You don’t need to be a pro to enter your first climbing competition! You can gain loads of experience by having a go and seeing how others perform.
Many climbing walls have their own competitive leagues and ClimbScotland organises a range of youth and adult climbing competitions each year, from entry level fun comps to the Youth Climbing Series and Scottish National Championships.
Find out about each one and book your place below.
2025 Age Category Changes
Mountaineering Scotland, The BMC and Mountaineering Ireland are adopting the IFSC’s new age categories framework for the Youth categories starting in 2025, please refer to the table below for further information. Full details can be found in the following document (courtesy of the BMC):
These changes will come into effect from January 2025 and will be adopted for all of our competitions going forward. Any specific impacts this may have on particular competitions will be detailed as and when we organise these events.
| New Age Category | Birth Years | Age on 31st Dec 2025 |
| U11 | 2016/2015 | 9 or 10 |
| U13 | 2014/2013 | 11 or 12 |
| U15 | 2012/2011 | 13 or 14 |
| U17 | 2010/2009 | 15 or 16 |
| U19 | 2008/2007 | 17 or 18 |
| U21* | 2006/2005 | 19 or 20 |
* Scottish Championships only; U21’s are not eligible to compete in Fun comps or YCS
(Full Event T&Cs available HERE)
Volunteering
We could not run our competitions without an enthusiastic and generous team of volunteers at each event (primarily made up of the parents of competitors). Both judges and belayers are essential in allowing our events to run and our young athletes to compete.
We offer FREE competition belaying workshops, covering bottom rope belaying as well as lead belaying, with a focus on perfect practice for competitions. To read more and book, click here for the workshop 20th Aug.
If you are able to help us by volunteering, please indicate your availability on the competition booking form, or email .
