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Evie Boyd from Canterbury had a very successful trip to Nouméa to compete for the NZ Youth Team in the 2019 New Caledonia National Lead Championship.
The only climber to top all three qualifying climbs, she finished first in Youth A Female and second in Open Female.
She was very impressed with the quality of the route-setting, and indeed the whole venue. Found everybody very welcoming and friendly. She also enjoyed meeting French speed-climbing legend Bassa Mawem who showed her round.
A big shout out to our NZ paraclimbers Rachel Maia and Di Drayton who competed at the Paraclimbing World Champs in Brancion, France. Congratulations both for your amazing climbing we’re so proud! Rachel finished 4th and Diane 7th.
Youth C and Youth D participants in the competition in Noumea June 29th:
Kyra True, Logan Gallagher, Zoe Weldon, Mischa Barton, Meredith Butcher
Results:
Congratulations to the Kiwi competitors in New Caledonia this weekend for the Youth C and D combined lead speed and boulder. Mischa Boorman took silver and Zoe Weldon bronze in Youth C female. Kyra True won and Logan Gallagher both took silver in Youth D. Meredith Butcher came a very close 4th in Youth C Female. Allez les Kiwis!
The 2019 Youth Bouldering Championships will take place in Wellington (Hangdog) on the 3rd and 4th August.
The competition needs volunteer support, if you can help please advise your climbing club, or email
The competition will be run in the IFSC format for all age groups. I.e. 5 boulders for the qualifier and 4 boulders for the finals.
Qualifiers will be on Sat 3rd, and Finals will be on Sun 4th August.
The preliminary timetable for the event is as follows
Qualifications – Sat
07:45 – 10:00 YC and YD
11:30 – 13:20 YB and Masters
15:00 – 16:50 YA and Junior
Finals- Sun
09:00 – 10:30 YC and YD
11:30 – 13:00 YB and Masters
14:30 – 16:00 YA and Junior
These times will change depending on the number of entries for each category.
A number of great performances at the recent Australian Youth Climbing Championships held at Villawood, Sydney. Thanks to Rob Moore, Team Coach, Shane Death, Team Manager and all the supporting parents. Well done to all who competed. Podium results achieved by:
Monique Gray, 2nd Youth C Lead , 1st Youth C Bouldering
Henry Booker, 1st Youth B Lead, 3rd Youth B Speed
Jake Townsend, 1st Youth A Lead
Sarah Tetzlaff, 2nd Junior Lead, 1st Junior Speed
Good luck to everyone off to Aussie Youth Champs in Sydney 24th-26th of May:
David Sheppard, Sarah Tetzlaff, Sophia Osipova, Caleb Bryant, Jake Townshend, Tayla Manning, Phoebe Kenderdine, Luke Gardner, Henry Booker, Antony Death, Alia Robinson, Willow Cook, Mac Duggan, Kieran Death, Monique Gray, Meredith Butcher, Zoe Weldon, Cooper Robinson, Connie Wiles, Kyra True, Logan Gallagher, Lily Taylor.
If you wish to follow their progress, including live streaming of some of the climbing, go the Sport Climbing Australia Facebook page.
Congratulations to all competitors from this week-end’s Lead National Championships.
Special thanks to Extreme Edge, Panmure, Auckland Sport Climbing Club, Ian, Pete and the routesetting team, POJ Sabrina, head judge Nick and the officials and volunteers for a great weekend.
Thanks for the ongoing support from our sponsors Rab & The North Face.
Special congratulations to our category and trophy winners:
Josh Evans, Open Male
Tayla Manning, Open Female
Tom Waldin, Junior Male
Sarah Tetzlaff, Junior Female
Jake Townshend, Youth A Male
Tayla Manning. Youth A Female
Henry Booker, Youth B Male
Isabella Shanks, Youth B Female
Mac Duggan, Youth C Male
Rebecca Hounsell, Youth C Female
Kyra True, Youth D Female
Jamie Birchler, Youth D Male
Steven Gavin, Masters
Rachel Maia, Paraclimbing (Female amputee)
Byron Raubenheimer, Paraclimbing (Male amputee)
Di Drayton, Paraclimbing (Female reduced power)
Russell Harrison, Paraclimbing (Male reduced power)
All results can be found at https://piki.vimaly.com/#CNZ/event/rOm1eyR4H1c7hjq9N/show
To avoid confusion, this post and the event registration page will both be updated if there are any timetable changes during the event.
Saturday
| 7.30 am | Technical Meeting | Team Managers, Judges, Officials |
| 7.30 am | Facility opens for warm up | |
| 8.15 am | Briefing and Demonstration | Youth D, Youth C, Youth B, Para |
| 8.30 am | Qualifying Round 1 Starts | YD/YC/YB/ Para |
| 10.00 am | Qualifying Round 1 Ends | YD/YC/YB/ Para |
| 10.00 am | Qualifying Round 2 Starts | YD/YC/YB/ Para |
| 11.30 am | Qualifying Round 2 Ends | YD/YC/YB/ Para |
| 11.00 am | Briefing and Demonstration | OPEN M/F |
| 11.15 am | Qualifying Round 1 Starts | OPEN M/F |
| 12.45 pm | Qualifying Round 1 Ends | OPEN M/F |
| 12.45 pm | Qualifying Round 2 Starts | OPEN M/F |
| 2.30 pm | Qualifying Round 2 Ends | OPEN M/F |
| 2.00 pm | Isolation Opens | YD/YC/YB/ Para |
| 2.30 pm | Isolation Closes | YD/YC/YB/ Para |
| 2.45 pm | Viewing | YD/YC/YB/ Para |
| 3.00 pm | Finals Start | YD/YC/YB/ Para |
| 4.30 pm | Finals End | YD/YC/YB/ Para |
| 4.45 pm | Prizegiving | YD/YC/YB/ Para |
| 5.00 pm | Isolation Opens | OPEN M/F |
| 5.15 pm | Isolation Closes | OPEN M/F |
| 5.15 pm | Facility closes for reset – officials only | |
| 6.30 pm | Facility reopens to spectators | |
| 6.45 pm | Viewing | OPEN M/F |
| 7.00 pm | Finals Start | OPEN M/F |
| 8.00 pm | Finals End | OPEN M/F |
| 8.15 pm | Prizegiving | OPEN M/F |
| 8.30 pm | Facility closes for reset – officials only |
Sunday
| 7.45 am | Facility opens for warm up | Youth A, Juniors, Masters |
| 8.15 am | Briefing and Demonstration | YA/J/Mas |
| 8.30 am | Qualifying Round 1 Starts | YA/J/Mas |
| 10.15 am | Qualifying Round 1 Ends | YA/J/Mas |
| 10.15 am | Qualifying Round 2 Starts | YA/J/Mas |
| 11.00 pm | Qualifying Round 2 Ends | YA/J/Mas |
| 11.15 pm | Isolation Opens | YA/J/Mas |
| 11.30 pm | Isolation Closes | YA/J/Mas |
| 11.30 pm | Facility Closed for Reset. | YA/J/Mas |
| 1.00 pm | Facility reopens to spectators | YA/J/Mas |
| 1.30 pm | Viewing | YA/J/Mas |
| 1.45 pm | Finals Start | YA/J/Mas |
| 2.30 pm | Finals End | YA/J/Mas |
| 3.00 pm | Prizegiving | YA/J/Mas |
All the very best to our athletes heading to China to compete in two IFSC World Cup events. The team is support by National Coach Rob Moore.
Good luck to George Sanders, Sarah Tetzlaff, Tom Waldin, Chase Gatland and Amanda Speed.
Itinerary:
26 – 28 APRIL 2019, IFSC World Cup (Bouldering, Speed) – Chongqing (CHN) 2019 – Event details here
3 – 5 MAY 2019, IFSC Climbing World Cup (Bouldering, Speed) – Wujiang (CHN) 2019 – Event details here