Andy Earl – Winner

by Mick Ryan Andy Earl The UK´s wall and climbing competition expert, Graeme Alderson just called from the IFSC Climbing Worldcup being held at the tiny island of La Reunion this weekend with some exciting news. (La Reunion is situated in the Indian Ocean north of Madagascar.) Northumberland´s Andy Earl has just won this round, with Gaz Parry achieving a very commendable seventh place. This is the first time a Brit has won a world cup bouldering event since Mark Croxall won the bouldering world cup at Birmingham in 2005 ( Mark came 17th in the La Reunion competition). Earl beat some very strong competition. 2nd: Jérôme Meyer (FRA)3rd: Daniel Dulac (FRA)4th: Kilian Fischhuber (AUT)5th: Lucas Preti(IT) 6th: Christian Core (IT) Andy has been in the news quite recently with his ascent ofthe highball, The Magician, Font 8a, at Ravensheugh Crag in Northumberland, read about it, here. 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