Climbing Team
Name: Jo Gordon (i)
Age: 33
Where do you live?
Nottingham, born in Northern Ireland many moons ago!
Current occupation?
Youth Employment trainer
What is your best competition result?
1st twice in British Bouldering Championships
Where do you train mostly?
Nottingham Wall
Any goals in climbing?
I achieved what i set out to do which was win BBC, now I do it all for fun and fitness!
What is your favourite style of climbing?
Bouldering
Where is your favourite climbing area?
Anywhere in the Peak
What is your best climbing achievement?
1st BBCs…….twice
Favourite cartoon character?
Danger mouse
Name: Paul Phillips (bleau.info)
Age: 29
Where do you live?
Nottingham
Current occupation?
Design Engineer
What is your best competition result?
1st Nottingham 06/07 & 09/10
Where do you train mostly?
Nottingham climbing centre
Any goals in climbing?
Font 8a before I’m too old
What is your favourite style of climbing?
Bouldering on roofs
Where is your favourite climbing area?
Eastern grit and Fonatinebleau
What is your best climbing achievement?
Favourite bloc is Rubis Sur l’onge (Font). Most memorable lead; Never never land (Ramshaw)
Favourite cartoon character?
Bender (Futurama)
Name: Neil “old cheese” Amos (bleau.info)
Age: 40
Where do you live?
Nottingham
Current occupation?
Teacher
What is your best competition result?
winner
Where do you train mostly?
Nottingham Wall
Any goals in climbing?
Font 8a (proper one)
What is your favourite style of climbing?
Lurchy
Where is your favourite climbing area?
Fontainebleau
What is your best climbing achievement?
Staying alive to see 40
Favourite cartoon character?
Yosemite sam
Name: Frazer Hood
Age: 40!!
Where do you live?
Nottingham
Current occupation?
Firefighter
What is your best competition result?
World Firefighter Games 2004 – Indoor Climbing – Gold medal. I haven’t entered a competition since!
Where do you train mostly?
On an old wooden board… in cellar… at Nottingham Climbing centre. Sounds rubbish but its a brilliant board.
Any goals in climbing?
To climb font 8a… before I’m too old!
What is your favourite style of climbing?
Steep, slopey, technical, powerful bouldering. Think that covers most things.
Where is your favourite climbing area?
Being a boulderer it has to be fontainebleau.
What is your best climbing achievement?
Ticking some hardish classics: Brad Pit, The Terrace, Westside Story, La Berezina,Carnage and Rubis Sur l’Ongle all stand out.
Favourite cartoon character?
Spongebob Squarepants. He’s a sponge.. and he’s got square pants
Name: Luke Tilley
Age: 16
Where do you live?
Nottingham
Current occupation?
Sixth form, Minster school
What is your best competition result?
8th in youth world championships in Sydney
Where do you train mostly?
Nottingham, sheffield walls and a circuit board at home.
Any goals in climbing?
In the future I hope to keep on training to push my ability weather that be for competitions or outdoor routes I do not know.
What is your favourite style of climbing?
At the moment my favourite aspect of climbing is bolted routes although I also really like trad and recently climbed strapadictomy on froggatt.
Where is your favourite climbing area?
My favourite climbing venue is ether Kilnsey or Malham
What is your best climbing achievement?
Climbing Rain Dogs 8a at Malham last year.
Favourite cartoon character?
Although I do not have a TV my favourite cartoon character has to be Tom off Tom and Jerry
Dan Bradley on Fata Morgana, font8a - Coquibus Longs Vaux, Fontainebleau
Name: Dan Bradley
Age: 26
Where do you live?
Nottingham
Current occupation?
Climbing instructor/coach
What is your best competition result?
3rd BBc’s 08, 14th world bouldering championships 05
Where do you train mostly?
Train?
Any goals in climbing?
To be as strong as Neil “old cheese” Amos
What is your favourite style of climbing?
Favourite is definately trad but always been a little better at bouldering
Where is your favourite climbing area?
Fontainebleau or Choronica for the magical grades (makes you feel super strong)
What is your best climbing achievement?
When I get up it, Punklet on Stanage popular, a HVS that keeps spitting me off!
Favourite cartoon character?
Got to be Jerry off Tom and Jerry
Name: Ben Meakin
Age: 16
Where do you live?
Nottingham
Current occupation?
Student
What is your best competition result?
Third in the BRYCS final
Where do you train mostly?
Nottingham Wall
Any goals in climbing?
To climb an 8a!!!!!!!!!!!!
What is your favourite style of climbing?
Bouldering
Where is your favourite climbing area?
Font and peak
What is your best climbing achievement?
English 6c indoors and Outdoors 7b weed killer traverse
Favourite cartoon character?
Bart.
Name: Paul Latham
Age: 18
Where do you live?
Nottingham
Current occupation?
College then hopefully a student at Sheffield University
What is your best competition result?
2nd in the BRYCS
Where do you train mostly?
Nottingham
Any goals in climbing?
8a, hopefully in both font and french
What is your favourite style of climbing?
I like dynamic moves the best as their always great fun, reachy moves for obvious reasons…
Where is your favourite climbing area?
My favourite climbing area by far is Fontainebleau and in particular Bas Cuvier, for sport climbing Kalymnos in Greece is also amazing.
What is your best climbing achievement?
A few font 7b+, (Quite a way of 8a I know) and a 7c+ sport climb
Favourite cartoon character?
Anyone from family guy
Charlotte Garden dynoing at the Plastic Fantastic Competition
Name: Charlotte Garden
Age: 15
Where do you live?
Stockport, Manchester
Current occupation?
Last school year at Stockport Grammar
What is your best competition result?
1st Junior Female Plywood Masters
Where do you train mostly?
Stockport Awesome Wall
Any goals in climbing?
To be the best that I could possibly be
What is your favourite style of climbing?
Sport climbing or bouldering
Where is your favourite climbing area?
Fontainbleau or Kalymnos
What is your best climbing achievement?
DNA 7a+ in the Grande Grotta cave in Kalymnos
Favourite cartoon character?
Peter Pan
Shauna Coxsey on Jerry's Roof, Llanberis Pass
Name:Shauna Coxsey
Age:16
Where do you live?
Runcorn
Current occupation?
College
What is your best competition result?
1st Sky Masters 2009, 1st British Bouldering Championships 07, 09 & 09
Where do you train mostly?
North West Face – Warrington, Awesome Walls – Liverpool
Any goals in climbing?
I am not sure whether I have many goals within competitions, but I want to push my grade as far as possible outdoors both bouldering and leading.
What is your favourite style of climbing?
Bouldering at the moment, but I change my mind all the time.
Where is your favourite climbing area?
Anywhere with decent climbing and decent weather.
What is your best climbing achievement?
My competition results
Favourite cartoon character?
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