2023 NACS Canada – Event Central Page

Here is all you need to know in regards to the 2023 North American Cup Series (NACS) events in Canada!

General Info – Lead & Speed

When? September 8-9 (Lead) and September 10 (Speed), 2023
Where? Richmond Olympic Oval, 6111 River Rd, Richmond, BC, V7C 0A2
Who? Athletes 16 years or older at December 31, 2023
Registration? First come first serve, must be a member of their respective National Federation (CEC, USAC, others)

Results

Startlists

Live Results

CEC YouTube Channel

Provisional Schedule – Subject to Change

Thursday September 7th
- Technical Meeting – 7pm
- ZOOM LINK to connect to the Technical Meeting
  **Please contact Sebastian at sebastianepowell@gmail.com if you know you have to withdraw prior to the technical meeting
- TECHNICAL MEETING NOTES
Friday September 8th
- Lead Qualifiers (2 routes)
  - Check in and Warm up area opens – 3pm
  - Qualifiers – 4:30pm-8:30pm
Saturday September 9th
- Lead Semi finals and Finals
  - ISO semi finals – 1030am-1130am
  - Observation at 12pm
  - Semi Finals 12:15pm – 2:45pm
  - Change over 3pm-630pm
  - ISO finals – 5:30-630pm
  - Presentation and Observation for all Finalists – 7pm
  - Finals – 7:15pm (Men than Women)
  - Awards to follow
Sunday September 10th
- Speed
  - Warm up opens – 10am
  - Speed Practice – 1130am (men than women)
    Speed Qualifiers – To follow immediately after practice
    Speed Finals 3pm

Volunteer with us!

Hotel Partner – Lead & Speed

Radisson Blu Vancouver Airport
3500 Cessna Drive, Richmond BC V7B 1C7

BOOK ONLINE NOW: https://www.choicehotels.com/reservations/groups/G9649337
Or call to book at 604-278-1241 – be sure to mention you are with Climbing Canada for the 2023 NACS event!

Athletes’ Registration

To register for either or all of the 2023 NACS events in Canada, please follow these steps:

Create an account on the CEC Membership site (if you don’t already have one)
1. If you are from Outside of Canada, please write your current city, and select a random Canadian province
2. Under Gym, please select USA Climbing or Foreign National
If you are a Canadian Athlete, be sure to have your 2022-2023 Athlete License
For all other participants, please send proof of membership to info@climbingcanada.ca
Register to the Event(s) by paying the Event Fee (Early Bird, Regular, or Late Fee)
1. Your Registration will be marked as PENDING until your proof of membership has been confirmed. Only then will you be marked as ACCEPTED.
Once you are registered, apply for a CEC Vertical Life Athlete Account here (if you don’t already have one)

Event Fee – Lead

Early Bird Fee available until August 7, 2023 at 11:59pm ET – $225.00 CAD
Regular Fee available between August 8 and August 22 at 11:59pm ET – $250.00 CAD
Late Fee available between August 23 and August 31 at 11:59pm ET – $275.00 CAD
Registration Deadline is August 31 at 11:59pm ET

Event Fee – Speed

Early Bird Fee available until August 7, 2023 at 11:59pm ET – $125.00 CAD
Regular Fee available between August 8 and August 22 at 11:59pm ET – $150.00 CAD
Late Fee available between August 23 and August 31 at 11:59pm ET – $175.00 CAD
Registration Deadline is August 31 at 11:59pm ET

Format & Schedule

LEAD:

Two (2) qualifiers – Flash Format
One (1) Semi-Final – On-sight
One (1) Final – On-sight.

SPEED:

Two (2) warm up races
Two (2) qualification races
Top 16 Elimination Races

Event Officials

LEAD & SPEED:

Technical Delegate: Sebastian Powell & Christiane Marceau
Jury President: Babak Zia
Head Judge: Sebastian Powell
Head Setter: Oscar Lanzagorta
Assistant Setter: Mika Hosoi
Setters: Anna Cohen (from USAC), Pedro Corral

Richmond Oval Waiver

https://clients.mindbodyonline.com/asp/su1.asp?fl=true&tabID=2

Click on it
Search “Richmond Olympic Oval”

Create a profile under the athletes/participant’s names.

The waiver is integrated into the process.

Contact Thomas Lauer, tlauer@richmondoval.ca if you are having issues.

General Info – Boulder

When? July 8-9, 2023
Where? Beta Bloc, 2180 Hymus blvd, Dorval QC H9P 1J7
Who? Athletes 16 years or older at December 31, 2023
Registration? First come first serve, must be a member of their respective National Federation (CEC, USAC, others)

Boulder Information

START LISTS AND RESULTS

Live Results available at https://cec.results.info/

Qualification Preview Videos available on the CEC YouTube Channel

Recording of the Technical Meeting available here.

How to Get there?

PARKING : Parking will be allowed on both sides of the street. We got approval from the city of Dorval.
BUS : The bus lines that stop close to the gym (see image attached) are
- 225: stops right in front of the gym
- 72 : stops on the street behind the gym
- 209 : runs from the airport to the gym. The stop is on Des Sources blvd.
- 356 : runs by the airport and to the gym. The stop is on Des Sources blvd.
CAR/TRANSPORT : Beta Bloc is between the two main highways of the city (Highway 40 and Highway 20). You can take either highways to come to the gym.

Boulder Spectator Info

Entry to the qualifications and semi-finals is FREE.

Tickets for the Finals are available for sale here.

Tickets are $10 + txs each
Volunteers will receive 1 free ticket each
Athletes will receive 1 free ticket each- if you make the final round, you can give your ticket to a family member or friend
Everyone else must purchase a ticket online