"Train with Tony"
Climbing Wall Award
The Climbing Wall Award (CWA) is still a relatively new award, launched by the Mountain Training Board in 2008. It is the outcome of considerable consultation with voluntary youth organizations, the education sector and the climbing community.There is an additional module in supervising abseiling from artificial structures.
Climbing Wall Lead Award
The Mountain Training Board has in the last 2 years developed the Climbing Wall Lead Award (CWLA) This enables SPA and CWA holders to teach lead climbing on artificial structures. You need to apply to the MTB to register and then contact Tony for training and assessment.
Single Pitch Award
The Single Pitch Award (SPA) will give you the skills you need to supervise groups of novice climbers in potentially hazardous environments.
The Single Pitch Award (SPA) provides training and assessment on how to organise and supervise safe, effective and enjoyable sessions on single pitch crags both inside and outdoors.
Climbing Courses

As well as being a Mountain Training Board approved provider Tony can offer climbing courses to suit all needs. From your first steps in climbing, indoors or outside through to multipitch trad climbs on mountain crags and seacliffs. Tony can help you become independent and teach you to lead on sport or trad climbs. Tony can also teach you to rescue yourself or your companion should the need arise and to navigate your way through the hills and mountains of Britain.
I took Paul for his first ever outdoor climbing day and after a wonderful days climbing at Wintours Leap in The Wye Valley he sent me this......
Awesome..Awesome..Awesome, Tony was excellent as an instructor and a joy to climb with. His simple straightforward style was excellent. I'm hooked on outdoor climbing now.
Paul Brock
Contact Details
Mobile: 07909 833242
E mail: tonypenning@hotmail.co.uk
- Climbing Wall Award (CWA)
- Climbing Wall Lead Award (CWLA)
- Single Pitch Award (SPA)
- Mountain Leader refreshers
- Navigation
- First steps outdoors
- Multipitch climbing
- Learn to Lead Sport Climbing
- Learn to Lead Trad Climbing
- Set-ups & Improvised Rescue
- Winter Sun (Climbing in Spain)
Book a climbing course with Tony and get 10% discount at Banana Fingers online shop
Tony is sponsored by Sub Zero Technology
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10th August 2013
SPA training Wye Valley
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27th July 2013
CWA training
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15th June 2013
SPA assessment
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11th June 2013
CWLA training
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25th May 2013
SPA assessment Wye Valley



