Tree Climbing
2012 Conference, Trade Show & ATCC
This years Australian tree climbing championships and Arboriculture Australia annual conference are being held in Hobart Tasmania on 27th of april until the 2nd of May. It is also going to be the venue of the Asia Pacific tree climbing championships over the same weekend.
Defending national champions Joe Harris and Kiah Martin will be going against the nations best climbers for the top spot.
The VTIO and all its members would like to wish the follow representatives from Victoria the best of luck in the ATCC:
Gerard Reynolds 4th place VTCC
Matt Weatherhead 6th place VTCC
Matt Benn 7th place VTCC
Juri Megarrity 10th place VTCC
Matt Sauvarin 11th place VTCC
For more information on the AA annual conference and ATCC please refer to the PDF below.
http://vtio.org.au/Content/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/2012-Conference-rego-Brochure-Web-Email.pdf
The 2012 VTCC will be held on 10/11 November 2012. Help to set up would be appreciated on 9th November.
Further details to come later.
2011 Victorian Tree Climbing Championship
Thank you to all the climbers, competitors, judges, volunteers and officials who made the 2011 VTCC such a success. The competition was run in the Commonwealth Reserve in Williamstown, and Hobson’s Bay City Council went out of their way to contribute to the event.
Congratulations to Gerard Reynolds and Kiah Martin, who won the 2011 VTCC Men’s and Women’s Masters Challenges, and to all of the fifty climbers across four grades who demonstrated a high level of skill and professionalism throughout the weekend. Please click on the image below to download a PDF version of the preliminary scores for all four grades.
Competition results:

Previous competition results:
2010 Victorian Tree Climbing Championship
Masters Grade Preliminary Results
The 2010 VTCC Mens Masters Grade overall winners were:
| Competitor | Score |
| Tom Oldmeadow | 220.33 |
| Joe Harris | 217.33 |
| Grant Cody | 209.00 |
| Mark Haywood | 201.33 |
2010 Tasmanian Tree Climbing Championships
The Championships were a great success and the VTIO congratulates all the participants. The preliminary results can be found here, and the winners of each event and of the Masters’ Challenge can be found here.
2009 VTIO TCC
The Victorian Tree Industry Organisation would like to thank all of the sponsors, judges and competitors who made the 2009 Victorian Tree Climbing Championship such a success. Congratulations to Grant Cody for winning the Men’s Masters’ Challenge, and to Jessica Knott for retaining the Women’s title. André Saudan won the Men’s B-Grade, and Zac Goyen-Shearer won the inaugural C-Grade Competition.
The results for each grade can be downloaded using the links below.
Men’s A-Grade Preliminary Results
Student (C) Grade Final Results