Category: Sports
Actions for SU
Lobby the University for the installation of a Bouldering Wall. Students’ Union to support and encourage the Outdoor Society to run fundraising initiatives.
Progress
Initial discussions with the Outdoor Soc in Carmarthen have taken place - extra sessions for the climbing wall have been negotiated with Sports Centre and members have begun resetting routes. Outdoor society invited to a development meeting with RS and Josh Tobin.
Date Passed
25/01/18
Sabb
Rob Simkins
Staff
Joe Edwards
With the university having a climbing wall situated in the sports hall, is extremely useful for the Outdoor Adventure Education course, I believe there could be more use from it for the students of the OAE course, sports or other courses to use this wall for their own benefit. It is a very basic wall and with improvement it could see more attraction from students and possibly the local public.
The closest indoor wall being either Tenby - Overhang or Swansea - Dynamic Rock, this could become a slight 'climbing fix' for those who do not have transport aswell as reducing transport emissions by reducing those travelling far for a small climb. With Dynamic and Overhang being a fully facilitated climbing walls, of course there is more variety and there is not expectation to create a fully facilitated wall at UWTSD, only to improve it.
Improvement ideas;
Another alternative to the wall improvement is a bouldering room. A bouldering room, couldn't be located in the sports hall, but possibly in Cynefin, which is located off campus.
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