The team that recently headed to Australia for the Australian Youth Nationals, has come home with fantastic results and many amazing experiences!
Boulder:
Youth A
Males
Zhen Ng
4th
Spencer Menzies
10th
Females
Grace Hansen
5th
Mischa Boorman
9th
Youth B
Males
Fletcher McGrath
4th
Teo Besier
23rd
Females
Katie Chinn
7th
Alisa Schenk
11th
Youth C
Males
Tristan Jayasuriya
10th
Xavier Wasek-Webb
12th
Youth D
Males
Hamish Mclaughlin
17th
Xavier Faber
28th
Lead Nationals
Junior
Males
Nathan Clapperton
7th
Youth A
Males
Finlay Cate
1st
Spencer Menzies
2nd
Females
Grace Hansen
5th
Mischa Boorman
7th
Youth B
Males
Fletcher McGrath
1st
Toby Gower-Johnston
25th
Females
Katie Chinn
5th
Xanthe Saunders
9th
Youth C
Males
Xavier Wasek-Webb
2nd
Tristan Jayasuriya
3rd
Youth D
Males
Xavier Faber
11th
Hamish McLaughlin
24th
Females
Pippa Gower-Johnston
7th
Congratulations to all those that competed and thanks to all the parents and caregivers that enabled our young people to go over the ditch and experience this competition!
At the recent General Assembly, the IFSC made some changes to age categories and the minimum age to compete at World Cups. As you are aware, previously athletes had to be at least 16 (Youth A) to be able to compete. It has now been announced that athletes will have to be at least 17. That means our categories will likely change in the coming season to accommodate and feed into the next IFSC season in 2025.
Youth A is currently U18 will be U19
Youth B is currently U16 and will be U17
Youth C is currently U14 and will be U15
Youth D is currently U12 and will be U13
Juniors: It is currently our understanding that the Junior category will not exist anymore.
Therefore if your Child is in their first year of Youth A, they will likely have another 2 in Youth A. If your child is in their second year of Youth A, they are likely going to have another year in Youth A.
The committee is currently working through this and will confirm this over the next few month. As an organisation we support this change as it is in line with international research into sports. To read more about this, Sport NZ has some great resources with the ‘Balance is better‘ approach.
Provisional team notified 12.00pm, Friday the 12th of April 2024.
The following athletes have been selected New Zealand Team for the 2024 Youth Championships.
This is the provisional team selections, they are subject to appeal.
Any athletes wishing to appeal the selection process, appeals need to be made within 3 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 notified 8.30am, Tuesday the 9th of April 2024.
The following athletes have been selected to the Open Lead Development Team 2024.
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 3 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.
Check out our listing with ClimbAlong for all the latest information for athletes and spectators. You will be able to find tops, forerunning videos, start lists, timetables and results on this page
We are excited to announce our new partnership with Kordia.
Kordia is NZ’s leading mission-critical technology provider, with specialist capability in connectivity, broadcast, safety of life communications, IT and cyber security.
With People being their number 1 priority, we are stoked to be backed by Kordia.
A key part of Kordia’s business is its infrastructure – comprised of over 270 network sites that span the length of New Zealand, including 50 large lattice towers. Kordia manages this infrastructure inhouse, with a world-class team of field engineers, structural engineers, technicians and riggers working across the country. Kordia’s experts even work on infrastructure projects across Australia and the wider Pacific!
Kordia is always looking for new talent to join their ranks, especially people with experience or a desire to work on high sites. If you want to make climbing a career, work in the great outdoors across New Zealand, Kordia is a great choice as an employer.
They will be joining us at various events across the country, if you spot one of their team, feel free to introduce yourself.
This information is for Youth Climbers: Youth B, Youth A and Juniors.
There is no additional selection event for Youth D, Youth C or Open athletes, other than their respective events for the season.
Selection into New Zealand Youth Teams for Lead will include an additional selection event that we run in tandem with the La Sportiva Open Lead Championships scheduled for the 23rd of March in Rotorua.
The event is an additional selection test for Youth B, Youth A and Juniors only.
Open athletes will be selected on their performance at the 2023/2024 La Sportiva Open Lead Championships only.
Youth C and Youth D will be selected on their performance at the La Sportiva Youth, Masters and Paraclimbing Championships only.
Youth B, Youth A and Junior athletes will be selected on their performances across the 2 events based on the points set out in the Selection Policy.
Details of the Selection Camp (Event) are as follows:
All Youth A and Junior athletes seeking NZ Youth Team selection are expected to compete at the Open Lead event in the Open category. This event will double as a selection event for Youth athletes seeking selection in NZ Teams in 2024
All Youth A and Junior athletes who compete will be ranked in their age group to earn selection points.
For Youth B athletes, this will also be a selection event for those seeking selection in NZ Teams in 2024. Only Youth B athletes who have made the development squad (in either discipline) are eligible to compete at this selection event.
The selection event for Youth B will be conducted across 2 climbs.
The climbs used for the selection event will be selected from the Open category climbs that have been set. The actual climbs used will be communicated on the day of the event, by the selectors giving at least one hours notice. Climbers will have access to fore-running videos and / or will be able to observe others climbing the routes. The two climbs will have places aggregated in the same way as a two climb qualifier to determine ranking. Time is not a factor except that a 6 minute limit is still applied.
The points awarded from the selection camp will be as set out in the CNZ Selection Policy.
