Thanks so much to everyone who turned up to watch, "compete" or help out. The BIFF was a massive success again this year. You can watch the replay of the livestream here for a glimpse of the chaos that occurred...

We really stepped it up with the difficulty and the challenges this year. The strength of people these days is incredible. It's been interesting to see how this has developed over the last 4 years of running the comp. The average level seems to have shot up. It's great to see. 

Below are the results of the first part of the comp. You'll have to watch the final to find out more...

Well done everyone who took part. I hope your poor elbows have recovered!

Female Scores

1 Sister Whittaker (perhaps a slightly suspect entrant to the female category!)
3 Hannah Slaney
4 Jen Wood
5 Gracie Martin
6 Belinda Fuller
7 Rachel Carr
8 Jo Neeme
9 Eugenie Lee
10 Yasmin Roberts
11 Sarah Pashley
12 Ellie Cox
13 Dawn Hou
14 Susann Hansch
16 Cat Downy
17 Sidonee Graham
15 Jo Allen
18 Joren Van Den Bergh
19 Miriam Dobson 

Male Scores

1 Aiden Roberts
2 Jonny Kydd
3 Alex Megos
4 Jim Pope
5 Jan Hojer
6 Sam Prior
7 Louis Parkinson
8 Max Ayrton
9 Dave Barrons
10 Billy Ridal
11 James Noble
12 Graham Giles
13 Nathan Whasey
14 Luke Murphy
15 Jack Ramsden
16 Michelle Caminati
17 Jez Etherton
18 Joe Swaleo
19 Ash Wolsey Heard
20 Hulk
21 Tom Green
22 Sammy Clarkes
23 David Taylor
24 Baeel Wrightley
25 Jamie Rankin
26 Sam Platt
26 Jack Ainscough
28 Alex Prescott
29 Tim Blake
29 Phillip Mitchell
31 Christian Turner
32 Francisco De Santiago
33 Mathew Phillips
34 Max Ayrton

BIFF is back!

The top 10 from each qualifier round, plus the top 10 from last year's final will get an invite to the final. These have been sent out now, so if we've missed you out then let us know and we will get it sorted! 

If you're planning to come to the Sheffield Final at the Climbing Works (Jan 27th from 7.30) you'll need either an official invite, or a spectator ticket. There is a limited number of spectator tickets available so get yours booked now: 

https://www.climbingworks.com/shop/media-books/events/biff-final-2018-spectator-tickets/

See you there! 

The results are below: 

Sheffield qualifier

Women:

1. Molly Thompson Smith
2. Belinda Fuller
3. Rachel Carr
4. Gracie Martin
5. Sarah Pashley
6. Sidonie Graham
7. Rachel Hoyland
8. Miriam Dobson
9. Kate Dean

Men:

1. Aidan Roberts
2. Tom Green
3. Ash Wolsey Heard
4. Isaac Knightley
5. Billy Ridal
6. Luke Murphy
7. Jack Ramsden
8. Jamie Rankin
9. Phillip Mitchell
10. Michele Caminati
11. Matt Bennett
12. Joe Czubkowski
13. James Hustwick
14. James Bryant
15. Ross Cooper
16. Olly Keeling
17. Dan Waters
18. Martin Heald
19. Matt Goodman
20. Jack Ainscough
21. Ben Collingwood
22. Harry Waller
23. David Burn
24. Hristo Gavrilov
25. Oliver Ainscough
26. Ben Sully
27. Jos Carrick
28. Scott Kier
29. Tim George
30. Sam Hardie
31. Jonny Speak
32. Cam Cooper
33. Darren Stevenson
34. Matthew Strickland
35. Richard Parker
36. Jonathan Pearmain?
37. Matt Owens
38. Jonathan Shrago
39. Joe Mitchell
40. T Collier

London qualifier

Women:

1. Carmel Moran
2. Jo Neame
3. Yasmin Roberts
4. Bronagh Cairns
5. Heidi Khlaaf
6. Ellie Cox
7. Susan Hansch
8. Stefanie Maurer
9. Cat Downy
10. Dawn Hou
11. Jorien Van Der Bergh
12. Sophie Fielding
13. Sara Al-Assam

Men

1. Jim Pope
2. Louis Parkinson
3. Nathan Whaley
4. Gil Leviton
5. Cameron McLonghlin
6. Graham Giles
7. Alex Dexter
8. David Taylor
9. Jack Popplewell
10. Alex Prescott
11. Jamie Lewin
12. Joshua Purdie
13. Carmel Razromed
14. Stan Harris
15. Andrius Zukas
16. Alex O’Neill
17. Josh Loftus
18. Sam Claggett
19. Ziyad Soobhan
20. John Golder
21. Oscar Bonyard
22. Jamie Sookprasong
23. Jack Appley
24. Aaron Clifford
25. Francisco De Santiago Requejo
26. Sebastian Mohnke
27. Arnold Cheung
28. Matt Ireland
29. Sam Jackson
30. Kris Taps
31. Ben Search
32. Jack Martyn Hillier
33. James May
34. Niccolo Fioritti
35. Hadi Ali
36. David Sauaqe
37. Jack Turner
38. Will McMahon
39. Francesco Ragazzi
40. Sam Swift
41. Luke Symonds
42. Brian Taylor
43. Josh Huxford
44. Julian Halford
45. Wing
46. Justin Shute
47. David Palmer
48. Matt Brown

A massive thanks to everyone who came along to Tour De BIFF Manchester! Especially to the crew over at the Depot and the team who worked on the event. It was a great night with lots of laughter and many try hard faces! The super final sure was entertaining too! We can’t wait for the BIFF Grand Final now! Hopefully we will be seeing you at The Climbing Works on Saturday 28th January for more BIFF madness, we’ve got some exciting stuff lined up. For those who aren’t competing, spectator tickets are now available here:

www.climbingworks.com/shop/media-books/events/biff-spectator-tickets/

The top 10 from this round will receive an invitation to The BIFF final.

Tour De BIFF Manchester - Results

1st Aiden Roberts

2nd Matt Bennett

3rd Jez Auditore

1st Hannah Slaney

2nd Jennifer Wood

3rd Gracie Martin

Full results below. The top 10 from this round (with a *, not including those already invited) will be sent a personal invite to the BIFF final in Sheffield at The Climbing Works on Saturday 28th January. Only those who receive an invitation will be able to compete at the BIFF Final!

Apologies for any misspelled names - you should work on your handwriting :P (get in touch and we are happy to ammend spellings)

WOMEN