Good Evening,
Climbing New Zealand is pleased to announce the provisional selections for the 2025 NZ Boulder + Lead/Toprope Development Squads across the U15 and U13 categories.
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.
Provisional Team Selections,
Bouldering Under 13 Female
(7 eligible, 3 selected)
Nina Fookes
Olivia Chellet
Trixie de Jong
Bouldering Under 13 Male
(5 eligible, 2 selected)
Hamish McLaughlin
Xavier Faber
Discretionary – Mikhail Dergilev (Discretionary selection – cannot be selected for NZ Team in current season)
Bouldering Under 15 Female
(13 eligible, 5 selected)
Yume Fookes
Ayla Radley
Anna Evans
Lucy Ranger
Marley de Jong
Bouldering Under 15 Male
(9 eligible, 4 selected)
Hugo Harkness
Brooklyn Jackson-Gers
Tobin Priestley
Max Lepper
Kāhu Coholan (Discretionary selection based on equal performance with those selected)
Top rope / Lead Under 13 Female
(7 eligible, 3 selected)
Nina Fookes
Olivia Chellet
Trixie de Jong
Top rope / Lead Under 13 Male
(6 eligible, 2 selected)
Hamish McLaughlin
Xavier Faber
Lochie Ward (Discretionary selection based on equal performance with those selected)
Discretionary – Mikhail Dergilev (Discretionary selection – cannot be selected for NZ Team in current season)
Top rope / Lead Under 15 Female
(10 eligible, 4 selected)
Anna Evans
Ayla Radley
Yume Fookes
Marley de Jong
Top rope / Lead Under 15 Male
(7 eligible, 3 selected)
Hugo Harkness
Max Lepper
Brooklyn Jackson-Gers
Tobin Priestley (Discretionary selection based on equal performance with those selected)
Huxley Bolger (Discretionary selection based on equal performance with those selected)