Our other regular climber Izzy Cooke had also won her right to attend the final by finishing 3rd overall in her qualifying rounds.
The final sees a different setup with competitors now working in there areas team, with both Ellie and Izzy helping out the South East Team. The Girls spent all afternoon battling it out against the best youth climbers in Britain with Izzy flashing all three of her boulder problems to score full marks. On her rope attempts she managed to flash the first of the problem and getting a score of 94 on the second problem. The third problem was the hardest yet with Izzy managing a very respectable half height before peeling off.
Ellie had a similar good run on the boulder problems and being older had to lead all of her routes wheres as Izzy had the benefit of a top rope. Ellie managed a Flash on her first route and gaining very respectable points on her last two problems. The South East on the whole performed well with many team members placing high in the final results.
At the end of the day ellie had scored the highest team place for her group with a respectable 21st place. Izzy, who had already attended previous BMC finals for the last few years used her experience to good effect finishing in 9th place.
You can view the full results and the BMC take on the event here: http://www.thebmc.co.uk/Feature.aspx?id=3743
With the South East scoring high it looked promising for the team to place high and at just after 6 the scores were announced with London and South East winning just beating the Peak team.
Well done to the whole team with special congratulations to Izzy and Ellie.
