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Initial Selections (posted and notified 9.00pm, 21/05/2022) This post notifies athletes of initial selections into development squads based on the Lead discipline performance and Master selections for Bouldering and Lead. Appeal Process: Any athletes wishing to appeal the selection process, appeals need to be made within 2 working days of this post being notified to all climbers. Please ensure that you refer to the section 7 of the selection policy, and send any appeal to . (Deadline: Tuesday the 24th of May.) Following the La Sportiva Lead and Para-climbing Championships, the following athletes have been selected into the Open and Youth Development Read More

According to the CNZ Selection Policy an athlete wishing to be considered for New Zealand Team selection in 2022, but unable to compete, can apply to be considered for discretionary selection under exceptional circumstances. The selection policy sets out examples for reasons where exceptional circumstances will be considered.  In all cases athletes wishing to be considered for selection under exceptional circumstances still need to apply to CNZ to be included in the selection process. You need to make your application to  as soon as possible with a cut off date of Monday the 16th of May 2022. Please ensure that your application asks for Discretionary selection under Read More

Updated: Sunday 8th May 2022 Reminder: Note early time for Opens start on the Saturday. Please note that the timetable is subject to change, please check back here or monitor CNZ Facebook page for updates. 2021/22 La Sportiva Lead Nationals – Saturday 14 May 2022 Saturday 14th May 07:30 Facility Opens 07:45 Technical Meeting Team Managers, Judges, Officials 08:10 Athletes Briefing YD/YC/Opens 08:30 Qualifying Round 1 Starts YD/YC/Opens 10:30 Qualifying Round 1 Ends YD/YC/Opens 10:30 Qualifying Round 2 Starts YD/YC/Opens 12:30 Qualifying Round 2 Ends YD/YC/Opens 12:30 Competition Area Closed 13:30 Isolation Opens YD/YC/Opens 14:15 Isolation Closes YD/YC/Opens 14:15 Competition Read More

We are seeking candidates for the following roles to support the 2022 NZ Team to the World Youth Championships. Current Youth Team coach Peter Lofthouse is unavailable for this event. Team Manager Coach / Coaching Support We are open to expressions of interest from anyone interested in this roles, including those who may have family likely to be travelling and competing in the event. This is a voluntary role, with all travel and related expenses covered. See attached document for the role details. OVERVIEW Climbing New Zealand is seeking applications from individuals interested in the positions of New Zealand Youth Team Read More

Selection Event for 2022 (for climbers seeking World Youth Championship selection) The selection event will be held on Sunday the 19th of June at Extreme Edge Panmure (this is the day after NIBS at BoulderCo). The event will include Lead and Bouldering on the same day, the event is likely to run from 8am until 4pm on the day depending on numbers. There will be a $50 fee to enter to partly over the organising and hosting of this event. As per the Climbing New Zealand Selection Policy we are notifying climbers of the format for this event, as it Read More

To our climbers and supporters, We are excited to share several event confirmations and updates for 2022 La Sportiva National Lead and Para-climbing Championships, Extreme Edge Panmure, Auckland 14th and 15th of May. Registration for this event is now open. Please register on the CNZ website under Competitions – CNZ Competition Registration or use this link. REGISTER HERE Please note that there are changes to schedule from previous events:                                                                                                                                        Saturday includes Youth D, Youth C, Opens and Para-climbing. Note: All categories may start from as early as 8.30am. Sunday includes Youth B, Youth A, Juniors and Masters. A more detailed Read More

An Interesting Journey.  After the Tokyo Olympics Speed climbing was separated off and has its own medal for Paris24, a proposal was put forward to the Climbing NZ committee to establish a High Performance climbing program just focusing on speed climbing. The idea would be that with the Olympic climbing wall at Blake Park in Mount Maunganui already there and with access to many very talented coaches in the area that we had an opportunity to see if we can get a NZ climber to the Olympics in Paris24 and LA28. The catch was that to be in the program Read More

Climbing New Zealand is excited to see NZ Paraclimber Rachel Māia competing in all three 2022 Paraclimbing World Cups.    It is nearly three years since Rachel last competed internationally.  She was unable to secure MIQ to participate in the 2021 season but has continued training full time and now looks forward to spending two months overseas aiming for the podium.   The World Cup dates are as follows:Salt Lake City (USA)  24-25 MayInnsbruck (AUT) 21-23 JuneVillars (SUI) 8-9 July In the 2019 and 2018 World Championships Rachel placed 4th.  This year she competes with a prosthetic for the first Read More

We are currently accepting registrations for the La Sportiva National Lead and Para-climbing Championships, Extreme Edge Panmure, 14th and 15th of May 2022. Saturday: Youth D, Youth C, Opens, Para-climbing : Qualifiers and Finals Sunday: Youth B, Youth A, Juniors, Masters: Qualifiers and FinalsWe will publish a more detailed programme once the setters have confirmed the route plan and it will be subject to change based on entries.Start time on both days will be Gym opening at 7.30am and Climbing starting at 8.30am. Finish time on the Sunday will be 4pm. Opens and Para climbers understand that their Qualifiers may start Read More

Climbing New Zealand is pleased to announce the selection of 4 athletes to compete at the FISU World University Climbing Championships to be held in Innsbruck, Austria from the 14th to the 17th of June 2022. This will be the first time New Zealand has been represented at this event in many years and we hope to see this as a regular opportunity for University age athletes in the future with the event held every two years. Thanks for the support from UTSNZ and FISU for making this event possible. Link to event details: https://www.fisu.net/sport-events/sport-climbing/sport-climbing Congratulations to the selected athletes: Read More