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This weekend (19th and 20th of December 2020) we have two New Zealand athletes competing in the IFSC Oceania Championships in Sydney, Australia.
Cirrus Tan and Chase Gatland will be our representatives in this event.
Live streaming is all on Sport Climbing Australia You Tube channel:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsMwUgtc13sVboZOEbPiCLw?sub_confirmation=1
Information on the event and timetable is available here:
CNZ is seeking expressions of interest from route setters interested in supporting our National Championship events in 2021 and in the future.
Details and response requirements are in the linked document.
Response is required by email to  by Sunday the 13th of December 2020.
Thank you
Richard Waldin
PresidentÂ
Climbing New Zealand
www.climbing.nzÂ
+64274972677
2020/21 Open Bouldering Championships
This event will be held on February 13th 2021 at Northern Rocks, Glenfield, Auckland.
This is a qualifying event for New Zealand Development Squad and New Zealand Team selection. Refer to the Climbing New Zealand website for selection policy details.
This event is Open to all climbers who qualify to compete in Youth A or above, born in 2005 or earlier.
Registration is open on our website.
2020/21 Speed Championships
We will be running the National Speed Championships on Friday the 12th of March 2021, at Blake Park, Mount Maunganui.
The event will crown our National Champions, and is a chance for National Speed records to fall.
We are currently work on the criteria for National selection from this event, and we will publish and share the criteria once it has been confirmed.
Athletes who are considering Speed as part of any international competition in 2021 will be expected to attend this event. This includes competing in Speed at World Cups, Youth World Championships and Oceania events.
Youth B and above (including Masters) compete on the International standard speed wall (i.e. same as Olympics and World Cups)
Youth C and Youth D compete on the Pacific K route, this is the route recognised for our National records.
2020/21 Lead and Para-climbing Championships
The event will be held on the 13th and 14th of March 2021, at The Wall and Basement Cinema, Hinemoa Street, Rotorua.
This is a qualifying event for New Zealand Development Squad and New Zealand Team selection. Refer to the Climbing New Zealand website for selection policy details.
All categories are Lead events with exception of Youth D and Para-climbing which are top rope events.
Each category consists of 2 qualifying climbs, and a finals climb (for top 8 athletes)
This event occurs over two days, however each classification is completed in a single day.
Saturday:
Open, Youth B, Youth C, Youth D and Para-climbing have their qualifying and finals.
Youth A, Junior and Masters climbers can also participate in the Open event.
Sunday:
Youth A, Juniors and Masters have their qualifying and finals.
Oceania Olympic Qualification Event
This event is to proceed in Sydney, Australia from on the 19th and 20th of December 2020. With the current border guidelines and restrictions (government advice not to travel, cost and uncertainty of travel, quarantine limits, cost of quarantine, 2 weeks quarantine on return to New Zealand), most of our athletes have not been able to attend. We will have 2 athletes competing, Chase Gatland and Cirrus Tan. Chase lives in Sydney and Cirrus has made the commitment to travel from New Zealand to compete. We all wish them well. We will advise on live viewing options when we know more.
Video Highlights of the recent Youth and Masters Bouldering
In case you missed it here is a link to this video.
Following the recent Youth and Masters Bouldering Championships in Wellington, we are pleased to offer the following athletes a place in the Climbing New Zealand Youth Development Squad.
| Jaymie Tervoort | Junior Female |
| Tayla Manning | Junior Female |
| Matt Jones | Junior Male |
| Isabella Shanks | Youth A Female |
| Willow Cook | Youth A Female |
| Bella Domaneschi | Youth A Female |
| Kiri Shibahara | Youth A Female |
| Abby Gebert | Youth A Female |
| Oskar Wolff | Youth A Male |
| Henry Booker | Youth A Male |
| Enzo Murray | Youth A Male |
| Anthony Death | Youth A Male |
| Monique Gray | Youth B Female |
| Rebecca Hounsell | Youth B Female |
| Meredith Butcher | Youth B Female |
| Mischa Boorman | Youth B Female |
| Lucy Sinclair | Youth B Female |
| Azaria Briscoe | Youth B Female |
| Kieran Death | Youth B Male |
| Fynn Marno-Simpson | Youth B Male |
| Mac Duggan | Youth B Male |
| George Darnbrough | Youth B Male |
| Ethan Carmichael | Youth B Male |
| Finlay Cate | Youth B Male |
| Jasmine Arnold-Clark | Youth C Female |
| Grace Hansen | Youth C Female |
| Alisa Schenk | Youth C Female |
| Connie Wiles | Youth C Female |
| Jamie Birchler | Youth C Male |
| Will Browne | Youth C Male |
| Fia Warburton | Youth D Female |
| Fletcher McGrath | Youth D Male |
| Toby Browne | Youth D Male |
| Pourewa Rangi | Youth D Male |
As part of the Climbing New Zealand Youth Development Squad you can be considered for further selection onto the New Zealand Team for 2021. The selection process for the New Zealand Team may include a selection camp. As a Development Squad member you will be eligible to attend the selection camp.
Climbing New Zealand selection processes are documented in our selection policy, please refer to this in the first instance if you have questions. The document is on our web page.
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 .
For selected athletes please confirm your acceptance into the development squad by responding to this email by the 10th of November 2020.
Congratulations to all those athletes selected.
Note the timetable is subject to change, please also check the timetable posted at the venue and check back to this post.
Access PIKI here: https://piki.vimaly.com/#CNZ/event/HlcIf1T6MRwl2epwi/show
TIMETABLE
SUNDAY NOV 1ST
7.15 facility opens for warm up
7.30 isolation opens YD/YC finals
8.15 isolation closes briefing and viewing start
8.30 climbing starts YD/YC finals
10.00 climbing ends
RESET AND PRIZE GIVING FOR YOUTH C & D
10.30 isolation opens YB/Masters finals
11.15 isolation closes briefing and viewing start
11.30 climbing starts YB/Masters finals
1.00 climbing ends
RESET AND PRIZE GIVING YOUTH B & MASTERS
1.30 isolation opens YA/Junior qualification round
2.15 isolation closes briefing and viewing start
2.30 climbing starts YA/Junior quals
4.00 climbing ends
4.30 PRIZE GIVING YOUTH A & JUNIORS
5.00 competition ends
Youth and Masters Bouldering Update
With preparations for the Youth and Masters Championships progressing well a few updates and reminders to our athletes.
To register for the event access the registration page HERE.
Remember that this event is the first event under the new season and therefore the age categories have changed. Please refer to the table below to check your correct category for this event. Note: we will check categories as part of the event setup process if you have registered incorrectly.
Age categories for Youth and Masters Bouldering Championships 2020/21
Masters – born during 1986 or earlier
Juniors – born during 2002/2003
Youth A – born during 2004/2005
Youth B – born during 2006/2007
Youth C – born during 2008/2009
Youth D – born during 2010 (or later) Â
This event is also a selection event for New Zealand Team selections for 2021. Please refer to the Climbing New Zealand website if you wish to review the selection policy. Link to Policy.
If you have any questions or queries relating to the selection process please send an email to this email address
Update on dealing Covid-19 impacts
For the Youth and Masters Bouldering Championships, we are planning the event so that it can proceed under level 2 conditions. This will include the scenario where Wellington is at level 2, and in the scenario that another region of New Zealand is at level two. In both cases processes and protocols around the event will be to a level 2 compliance standard.
The event will be cancelled or postponed if the covid-19 alert levels are above 2 in Wellington (or it is highly likely for this to be the case based on any issues arising in the 4 weeks prior to the event).
If there are disruptions to selection events related to covid-19:
1. The intent is to honour the principles and processes that have been documented in the published Selection Policy if this is at all possible.
2. Should covid-19 restrictions result in the cancellation of a selection event then there will need to be a reconsideration of the selection process for the 2021 Teams.
3. Should covid-19 restriction result in regional restrictions and some climbers not being able to attend the event, we will ensure that all climbers seeking an opportunity for NZ Team selection to be fairly considered. This may mean arranging a regional event as a means of providing that opportunity and some adjustments to selections into selection camps as a result.
We looking forward to see you all in Wellington at the end of this month.
Richard Waldin
PresidentÂ
Climbing New Zealand
 0274972677
