Setters Contest 2025

Setters Contest Thursday June 26th

A day dedicated to celebrating the craft of routesetting in the Netherlands!

Our goals:

• Promote professional routesetting culture nationwide
• Offer routesetters a platform to showcase their skills
• Give hold manufacturers a chance to spotlight their designs
• Create awesome boulders for the Ice Cubes event

Participants
We aim for a diverse set of participants. All participants will compete for a prize pool of  €1000,- and goodies from our sponsors.

What we expect from them

• They set the best boulder possible with one of the 12 sponsored sets
• They set a diverse set of 3 boulders (including the first boulder)
• They get to feel all the new holds, assist other setters and try the boulders of the other setters

Want to take part? If you’re interested in taking part send an email to Herman → Dit e-mailadres wordt beveiligd tegen spambots. JavaScript dient ingeschakeld te zijn om het te bekijken.

Prizes and Categories

🏆 Grand Prize – Climber’s Choice €500 Cash

Best set of 3 boulders – Voted by the climbers on Saturday

🎖️ Jury Awards

• Best Boulder (using sponsored holds) – €250 Cash
• Best Setter – €250 Cash (Scored on safety, creativity, technical , fun/flow and functionality)
• Constructor Award – Goodies from sponsors
• At Least You Tried – Goodies from sponsors

🤝 Community Awards (Voted by Setters)

• Most Unique Move – Goodies from sponsors
• Best Team Player – Goodies from sponsors

Jury
The jury will be comprised off Jesse pauw (winner 2024) and Herman Engbers. The third name will be determined later.

Want to take part?

If you’re interested in taking part send an email to Herman → Dit e-mailadres wordt beveiligd tegen spambots. JavaScript dient ingeschakeld te zijn om het te bekijken.

Sponsors:

• Flow climbing - Core Climbing, Secret holds and Xcult climbing
• Axis klimwandenservice - Axis, Rustam Climbing
• Aap Climbing - Flathold, Cheetah and Friction climbing
• Cube - the Cash