Shasta Rock Club

Beta Climbing League (Spring 2022)

SCORING

I. Scoring will be tracked based on a scale provided. The scale is based on a Baseline difficulty selected by the climber at the beginning of the season (see Baseline). This allows for novice climbers to compete with veteran climbers and promotes the necessity of improvement during the season.

II. To score points for a climb, a climber must complete a problem from start to finish with no falls (see Competition Nights VI.).

III. There must be a witness other than a team member who can sign the scorecard that a climb was completed. (Witnesses can include other teams or Shasta Rock Club staff).

IV. The top five scoring problems for each climber will be added together at the end of the competition night and then divided by the number of team members climbing to determine the team’s overall score for the night.

I. The Scorecard is a sliding scale that is meant to award more points for improvement over the bouldering season. Points awarded to the climber who completes any Baseline project progressively increase as difficulty increases.

II. It may be beneficial to a team to have both inexperienced and experienced team members so there are more problems and point options for a team over the season. Also, experienced climbers can help new climbers achieve gains quicker, which would result in more total points for the team.

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Tie-Breaker

I. In the event of a tie, three new boulder problems will be created/taped during the Last week of the season. They will be labeled—easy, medium, and hard. The climbers will not know the exact difficulty of the wall.

II. The teams that tied will be alerted before the competition night so that they know they will be climbing that night.

III. Each team member will choose one climber from their team to represent them in the tie-breaker.

IV. Shasta Rock Club staff will direct each climber to the problem that most closely corresponds with their climbing level.

***The Shasta Rock Club Employee has the final say in which route each climber must climb based on the climber’s previous scores throughout the season.

V. Shasta Rock Club setters will award points to certain holds so even if a climber does not finish the problem, they can still receive points.

VI. The team representative will have three attempts starting from the bottom to reach the highest hold that they can to earn points.

VII. Only the best attempt will be counted towards the tie-breaking points.

VIII. If there is still a tie at the end of the first round pick of climbers, a second climber from each team will be chosen to represent the team.

Season End

I. Each team member’s lowest scoring week will be dropped at the end of the season. This is to allow for a team member to miss a week for emergencies without adversely affecting the rest of their team.

II. Point totals will be counted and the winner will be announced at the end of season party.

III. In the event of a tie, teams will be notified that there will be a tie-breaking event at the beginning of the party to crown a winner (see Tie-Breaker).

IV. The end of the season party will include free pizza and drinks for league members but families are encouraged to attend to congratulate competitors on their achievements.