Alannah Yip wins the IFSC Pan American Combined Championships, and becomes Canada’s newest Olympian. Alannah Yip, of North Vancouver BC, won the 2020 International Federation of Sport Climbing (IFSC) Pan American Championships, taking place at Sender One LAX in Los Angeles. With a first place in Boulder, a third place in Lead, and a fifth […]
Archives for February 2020
CEC partners with B.I.G. Initiative
CEC partners with B.I.G. Initiative Feb 29, 2020. Montreal, QC – Climbing Escalade Canada is please to announce it’s new partnership agreement with B.I.G. Initiative, a non-profit organization dedicated gender equity, education and support of woman in climbing. The B.I.G Initiative wants to take concrete action to help Canadian women achieve their goals in climbing. […]
Nominations are open for the Pan American Athletes Commission
The CEC and its Athlete Commission wishes to support more Canadian representation within committees at the international level. The Pan American Council Athletes Commission is currently accepting nominations. Interested candidates must fill out this Nomination Form by February 24th, 2020 at midnight PST. To be eligible for election or appointment to the Pan American AC […]
2020 YNTP Online Information Session
Due to the many unknows relating to the current situation, the YNTP Information Call scheduled on Saturday March 28th is now CANCELLED. CEC is working with the IFSC and the PSO to determine a Return to Competition plan at a later time. Are you curious about the 2020 Youth National Team Program (YNTP) and wish […]
Announcing Changes to 2020 Youth National Team Program
The CEC High Performance Committee is introducing a change to the published 2020 Youth National Team Program (YNTP). In order to allow for more athletes to access the YNTP, the coaches will invite a higher number of athletes to the selection camps. Instead of 5 athletes per category, the following will be invited: This change […]
Allison Vest joins the Athletes Commission
The Climbing Escalade Canada (CEC) Athletes Commission (AC) is very happy to welcome Allison Vest to the team. Allison was voted onto the AC by her fellow athletes at the Open Bouldering Nationals (OBN) in Kanata, Ontario in January of 2020. Allison has been climbing and competing for 19 years, and has been a member […]