Competitions

Every year a number of competitions are organized within ESAC. During these competitions, ESACers compete with each other to call themselves the best climber or boulderaar of the ESAC!

EBoC

The EBoC, ESAC Boulder Competition, takes place at the boulder wall in SSC. The EPlaKKa committee organizes this competition in collaboration with the boulderwall committee. Around 40 routes are built that everyone (including non-ESAC members) can climb. This competition takes place annually around February / March.

Winners through the years

Year	Gentlemen	Ladies
2018	Gijs Koolen	Tsveti
2019	Casper Meskers	Isabelle Franklin
2021	Igor Kersten	Eva Duyvesteyn

Year	Advanced	Intermediate	Beginner
2022	Jorn Robben	Eva Duyvesteyn	Pepijn Korevaar
2023	Emile Ducornez	Arthur Hafkenscheid	Matej Novosad

EPlaKKa

The EPlaKKa, ESAC Plastic Climb Championship, is held every year to determine who is the best climber and climber of the ESAC. Winners of this great competition will receive the famous EPlaKKa exchange trophy. The EPlaKKa is usually held in May and appears in the agenda.

Winners through the years
The winners, and proud owners of the exchange cup of the past editions!

Year	Gentlemen	Ladies
1994	Marcel Heemskerk	Henriëtte Ederveen
1995	Harold Moody	Pauline van de Broeke
1996	Harold Moody	Pauline van de Broeke
1997	Ton van den Berg	Pauline van de Broeke
1998	Leo Broekmans	Yvonne Hermens
1999	Leo Broekmans en Ton van den Berg	Tessel Doucet
2000	Ton van den Berg	Hélène Brouard
2001	Michel Dickhaut	Annemieke Adams
2002	Frank Koppens	Katerina Musialkova
2003	Michel Dickhaut	Neeltje Tops
2004	Frank Koppens	Judith van der Geijn
2005	Frank Koppens	Judith van der Geijn
2006	Adam van Eekeren	Judith van der Geijn
2007	Martijn Dijkhuizen	Wanda Idelovica
2008	Fred van Nijnatten	Mariska Veldink
2009	Fons Pijpens	Anke Baltussen
2010	Fons Pijpens	Eef Brouns
2011	Corien Prins	Corien Prins
2012	Fred van Nijnatten	Corien Prins
2013	Corien Prins	Bas Walgers
2014	Jasper Lanters	Marijke de Kroes
2015	Bas Walgers	Sanne Maas
2016	Bram van Kasteren	Femke de Bot
2017	Bram van Kasteren	Eva Vink
2018	Timo Bras	Florianne van Roosmalen
2019	Paul Flintrop	Isabelle Franklin
2020	Jules Kluwer	Isabelle Franklin
2021	Bram van Kasteren	Isabelle Franklin

Year	Advanced	Intermediate	Beginner
2022	Joshua Myers	Arvid Mikkers	Niels Kraakman
2023	Robin van Velzen	Jeppe van Broekhoven	Evelijn Markvoort

EPlaKKa, according to Leo
To get a good taste of this great competition, you can read a piece of EPlaKKa Champion Leo here: 

... you leave your body ...

Climbing is a sport of mind and body. The body must naturally climb, but is nevertheless guided by a strong mind. The mental peace turns into a trance. Man and rock become one. The grips present themselves wherever you touch. Your foot automatically goes to the right holf. The consciousness evaporates, you leave your body, and you see yourself. To move. Flexible, no fatigue, no pain, no fear. Only a universe of rock and bumps and blue sky. Warmth, cold, wind, they are from another world, a world that I don't know.

... The steel links tie you back ...

A feeling of floating. Gravity? Birds also have gravity, but they still fly. And I climb. I climb into an endless world of stone, millions of years old and I belong, I am one with it, I live and can live forever in this one moment. A shiny piece of steel, a chain. The universe of the climber, the sport climber, it ends with the chain. The steel links bind you back to this world, your guarantor calls, you're already there, it's cold here, hurry up! He calls your soul back into your body, but you don't want to. If only I could climb on that other planet forever. Rock and stone and eternity.

... to win the dog bowl ...

What am I doing here? Wood and plastic and a sense of what am I doing here? Compete with others for the dog bowl. The wall is not a friend but your greatest enemy, fighting from grip to grip. It is miles away from this feeling, which only occurs sporadically. The feeling you are climbing for. The empty mind, full of, of, yes, of what? From climbing, to that other world, within yourself and beyond! A climbing competition, the Eplakka. Simply, two holds further than the rest. Yeah, it's that easy!