SUMC - Swansea University Mountaineering Club

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If you're new to climbing then take a look in our resources section for tips and advice or motivate yourself by browsing our climbing gallery. You can also talk to other members of the club in crag chat (our forum).

Tell us your views or tips on the crags we've covered or write a climbing feature about your experiences. Don't forget to visit the forum for daily event updates and local knowledge. We're always looking for regular contributors from all fields so whether you climb E11, want to learn or just enjoy the lifestyle - let us know.

At the AGM last night we elected the new committee - the people appointed were:

President: Jacky Tyrie
Secretary:Tom Webber
Treasurer: Dave Sperring
Trip and Competitions Secretary: James Andrews
Social Secretary: Eira Brockley
Freshers' Representative: Josh Price
Gear Representative: Tom Dudley
Management Representative: Jon Freeman
Website Secretary: Simon Robinson

You may have noticed that some of the positions on the committee have changed - this is part of the new constitution that was discussed at the AGM. The new version will be put on the website soon, along with the minutes of the AGM. Our name and website address have also been updated to reflect the University's name change. Our web address is now sumc.org.uk, though uwsmc.org.uk will continue to work.

The new committee will officially take over full responsibility for the running of the club when we return after the summer holiday.

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The BUSA 2008 results have just been released - our first team (Jacky, Jon and Simon) came 4th overall, and our individual competitors all climbed really well.

Our top placed male and female individuals were Jon (205, 12th place) and Jacky (181 points, joint 3rd place!). BUSA has the full results, though like last year they're rather hard to read so I've made an easier to understand spreadsheet of the results that you can download (unofficial of course).

Thanks to everyone that came along, especially the route judges - Tom and Dom.

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Well done everyone on the results in the Welsh Universities bouldering competition last Saturday. Swansea's first team came second in the team competition, and the second and third teams came 9th and 14th. Our top ranked individuals were Jacky, who came second in the female competition, and Jon who came third in the male competition.

Thanks to everyone who turned up on the day - both those taking part and the route judges who did a great job and helped the day run smoothly.

If you've got any photos from the day then don't hesitate to put them in the WUBC 2008 gallery. You can also download the full results spreadsheet from the gallery page if you'd like to see where everyone was ranked.

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