Climbing Team

The mission of the climbing team coaches and staff is to develop a team that promotes safe climbing, camaraderie, and a healthy lifestyle, while training and mentoring the individual climber to seek personal growth through competition.

Climbing Team Practices:

Monday/Wednesday 4-7pm or Tuesday/Thursday 4-7pm

For more information and to sign up for tryouts click here. Tryouts will be held September 12th from 4pm-7pm.

A parent meeting will be held on Sept. 5th at 6pm at the Worcester climbing facility.

To view the climbing team contract click here.

There will be regularly scheduled USA Climbing meets throughout the fall on Saturdays and occasionally on Sundays.  Click here to see our team!

For a complete schedule of climbing competitions you can check here.

Coaching Fee: an additional $110 per month will be charged by EFT for each team member. Families with more than one child will be charged $90 for each additional team member. The coaching charge will be from October 1 – June 1.

Non-Competative Team:

Flash Pack Climbing team.There will be a non-competative team for those climbers who do not make the competative team.  Practices will be on Sundays from 4pm – 6pm.

Coaching Fee: an additional $50 per month will be charged by EFT for each team member.  Families with more than one child will be charged $30 for each additional team member.  The coaching charge will be from October 1 – June 1.

Semesters:

Fall/Winter: September 19st – January 16th

Winter/Spring: January 16th – June 14th

Coach Melissa Godowski

Melissa Godowski has been climbing since 2005. She has been a nationally ranked climbing competitor since 2007 and continues to compete in the adult category on a world ranked level. Some of her recent competition rankings include 15th in the ABS National Championships and 32nd in the Vail World Cup. Along with the competitive climbing, Melissa is also in the process of getting her degree in Exercise Science. As she continues to progress her climbing career, most of her efforts go toward Team Ascension. “There is nothing more gratifying than seeing someone else succeed whom you have helped, and I strive to have everyone on the team reach their goals. This team is much more than training for climbing. This team is about unity, friendship, and reaching goals to gain more confidence and independence.”-Melissa

Shane Messer

Born in Honolulu Hawaii, I grew up as a military brat spending a lot of my childhood moving from state to state. I started climbing when I was 19 and its taken me all over the world. I started route setting shortly after I started climbing and realized very quickly that I had a passion for all aspects of the sport. After 6 years spent in North Carolina I moved to New England to become the head route setter for both the Worcester and Hadley rock climbing facilities. Now…quit reading this and go rock climbing!