SCQ - Opportunity for Female Route Setters!

The Paris Olympic Route setters are on their way to Brisbane QLD to put on a two-day workshop to empower and enhance female route setting in Australia.

Sport Climbing Queensland is looking forward to welcoming IFSC route setters Olga Niemiec and Tomasz Oleksy to the ICP Boulderhall on the 29th and 30th of March 2025 to put on a workshop for 12 female route setters looking to take their competition setting to the next level.

There are 12 spots available (7 for Queenslanders and 5 spots open for interstate setters) for advanced female Australian route setters. Any setter that has competition experience should apply!

Successful applicants will be chosen and selected by the SCQ board members in liaison with the route setter liaison.

A chance to learn how to set WC Qualifier and WC Semi final grade climbs with two of the team members that route set the Paris Olympics.

Please see the link to apply:- https://forms.gle/8gePEYtGbSvS693W9

Applications close Feb 28th 2025.

Early information pack (note subject to alteration and changes)

https://docs.google.com/document/d/10-u67s_nWQPdPrrzMxg8ybPCyWqS7TAH1xBQODnSyoU/edit?usp=sharing

National Sport Participation Strategy

HAVE YOUR SAY!

The Department of Local Government, Sport and Cultural Industries (DLGSC) invites you to provide feedback and input into the development of the Australian Sports Commission’s National Sport Participation Strategy through an online survey.

https://www.ausport.gov.au/national-sport-participation-strategy-2032

The Strategy aims to transform the way sport participation is connected, delivered and supported in Australia and covers a range of areas including:

  • the challenges participants face

  • behavioural trends at grassroots levels

  • what the investment priorities should be in the coming years.

The survey will only take approximately 10-15 minutes to complete, and your responses will remain anonymous.

Survey closes 5pm, 16 June 2023.

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2022 SCWA Strategic Planning Workshop

The 2022 SCWA Strategic Planning workshop was held at Cleaver Street B-Side, Sunday 17th July.

We invited representatives from our climbing members, climbing gyms and our board members and people from the local climbing community to discuss our vision and mission for the next 5 years.

Facilitated by David Paré, we were joined by SCA National Representative, Mercedes Yanev, who updated us on the national direction of sport climbing.

We sincerely thank all who participated for their generous donation of time and ideas. Your input drive our climbing community forward with wider recognition of and participation in the sport we all love.

Stay tuned for our Strategic Plan release in the coming weeks!

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Gyms and Trends 2021 Published

Hot from the press at CBJ, they have completed their Gyms and Trends 2021.

Their findings show continuing growth in the climbing gym marketspace.

Highlights include:

  • 89% of gyms are in metropolitan areas

  • Gyms have grown consistently over the last 30 years

  • In the last 20 years, gyms have seen an average 5% growth

Details in the links.

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