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Round 3 Results

 Report by Kevin Howett

Round 3 of the SNBL was held at Transition Extreme last weekend with 21 of those competing at the wall taking part in the League.

There were no changes in the Junior Category leaders with Kirsten Taylor remaining 1^st in the Junior Female notching up 200 SNBL points by competing at TX as did Jack Mckechnie, to remain in 1^st in the Junior Male and pulling away from his rival David Miedzybrodzki who remains at 80 SNBL points. Come on juniors! There are still three rounds to go and every opportunity to get onto the podium in both categories and win some superb Allcord prizes.

In the Adult Female category, Alison McDougal came 3^rd at Transition but retains her overall 1^st place whilst Adja Remskar moves into 2^nd place overall. Having taken a 1^st place at Transition Adja is now only one point behind Alison. Rachel Carr, who has only one round under her belt, moves into 5^th place but she can no doubt pull that back at the next three rounds! In her first round of SNBL Lien Nguyen picked up 80 points for coming 2^nd at Transition and moves into 6^th place overall. There are the beginnings of a battle for 3^rd and 4^th place between Laura Begbie and Joy Carters. Laura came 4^th in the round and drops a place to 3^rd while Joy sits at 4^th with only a few points difference at the Transition competition. Also new to SNBL at this round was Annaelle Harris who picked up 40 SNBL points and sits at 10^th overall.

The Adult Male category was won by Richard Abel picking up 100 SNBL points and taking him to 2^nd place overall, only 20 points behind Jay Carr who came 4^th at Transition but moves up to 1^st place overall, although Richard has a round in hand so anything can happen in the next round. There were some new faces competing in the SNBL at Transition: Luke Fairweather came 2^nd at the comp and he enters the league at joint 8^th place overall, Steven Aitken gained a 3^rd place at Transition and he enters the league at joint 10^th, while Angus Harrison-Smith and Keith Lauder come in at 16^th and 18^th respectively. Matt Berry, competing at his local wall, gained a 5^th place in the comp which takes him from 7^th to 5^th place in the league. Nicholas Rodger was 5^th overall after the last 2 rounds and a 6^th place at Transition secures him 3^rd place in the SNBL knocking Byron Jackson from 3^rd to 4^th place overall.

In the Vets Female category Koon Morris continued her rein at the top where she is now 220 SNBL points ahead of her rivals. Gareth Yardley and John Sharples were the only two competing in the Vets Male category at Transition. Gareth was climbing well, retaining his 1^st place position and increasing his ranking overall against John Sharples who stays at 2^nd. These two competitors are now ahead by a margin and the real battle is now for 3^rd place with only two SNBL points between the next three contenders.

The next round will be held at The Climbing Academy Glasgow on the 21^st January, so don’t eat too much Christmas pudding!

Check full results so far here to keep up with the rankings.

With some great prizes from Allcord. why not take up the SNBL challenge – there’s still three rounds left to do – all in the central belt!