We are delighted to announce today that our application to establish a working relationship with Sport New Zealand has been conditionally approved – subject to amendments to the CNZ constitution re Drug Free Sport. Looking forward to exciting times ahead as Sport Climbing develops in Aotearoa.

Congratulations to the following Senior athlete selected for NZ representation in 2018:

Sarah Hay, Sian Moffitt, Alicia Chan, Erica Gatland, Maria Martinus, George Sanders, Zane Bray, Josh Evans and Isaac Buckley.

See NZ Team tab for details

Congratulations to all Youth Category athletes selected to represent NZ in 2018!

 

Please go to NZ Team tab to view selection

The New Zealand Olympic Committee today announced that Sarah Tetzlaff has been selected for the New Zealand Youth Olympic Games Team for Buenos Aires 2018 http://www.olympic.org.nz/news/first-athlete-selected-into-youth-commonwealth-games-team/   The announcement was made by NZOC CEO Kereyn Smith at HangDog Indoor Climbing Centre Lower Hutt. Congratulations Sarah! See images courtesy of Elias Rodriguez http://www.zimbio.com/pictures/T5q2Sr7IgRw/New+Zealand+Youth+Olympic+Games+Selection

18th October 2017

 

 

Wellington Climber qualifies for Youth Olympic Games

Sarah Tetzlaff from Wellington is the first ever New Zealand climber to qualify for the Youth Olympic Games.  She secured her qualification by placing first in the Combined under 18 climbing competition at the Oceania Climbing Championships in Noumea, New Caledonia at the weekend.    She saw off competition from Australian and New Caledonian climbers to place first in speed climbing, second in lead climbing and fifth in bouldering giving her the overall highest placing in the combined disciplines.

The Youth Olympics will be held in Buenos Aires, Argentina in 2018.  Climbing will feature for the first time in the full Olympics in Tokyo in 2020.

The New Zealand team took home a haul of seven gold medals, two silver and seven bronze medals – the country’s best result in an Oceania competition in 20 years.  Other gold medals in individual disciplines went to Lucy Whitehead (age 18) from National Park for under 20 speed climbing and bouldering, Oliver Soar (age 18) from Hamilton for under 20 bouldering and George Sanders (age 20) from Wellington for open male lead climbing.  Tetzlaff also took the gold medals in the individual disciplines of speed and bouldering for under 18s, giving her a total of three gold medals.

The three disciplines of competitive sport climbing are: lead climbing where climbers aim to get to the top of an increasingly difficult high route using a rope for safety; bouldering where climbers tackle low level technical problems without ropes; and speed climbing where the climbers race each other on a set 15 metre high route.

ENDS

For more information and photos contact:

David Sanders, President, Climbing New Zealand Ph: 027 373 7336    www.climbing.nz

Climbing New Zealand is seeking applications for positions of Manager, Head Coach, Assistant Manager, Assistant Coach for the New Zealand Youth Sport Climbing Team (NZYT) for 2018/19.

To apply please email a letter stating which position you are applying for and briefly outlining your reasons for applying to:  

Full job descriptions are also available on request to this email.

Please note all positions are voluntary (expenses reimbursed), and for a 2-year term subject to review after the World Youth Championships in Canada in August 2018.

Applicants must be available for travel to Canada for the WYCH (competition dates: August 14th – 22^nd) though the number of officials travelling with the team will depend on the size of the team selected.

Parents/guardians or any person having a direct family relationship (including relationship partners) to any member of the NZYT will not be considered for any of these positions.

Application closing date: October 24^th 2017

Interviews will follow – by Skype or Google Hangouts and we will aim to confirm appointments by early November.

Bouldering Championship – Wellington 2017 Timetable

Saturday 23^rd September

7.00am Facility opens for warm up.

7.45am Briefing

8.00am Isolation Opens for Opens Competitors

8.15am Isolation Closes for Opens Competitors

8.30am    1st competitor starts

9.40am 15^th competitor starts

10.50am  Last competitor finishes

10.50am  Routesetting for Youth rounds – Facility closed

 

10.50am Isolation Opens Youth B, Youth A, Juniors, Masters

12.20pm Isolation Closes Youth B, Youth A, Juniors, Masters

12.20pm Facility Opens

12.20pm Briefing

12.30pm  1^st Youth B competitor starts

1.15pm 10^th competitor starts

2.05pm 20^th competitor starts

2.50pm 1^st Youth A competitor starts

4.30pm Last competitor starts

5.15pm Last competitor finishes

5.15pm Facility Closed for Finals Routesetting

 

6.30pm Isolation Opens

6.40pm Isolation Closes

6.30pm Facility Opens

6.45pm Briefing and Viewing

6.55pm Opens Finals Starts

8.35pm Opens Finals Finishes

8.45pm Prizegiving

Remember Daylight Savings starts tonight, put you clocks forward 1 hour

Sunday 24^th September

 

7.30am Facility opens for competitors

7.45am Briefing

8.00am Youth C and D Bouldering Competition Starts

8.30am Isolation opens all female categories

8.50am Isolation closes all Female categories

9.00am Youth C and D Bouldering Competition Ends

9.05am Viewing all Female categories

9.15am Female Finals Start

10.55am Female Finals Ends

 

10.50am Isolation opens Youth C and D

11.00am Isolation closes Youth C and D

11.15am Viewing Youth C and D

11.25am Youth C and D Finals Start

12.40pm Youth C and D Finals Ends

12.45pm Isolation opens all male categories and Masters

1.00pm Isolation closes all male categories and Masters

 

1.00pm Youth C and D Prizegiving

 

1.30pm Viewing all Male categories and Masters

1.40pm Male and Masters Finals Start

3.30pm Male and Masters Finals Ends

 

3.45pm Prizegiving

 

 

Facebook page for the event is here

 

 

 

The timetable is as follows – Please note this timetable may change so watch this page for updates please

Saturday 19th August – Qualification (all categories) and Opens Finals

 

7.45 am. Facility opens for warm up

 

8.15 am. Briefing and Demonstration – OPEN M/F

8.30 am. Qualifying Round 1 Starts – OPEN M/F

10 am. Qualifying Round 1 Ends– OPEN M/F

10 am. Qualifying Round 2 Starts – OPEN M/F

11.30 am. Qualifying Round 2 Ends – OPEN M/F

 

11.00 am. Briefing and Demonstration – Youth D/Youth C/ Youth B

11.15 am. Qualifying Round 1 Starts – Youth D/Youth C/ Youth B

12.45 pm. Qualifying Round 1 Ends – Youth D/Youth C/ Youth B

12.45 pm. Qualifying Round 2 Starts – Youth D/Youth C/ Youth B

2.15 pm. Qualifying Round 2 Ends – Youth D/Youth C/ Youth B

 

2 pm  Briefing and Demonstration – Youth A/Juniors/Masters/Paraclimbing

2.15 pm. Qualifying Round 1 Starts – Youth A/Juniors/Masters/Paraclimbing

3.45 pm. Qualifying Round 1 Ends – Youth A/Juniors/Masters/Paraclimbing

3.45 pm. Qualifying Round 2 Starts – Youth A/Juniors/Masters/Paraclimbing

5.15 pm. Qualifying Round 2 Ends – Youth A/Juniors/Masters/Paraclimbing

5.15 pm Route setting for Opens finals – Facility Closed

5.15 pm. Isolation Opens – OPEN M/F

5.45 pm. Isolation Closes – OPEN M/F

6.45 pm. Viewing

7 pm. Finals Starts – OPEN M/F

8 pm. Finals Ends – OPEN M/F

8.15 pm. OPENS Prize Giving

 

Sunday 20th August -  Youth Category/Masters Finals

 

8.30 am. Facility opens – Isolation Opens – Youth B/C/D

9.0 am. Isolation Closes – Youth B/C/D

9.15 Viewing

9.30 am.Finals Start – Youth B/C/D/

11.30 am. Finals End – Youth B/C/D

11.30 am. Isolation Opens – Youth A/Jun/Masters/Paraclimbing

11.45 am. Isolation Closes – Youth A/Jun/Masters/Paraclimbing

12.00 pm. Finals Start – Youth A/Jun/Masters/Paraclimbing

1.45 pm. Finals End – Youth A/Jun/Masters/Paraclimbing

 

2.30 pm Prize Giving