Climbing New Zealand

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

 

 

Here is the provisional timetable for this weekend.

Please watch this page for updates!

Saturday: Lead Qualification and Finals
7.45 am. Facility opens for warm up
8.15 am. Briefing and Demonstration – Youth D/Youth C/ Youth B/Masters

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

10.00 am. Qualifying Round 1 Ends– Youth D/Youth C/ Youth B/ Masters

10.00 am. Qualifying Round 2 Starts – Youth D/Youth C/ Youth B/ Masters

11.30 am. Qualifying Round 2 Ends – Youth D/Youth C/ Youth B/ Masters

11.30 am. Briefing and Demonstration – Youth A/Juniors/ Opens

11.45 am. Qualifying Round 1 Starts – Youth A/Juniors/ Opens

1.00 pm. Qualifying Round 1 Ends – Youth A/Juniors/ Opens

1.00 pm. Qualifying Round 2 Starts – Youth A/Juniors/ Opens

2.15 pm. Qualifying Round 2 Ends – Youth A/Juniors/ Opens

2.00 pm. Isolation Opens – Youth D/Youth C/ Youth B
2.15 pm. Isolation Closes – Youth D/Youth C/ Youth B
2.30 pm. Viewing

2.45 pm. Finals Starts – Youth D/Youth C/ Youth B

4.30 pm. Finals Ends – Youth D/Youth C/ Youth B

4.15 pm. Isolation Opens – Youth A/Juniors/ Opens/ Masters
4.30 pm. Isolation Closes – Youth A/Juniors/ Opens/ Masters
4.45 pm. Viewing

5.00 pm. Finals Starts – Youth A/Juniors/ Opens/ Masters

6.30 Finals Ends – Youth A/Juniors/ Opens/ Masters

6.45 pm. Prize Giving

 

Sunday: Bouldering Qualifications and Finals

7.15 am. Facility opens for warm up

7.45 am. Briefing

8.00 am. Qualification Starts 8 problems: YBF, YAF, JF, OF, and MASTERS

 

9.30 am. Qualification Ends

9.30 am. Briefing

9.45 am. Qualification Starts 8 problems: YBM, YAM, JM, OM

11.15 am. Qualification Ends
11.15 am. FACILITY CLEARED FOR RESET. OFFICIALS ONLY.

 

11.55 am. Isolation Opens: YBF, YAF, JF, OF, MASTERS
( Elite Training Room – access from outside)

12.25 am. Isolation Closes: YBF, YAF, JF, OF, MASTERS

 

12.25 pm. FACILITY OPEN TO SPECTATORS. (No finals competitors in spectator areas, or communication with finals competitors allowed)

 

12.30 pm. Viewing:  YBF, YAF, JF, OF, MASTERS

 

12.45 pm. Finals Start: YBF, YAF, JF, OF, MASTERS

 

2.15 pm. Finals End: YBF, YAF, JF, OF, MASTERS
2.00 pm. Isolation Opens: YBM, YAM, JM, OM
(Elite Training Room – access from outside)
2.15 pm. Isolation Closes: YBM, YAM, JM, OM

2.30 pm.Viewing: YBM, YAM, JM, OM
2.45 pm. Finals Start: YBM, YAM, JM, OM
4.15 pm. Finals End
4.30 pm Prize Giving
 

Three NZ competitors attended last weekend’s SCA Youth Champs in Melbourne.  All achieved podium placings.

Congratulations to Isabella Shanks (YC) – 2nd in Lead,  5th in Bouldering.  Oliver Shanks (YB) – 3rd in Lead, 16^th equal in Bouldering. Tom Waldin (YA) – 2nd in Lead, 2nd in Speed, 6th in Bouldering.

Well done to all!

Congratulations to the following climbers who have won free entry into the next round of the 2017 National Cup.  This prize is awarded to the climbers with the highest combined Lead and Bouldering scores for their category at each event of the 2017 CNZ calendar.  The prize is valid for each subsequent competition and rolls over to the first comp of 2018.

Youth D – Adam Iskrinski (WKT) and Meredith Butcher (WGN)

Youth C – Henry Booker (ROT) and Isabella Shanks (WKT)

Youth B – Joshua King (WGN) bouldering only, Luke Gardner (ROT) lead only, and Katie Morison (CAN)

Youth A – Tom Waldin (ROT) and Maayan Levy (WKT)

Junior – Oliver Soar (WKT) lead only, Patrick Soulier (WKT) bouldering only, and Lucy Whitehead (WKT)

Open – George Sanders (WGN) and Sarah Hay (AKL)

Masters – Zane Bray (AKL)