The Asian Youth Cup & Spiderkid 2008 is probably the bigeest regsional youth competition to date. 36 categories, all 3 disciplnes and 6 age-groups. This is the first time we are seeing competitors under 13 years old competiting in a regional event.
The competition saw Thailand winning 2 superfinals over Indonesia in the boulder discipline. Indonesia nevertheless become the overall champion winning 30 out of 36 gold.
Competition for the first day was rather chaotic (staring list was not prepared, competitors were given duplicate number tags). AFSC Delegate, Jury Pres and I had to do everything ourselves. The local judges who are Sydney-bound were not helping as much as we expected them to. For the next few days, I have to double up as results service while Jury Pres have to oversee the isolation. I even have to bring the laptop and printer to my room to finish the work, going to bed only after 2am. As the competition continues, we seek to slowly get back on track starting and ending on time with the luxury of a well deserved rest between the running categories.
Asian Youth Cup 2008 can be described as catastrophic, but the experiences obtained is definitely much more than a well orchestrated competions as it forces one to think first and learn quickly from the limitations. Comparing day one and the last day of the competition, I could proudly said that we have done a good job.
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