SERIES DETAILS
- Category: Youth B (14-15), Youth A (16-17), Junior (18-19), Senior (16+ years old)
- Division: Female / Male
- LTAD Stages targeted: Train to Train, Train to Compete, Learn to Win & Winning for a living
- Events (2): National Championships, and National Development Camp
- Discipline: Speed
- Length: 2 days (1-2 day competition and/or 1 day development camp)
OBJECTIVES
- Crowning National Champions
- Continuous National Ranking (CNR) points
- High Performance Program (HPP) entry pathway
- Youth World Championship (YWC) Selection Pathway
- Development opportunity for athletes who will not make HPP, World Cup / World (Youth) Championships teams
- Preparation event for athletes who will make HPP, WC and WYC teams
- Talent identification event for 16-19 years old athletes
- Officials’ development opportunity
- Development opportunity for athletes and coaches in speed climbing
- National celebration of our sport
SCHEDULE
These events will take place over 2 days:
- Day 1 – Speed Competition, all divisions
- Day 2 – Speed Competition, all divisions & National Speed Camp to support development of speed climbing in Canada
QUALIFICATION
Pathway #1 – Pre-Qualification Pathway
- HPP Athletes
- Current HPP Athletes at the 5 months mark will receive a direct invitation to the National Championships
- Quotas will be discipline-based (HPP athletes in lead will receive invitation for lead event, etc)
- Automatic Qualifying Times
- Athletes performing an automatic time (determined by the HP staff) will receive an invitation to the National Championships
- Automatic time will be determined at the start of the season, based on world-level averages
- Time must be performed in sanctioned competition using an electronic timing system within the previous 12 months
Note: Unused quota from Pre-qualification Pathways will be re-allocated (added) to Provincial Qualification Pathways
Pathway #2 – Provincial Qualification Pathways
- PTSO Guaranteed Nationals Quotas
- Each province and territories will start with a fixed number of quota spots for the National Championships. The fixed number of quotas will be determined at least 5 months ahead of the National event based on capacity
- Minimum required time may be added to the qualification process. This will be determined at least 5 months prior to the event based on facility capacity
- Each province and territory has autonomy to decide how they will fill these quotas. CEC highly recommends the hosting of a fair competition to qualify the athletes in an equitable manner
- Unused quota in this category will be re-allocated to the other provinces in the same region using a membership size priority system
FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THIS SERIES, PLEASE CONTACT INFO@CLIMBINGCANADA.CA
