Climbing New Zealand is seeking applications from people interested in the positions of New Zealand Youth Team (NZYT) Manager, Head Coach, Assistant Manager, Assistant Coach for 2020/21.

All positions are for a 2-year term, subject to review following the 2020 WYCH.

Applicants should be available to travel to the Youth World Champs usually held in Aug/Sept. 2020 venue and dates are not confirmed at this stage. Exact number of officials will depend on the size of the team selected.

Please refer to the Job Descriptions here for further information. 

Please note there is no remuneration attached to this position, however travel and accommodation costs will be incorporated with the team travel and reimbursement of expenses relating to these positions will be made by CNZ.

Parents/guardians, or any person who has a direct family relationship (including relationship partners) with any NZYT member may not be considered for any of these positions. 

Please apply to: 

Application closing date: Nov 30^th 2019

Regards,

Shane Death

Secretary, Climbing New Zealand

Register here.

Event details here.

The selection document for the Open Oceania Team for Oceania Championships March 28th and 29th March 2020, Villawood, Sydney Australia is available here.

The nomination criteria for the 2020 Olympics is available here.

Second year Youth B climbers in 2019 (those who will be 16 yrs in 2020) are eligible to selection.

• All the best to our Youth Yeam for WYCH Arco – Oskar Wolff, Alia Robinson, Abby Gebert, Joy Williams, Tayla Manning, Phoebe Kenderdine, Ariana van Lith, Matthew Jones, David Sheppard, Irralee Hair, Sophia Osipova, Kim Forde, Sarah Tetzlaff, Tom Waldin and management team – Zil Yeaman, Rob Moore and Wiz Fineron.
• The team head to Thailand for a weeks training before flying on to Italy for the Youth World Championships.
• Follow the event here.
• Also follow the Climbing New Zealand Youth Team page to keep up with their progress. Link to the page here.

Registration closes 16th of August

Climbing New Zealand (CNZ) and School Sport New Zealand (NZSSSC) are promoting and organising the National Secondary Schools Climbing Championships for 2019. The competition will be held on the 2^nd and 3^rd of September 2019 at Rocktopia in Mount Maunganui.

The event is open to all secondary schools. Information about the event and the registration process is available on School Sport website.

http://www.nzsssc.org.nz/asset/downloadasset?id=285f9de1-e7aa-46c3-8690-24ed4d63db59

Please promote to your schools and communities to make this a great event.

We have 3 kiwi climbers there.

Best of luck to Sarah Tetzlaff, George Sanders, Tom Waldin, who will be competing in all 3 disciplines, Lead, Speed and Bouldering.

The team is supported & managed up in Tokyo by Kerry Crawford and Andrea Crawford.

Bouldering qualifiers commence on Sunday the 11th for Sarah and Monday the 12th for Tom and George.

If you want to follow the event go to:

World Climbing Championships 2019

This event will be epic, it doubles as an Olympic Qualify (the first qualifying opportunity) with the top 7 climbers in the Combined Event winning selection.

Sunday 4th August 2019 – Finals

8.00 am – Facility opens for warm up

8.00 am – Isolation Opens Youth C and Youth D

8.30 am – Isolation Closes Youth C and Youth D

8.40 am – Youth C and Youth D Viewing

8.50 am – 10.24 am  – Youth C and Youth D Finals

10.30 am – Isolation Opens Youth B and Masters

11.00 am – Isolation Closes Youth B and Masters

11.10 am – Youth B and Masters Viewing

11.20 am – Youth B and Masters Finals Begin

1.12 pm – Youth B Male, Youth B Female and Masters Female finals finish

1.44 pm – Masters Male Finals Finish

1.15 pm – Isolation Opens Youth A and Junior

2.00 pm – Isolation Closes Youth A and Junior

2.10 pm – Youth A and Junior Viewing

2.40 pm – 4.28 pm   Youth A and Junior Finals

4.40 pm – Prize-giving

5.00 pm – Competition ends