Archive for July, 2008

Get a grip!

Thursday, July 31st, 2008

High Sports staff past and present headed out to Grinshill last night and hosted three very successful tutoring sessions for people in the local area wishing to get into climbing. The wind was howling and despite the rain earlier in the day it was still a nice warm evening and ...

Local Young Climber @ Nesscliffe

Tuesday, July 29th, 2008

Rich Cannell recently got in touch with some photos from climbing out at Nesscliffe on recent summer evenings. It's great to see more young people in the local area getting up tough routes, here's what he had to say about ascending Tombola: "After watching Stuart Bradbury cruise up this on the Nesscliffe ...

BMC Youth Climbing Finals

Friday, July 18th, 2008

A few weeks ago High Sport's own Angus Kille entered the BMC Youth Climbing Series and managed to come first in his category for all three rounds in the Midlands area. He qualified for the national finals which were held up in Edinburgh and managed to come 7th out of ...

Five Peaks Challenge 2008

Friday, July 11th, 2008

Alan Morris has got back to us recently with how his Five Peaks Challenge went - you can read Part 2 of his article here or click on the Articles To Inspire link at the top of the page. He'll be back to do it again in 10 years! Thanks for ...

Killer Loop Entry Deadline

Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008

The deadline for entry the High Sports Killer Loop is now only a month away so if you're looking to get a place on this event you need to book as soon as possible! The deadline is the 15th of July with the event itself taking place on the 27th The ...

Wrekin Orienteers Training

Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008

Just a quick update to say that Wrekin Orienteers Summer Training is still going strong with the next two local ones being Llanymynach (15th Jul) and Haughmond Hill (22nd Jul) which will also include a BBQ. For more information check out their website here where you can see grid references for the meeting ...

Longmynd Hike Entry

Tuesday, July 1st, 2008

The Longmynd Hike is a 50 mile competition hike open to anyone aged 18 or over, which takes place over the first weekend of October every year. The hike follows a set figure-of-eight route over the rugged countryside of South Shropshire and the Welsh Marches, with about 8,000 feet of ...