The two Scottish competitors have performed well in their first attempt at the world Championships:

• Natalie Berry finished 5th in the Junior B class final, equalling the
  best performance by any British competitor.
• Robert McKenzie finished 39th in the Boys Junior B class

Natalie Berry's results through the competition:

• 8th in Qualifier 1 (she missed a small foot hold high up)
• 3rd in Qualifier 2
• 2nd in the Semi Final
• 5th in the Final

The Youth World Championships were held on the weekend 25-28/08/2005. Full results are available at www.uiaaclimbing.com

International Youth competitions are held by age and sex categories: Youth B - this year this age category was for athletes born in 1990 and 1991 Youth A - this year this age category was for athletes born in 1988 and 1989 Junior - this year this age category was for athletes born in 1986 and 1987 (Each year the categories all move up one year).

The British Team at the Great Wall
Back row left to right are:
Cal Reedie, Robert Mackenzie, Joe Wilson, Andy Long (chaperone), Tony Musselbrook
Middle Row left to right are:
Ben West, Tyler Landman, Jeff Landman, Tom Bolger, Liam Desroy, Tom Newman
Front Row left to right are:
Tony Powell (chaperone), Jill Whittaker (chaperone), Katy Whittaker,
Jemma Powell, Beth Monks, Natalie Berry

Leading British performers:

Difficulty competition
male juniors	Ben West	15th
male youth A	Jeffery Landman	16th
male youth B	Tyler Landman	5th
female juniors	Jemma Powell	24th
female youth A	Kathy Whittaker	21st
female youth B	Natalie Berry	5th
Speed competition
male juniors	Liam Desroy	26th