Climbing New Zealand

2025-26 Development Squad (Provisional) announced for Open, U19 and U17 Boulder

27 Sep

Provisional team notified 6pm, Saturday the 27th of September 2025.

The following athletes have been selected for the NZ Open, U19 and U17 Boulder Development Squad.

This is the provisional team selections, they are subject to appeal and subject to being ratified by the CNZ Committee.

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 .

Climbing New Zealand selection processes are documented in our selection policy page on our website, please refer to this in the first instance if you have questions. The actual policy document is on our web page here.

Open Females
Lucy Sinclair
Phoebe Kenderdine
Kiri Shibahara (discretionary)
Open Males
Finlay Cate
Luke Williams
Oliver Chinn
Zhen Ng
Luka Sigamoto-Faulkner (injury dispensation)
Under 19 Female
Grace Hansen
Katie Chinn
Zoe Ball (discretionary)
Under 19 Male
Eliezar Cachatoor-Faber
Conrad Bolger
Luca Verheul
Flynn Richards
Luka Sigamoto-Faulkner (injury dispensation)
Under 17 Female
Mila Piatek
Lauren Williams
Holly Meyer
Scarlett Cachatoor-Faber
Under 17 Male
Fletcher McGrath
Ben Giles
Rio Piatek
Leo Goffinet
Quinn Boetzelen-McIntyre