2019/20 SCBC Memberships

2019/20 SCBC Memberships are now available for purchase. Your membership fees are used to pay for administrative costs for SCBC including insurance, marketing and memberships (CEC, SportBC). This year has seen an increase in the cost of ranked memberships to offset these administrative costs.

Full financials will be presented at the AGM on October 5th, 2019, but a breakdown of costs can be found here.

Ranked vs Un-ranked

A Ranked competitor will have their points tracked by SCBC and count towards Provincial Rankings, Provincial titles and Team BC. selection.
Un-Ranked competitors may compete up to the Provincial Championship level but will not have their points tracked and are not eligible for Provincial titles. Un-Ranked competitors may not compete at Regional nor at National Level competitions.

Regional & National Comps

• * Youth D competitors may NOT compete beyond the Provincial level and therefore cannot compete at either Regionals or Nationals.
• * Youth C competitors MAY compete at Regionals but are NOT eligible to compete at Nationals.
• * Youth B and Open competitors ARE eligible to qualify for both Regional and National competitions.

Upgrades

You may upgrade your membership at any time throughout the competition season. When you upgrade from an Un-Ranked to a Ranked membership, results from competitions prior to the upgrade will NOT be counted towards your ranking.

Age Categories

Youth categories are divided into two year increments. Your correct category is determined by your birth year and not your age.

Youth A and Junior will compete with Open for all SCBC competitions and will be scored in their respective Youth category as well as in Open.

Birth Year chart for the 2021 Season

Category Birth Years

Youth D 2010 or later
Youth C 2008 or 2009
Youth B 2006 or 2007
Youth A 2004 or 2005
Junior 2002 or 2003
Open2005 or earlier
Masters1981 or earlier
Experienced2007 or earlier
Recreational2007 or earlier

Change Category

You can change categories from one competition to another (subject to age eligibility). To change categories, just select the desired category when you register for a competition. You can also change you default selection from your MySCBC profile page (note: this will not change any registrations prior to the change).
No charge for changing categories.

Coaches Website Access

You must have an SCBC Membership to be setup for SCBC Website Coaches Access and complete the minimum training requirement and have a Vulnerable Sector Check (VSC) completed.
Click here to view Coaches Path and training requirements.
Coaches must register for each SCBC sanctioned competition if they wish to have access to designated areas (Field of Play) on the climbing floor, Isolation area and the ability to make Appeals.

SCBC Coaches Access:
You must have a valid SCBC membership (Any Type) AND be set up on the SCBC website as a coach either as an independent coach or club coach
Coach set up is done by your club's head coach or by the SCBC Registrar.

Coaches Comp Registration

1. Sign into your personal SCBC account
2. Click on the blue "Coaches Access" button (top left of the "My SCBC" page)
3. Select the comps you want to register for (Coach Registration area - top center page)
4. Click "yes" to confirm

Parent Coaches

Youth competitors that do NOT have a club coach, may have parents purchase a Coach membership. Only 1 coaching parent per family will be granted coaching status per comp - the other parent will be a spectator for that comp.

Please contact the SCBC Registrar once you have your membership and we will set up your Coaches Access so you can register to coach at competitions.

Competitors From Other Federations

If you hold a National or Provincial level membership with a recognized federation outside of BC then you need to purchase an SCBC Other Federation membership.

Competing Coaches & Affiliates

Any Coach or Affiliate member that will be competing this season, should purchase the appropriate competitive membership INSTEAD of a Coaches or Affiliate membership. Competitive members will be able to have Coach or Affiliate privileges.

Please contact the SCBC Registrar once you have your membership and we will set up your Coaches Access so you can register to coach at competitions.