![]() ![]() Jim was particularly pleased to win BIFF 2019 because it was a return to good old hard problems as he explained to CLIMBER: “I think the most satisfying thing was winning on that style. Not for nothing is Jim called the pocket rocket Jim got the title of Biff 2019, his third win of BIFF in four years with a truly impressive run of strength and power – again!! Louis took the lead only to fall at the bottom of the first leg Jim seemingly went for the match on that hold but slipped off! A draw was declared so Louis and Jim had to go again! Louis powered off again but dropped the final move on the up leg: Jim didn’t. The setters quickly, if not kindly, removed one hold from the ladder and then it was Louis and Jim’s turn. ![]() Jim Pope, winning his third BIFF title in four years! However, Molly T-S stayed in contention and when Emily fell at the start of the second leg Molly pulled another move beyond to take the women’s title. The women went first and Emily Phillips soon pulled into a lead. The final and all-import deciding super final bloc, a head-to-head competition for the two remaining men and women, was a campus ladder contestants had to campus up and so on until one fell leaving the other the valiant winner. ![]() Molly Thompson-Smith wining her second BIFF title The tall, strong figure of Louis Parkinson topped out on his second attempt surely the diminutive figure of Jim Pope wasn’t going to be able to make those long moves? Well, yes he was Jim’s second attempt saw him top-out as well! Whilst 16 year old Emily Phillips stuck to the job and finally topped it within her appointed two minutes plus, Molly T-S strolled out and duly flashed it an ardent display of strength! M2 involved some significantly long and obviously hideously powerful pulls between massive pinches and slopers. W2 was a savage bloc featuring a sideways campus move out to a distance hold. Off the five male and female competitors starting the grand finale, Melissia Le Neve and Molly Thompson-Smith promptly flashed W1 whilst Jim Pope topped M1 they had thrown their calling cards into the ring in an emphatic manner. The Works was packed with 250 spectators all clambering for the best possible vantage point to see whether the experience and strength of the competitors would prove unassailable against the cunning of the setters? Not only that, would we see a return of the Infinity Wheel that had proved so divisive in BIFF 2018? ![]() Amongst the group Louis Parkinson, Jim Pope and Molly Thompson-Smith were past champs. The blocs, set by Ned Feehally, Shauna Coxsey and Gracie Martin, were devised to test the strength, power and endurance of the contestants – in this case for little more than the honour and absolute glory of being the BIFF Champion!īy the evening, the qualifiers - undeterred by the threat of humiliation, to say nothing of injury – and having pitted themselves against an impressive array of climbing and strength tests, had been culled down to just five men Will Bosi, Billy Ridal, Dave Barrans, Louis Parkinson and Jim Pope and five women Emily Phillips, Jen Wood, Jo Neame, Molly Thompson-Smith and Melissa Le Neve. Sam Whittaker purring his way though the blocs Some of the qualifying contestants rocked-up (pun intended) in costumes as well Sam Whittaker, one of the directors at The Climbing Works, spend the entire comp dressed in a one-piece cat suit no, not a slinky high street haute couture jobbie – although that would have been class – but a full-on, its-baking-hot-in-here, animal version! Following qualification rounds in the autumn at both The Castle and The Climbing Works, all eyes were on The Climbing Works last Saturday for the grand finale. The Beastmaker International Footless Festival, to give the comp its full name, is exactly what the name suggests a no-holds-barred, fight-to-the-death, footless climbing comp. Shauna Coxsey presenting Jim Pope and Molly Thompson-Smith the titles of Mr and Mrs BIFF 2019 Jim Pope and Molly Thompson-Smith scooped the top spots in the BIFF 2019 last weekend at The Climbing Works in Sheffield. Jim Pope and Molly Thompson-Smith scoop honours at BIFF 2019 ![]()
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