Delfts Bleau

Only a couple of days to go, the Lotto NK Boulder 2015 is getting nearer and nearer. The preparations are going well and it promises to be spectaculair. If you don’t have a ticket yet: tickets can only be bought online via the webshop of the NKBV. Just follow the link on nkboulder.nl. IF there are still tickets available on the event day, these will be sold at the door. There are not that many tickets available, so don’t risk it.

As of the end of May we offer a variety of trainings. not just the regular introduction course we offer every Fridaynight as of 29 May, but a technical training as well. Saturday 30 May starts the powertrainingsprogramme, 8 sessions of 2 hours in total, as well as a slackline training for beginners, 4 weeks in a row. Anything to get you into shape before the summer. More information and rates are one click away.

Rens Schop has moved to Switzerland which brought an end to his weekly physiotherapist consult on Thursday. Luckily Medicort has taken care of a replacement and we’re happy to annouce that Mathieu Ceron is back. As of Monday 18 May he’ll have a consult on a bi-weekly basis. So Monday instead of Thursday, timeslot stays 19.30h until 20.30h.

We totally forgot to publish the results of the last db9 (17 April) while the next db9 is already scheduled: Friday 3 July.

Coming Thursday 2 April from 19:00 till 21:30 La Sportive will pay us a visit for the test & feel of 2 types no edge shoes: the already well know Futura, but also the brand new Genius. During this session you won’t just get information on the no edge concept, you can also fit and try them. A great chance to see and feel the new Genius shoe and to check out if the no edge system works for you!

The next edition of our local competition db9 is scheduled on Friday 17 April, more information and an entry form is to be found here.

With the third round of the National competition behind us (click here for the results), it’s time to look forward to the National Championship.  Venue for the Lotto NK Boulder 2015 is, just as it was last year, Bouldercentrum Delfts Bleau. So mark Saturday 23 May in your agenda and keep an eye on our site. As soon as tickets can be bought we’ll let it know. Of course we plan to make the event an even better event than last year’s! The stand will be even bigger this year, as last year each and every seat was taken. However, the number of seats are still limited. If you want to relive the NK Boulder 2015 and get in the mood for this year: the live stream is still available at the NK Boulder site: www.nkboulder.nl

Coming Saturday 7 February 2015 Delfts Bleau will host the second of the National Youth competition, Jeugd Boulder 2.

Please note! This weekend trains will not be running between Den Haag HS and Rotterdam!

Time schedule for 7 February:
10.00h doors open
10.30h competitors Jeugd D & E have to be in
11.00h start Jeugd D & E
12.30h end Jeugd D & E; competitors Jeugd B & C have to be in
13.00h start Jeugd B & C; start side-event Sumo Bouldering Jeugd D & E
15.30h end Jeugd B & C; Junioren & Jeugd A have to be in
16.00h start Junioren & Jeugd A; start side-event Sumo Bouldering Jeugd B & C
18.15h End Junioren & Jeugd A
19.00h doors closed

Only competitors will boulder that day, you’ll have to wait another day to try those competition boulders for yourself.

The Dutch National youth championships bouldering kicks of with Jeugd Boulder 1 on Saturday 17 January in Graviton, Sittard. Delfts Bleau will host the second competition, Jeugd Boulder 2, on Saturday 7 February 2015.

Time schedule for 7 February:
10.00h doors open
10.30h competitors Jeugd D & E have to be in
11.00h start Jeugd D & E
13.00h end Jeugd D & E; competitors Jeugd B & C have to be in
13.30h start Jeugd B & C; start side-event Sumo Bouldering Jeugd D & E
15.30h end Jeugd B & C; Junioren & Jeugd A have to be in
16.00h start Junioren & Jeugd A; start side-event Sumo Bouldering Jeugd B & C
18.00h End Junioren & Jeugd A
19.00h doors closed

Only competitors will boulder that day, you’ll have to wait another day to try those competition boulders for yourself.

The Dutch national championship bouldering for adults kicks off on Saturday 24 January in Boulderhal Sterk, Utrecht. Delfts Bleau will host the final of the competition: the Dutch National Championships Boulderen 2015 on Saturday 23 May. Pencil the date in your agenda, your clapping and cheering is highly valued!

We owe you the results of the birthday party edition of the db9. This edition of the db9 was another succesful one. Michiel, Remmelt and Bart had once again delivered a nice set of boulders with a lot of wooden volumes borrowed from the NKBV. DJ I.VO.D and guest DJ dub574 took care of the beats. The results can be found here

This Thursday, 30 October we have the next climbing with DJ’s. This time our own DJ I.VO.D is joined by guest DJ DJ Pofzak and we start at 19.00h. The usual consult hour of Medicort starts also at 19.00h, as it does every Thursday.

With the slackline back in da house, it is definitely time for a new series of slackline courses. Two courses will be given: beginners and advanced. Both courses have 4 lessons of 1,5 hours on Friday evening commencing this Friday, 31 October. As each course can host 6 people per course you better be quick to ensure your spot. The slackline courses are given in cooperation with Slacktivity. More information and a form to enter can be found here.

The next edition of db9 is scheduled for Friday 19 December, so pencil it down in your agenda! More information and entering? Click here

Isn’t it amazing how time flies? we’ll be celebrating our second anniversary during the weekend of 19-20-21 September.

The weekend kicks off with the 5th edition of our local competition db9. As Always there will be 14 brand new boulders, from 5 to 7b+, for which you have 9 attempts max. per boulder. DJ I.VO.D will take care of the beats and after the competition we  have extra beer offers. Joining the db9 is free, you just pay the regular entrance fee.

On Saturday we have some nice offers for you: Jonas Konijnenberg (Slacktivity) opens our new slackline area. Jonas will give a demo at 13h and 15h, followed by a free workshop which can be attended by 8 persons per workshop.  Make sure you inform the bar personnel you like to attend to avoid disappointment.

You can also join a workshop by Mathieu Ceron of Medicort. Mathieu is one of the trainers of the Dutch Climbing Team.  Do you want to start bouldering more often or do you want to start training to improve your climbing? Mathieu will get you started. There’s a max of 15 persons per workshops, so don’t enter too late (registration at the bar).

On Sunday we have a lot of offers in store for you:
* Buy yourself a 3 months subscription or a continuous subscription (Dutch bank account is required) and you’ll get a nice Delfts Bleau Tee for free (worth €15,=).
* Are you coming over for bouldering and buying a 10-times card after your session? We won’t cut your session so your bouldering has been for free.
* Upon showing your membershipcard or 10-times card you get a 50% discount on the clothes of the winter collection ’13/’14 and 40% on the summer collection. If you don’t have a membershipcard nor 10-times card you get 10% less discount (i.e. 40% and 30%).
* We serve a free, delicious mini muffin with your coffee and tea.
* Do you already have a subscription with us and are you bringing along a brand new customer? In that case we treat you both on a delicious coffee or tea, including a mini muffin.

Mind you! Do you just want to slackline and skip the bouldering? You can, by paying the regular entrance fee. The regular age rule is also applicable for the slackline area: children under the age of 12 are not allowed to slackline, nor in the slackline area, without the active guidance of an adult.

Are you ready for this party?

Sorry, this entry is only available in Nederlands.

The 3rd edition of the DB9 competition took place on Friday 16 May. Once again it was a nice evening with challenging boulders, thanks to the volumes borrowed from the Klimmuur. DJ I.VO.D, together with DJ JFM, took care of the music. With over 70 contestors we may call this event successfull. It was a first acquaintance with a competition for quite some boulderers, reason for them not to hand in the score card due to only topping 1 boulder. Next time, please do hand in your card as you might not have done so bad as you thought plus it’s the best way to find out who to watch next time in order to learn how to top that boulder as well. Don van Laere won the men comp, Tiba Vroom won the ladies comp. Both Don and Tiba are part of the RTC region Zuid-West and train with  our head route setter Michiel Nieuwenhuijzen. This is the full list of results:

Scores db9 16 mei 2014

After the Dutch Championships Bouldering we’ll set a date for September for the last DB9 in this series.

Delfts Bleau is closed on Thursday 29 May, Ascension Day, and Monday 9 June, Whit Monday. This is also the case on Friday 13 June due to the routesetting and preparations for the Dutch Championships Bouldering.

Speaking of…the Lotto Dutch Championships! Saturday 14 June is the date for the Dutch top boulderers to battle for the National title. All information – available in Dutch only – is to be found on the special website http://www.nkboulder.nl. Booking your ticket in advance means having a chance on winning nice prices in our lottery.

All boulders in the competition wall will be taken out on Tuesday 10 June to make room for the competition boulders. To prevent sneak previews of the competition boulders the wall will be covered up with curtains. As there are several odd jobs to be done we’re looking for handymens willing to give a helping hand on working days between 2 and 14 June. Do you have some spare time and would you like to help making this event a hugh success? If so, please send an email to info@delftsbleau.nl or ask for Sander at our bar.

See you soon!

The second edition of the db9 was as succesful as the first edition, this time with 59 returned score cards. And a nice crowd it was! Michiel, Remmelt, Bart and Tim had once again delivered a nice set of boulders with wooden volumes borrowed from Klimmuur and two volumes sponsored by Core Climbing. DJ Fan-t-c and DJ /dev/null took care of the beats.

As the previous winners both are recovering from injuries we knew this db9 would know two new winners. Joppe Hauenstein and Vera Zeilstra scooped the first spot.

The next edition is on Friday 16 May, so put the date in your agenda! The next match is Jeugd Boulder 2, on Saturday 22 maart. We’re only open for participants and audience, you cannot boulder that day.

Scores db9 21 februari 2014

February is a very busy month for competitions, with the skin barely healed from Dust, the second edition of our own local free competition db9 is aproaching rapidly. Friday 21 February is the next edition, more info about the format, the time schedule and a form to subscribe is here. If you really want to compete in everything there is, this coming weekend (14 & 15 Feb) there’s I Love Problems in de Klimmuur in Rotterdam and on the first of March in Klimmuur de Uithof there is 100% Boulderen.

Last weekend in Bouderhal Sterk the first round of the National Youth Competition took place, with two first, a forth and a fith place for RTC Zuid-West, who are training with us on Saturdays. The complete results can be found here. The next round of the National Youth Competition is on March 22nd in Bouldercentrum Delfts Bleau.

And last but not least: if you happened to forget to write the date for the National Championship Boulder in you agende: It’s on 14 June in Boudercentrum Delfts Bleau.