: 2015-2016
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E and D athletes train two weeknights per week. C, B, A, and Jr athletes training two evenings per week along with an additional morning session on a weekend. Athletes are expected to regularly attend their training sessions and provide advanced notice to missed sessions. The training season starts in September and runs to the end of May.
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Competitions are organized by the Ontario Climbing Federation https://www.climbontario.ca/
The 2023-2024 schedule has not been released yet, however generally the competitive season starts in October. Each age category has two “local” competitions for each discipline (bouldering and routes) which may be hosted at any gym across Ontario. Depending on the athlete’s ranking they may then qualify for Provincial Championships.
The athlete’s provincial ranking may qualify the for attendance at Regionals and/or Nationals which are organized by Climbing Escalade Canada https://climbingcanada.ca/
Junction does not currently train athletes for Speed Climbing.
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Tryouts are held in June for the upcoming competition season; the current 2023-2024 Team as already been selected. In the meantime, if interested working toward joining our Competitive Team, we recommend participating in one of our Youth Development Programs
For more information on our competitive program or to find out when the next round of tryouts are, please email the coaches at coaches@junctionclimbing.com.