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Here you will find all the relevant information and links for this years’ Speed nationals
Pre-Competition information for athletes
Keep an eye out on this page for anything further
For all the relevant information on the Opens Lead Nationals, check out our ClimbAlong listing
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Current Timetable | Latest timetable, please note subject to change if required
Notified 9pm, Tuesday the 27th February 2024.
Following the La Sportiva Youth Masters and Paraclimbing Championships at Extreme Edge, the following athletes have been selected into the Youth Development Squad for 2023 / 2024.
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 .
Reminder of the criteria for selections:
Athletes need to be eligible for selection, which means being a member of a Climbing New Zealand Affiliated Club and being eligible to hold a New Zealand passport.
Automatic selection of the top 40% of the eligible athletes invited to be a member of the 2023/24 NZ Youth Development Squad. Discretionary selections can also be made, refer to the policy for details.
Climbing New Zealand selection processes are documented in our selection policy page on our website, please refer to this in the first instance if you have questions. The actual policy document is on our web page here.
Being selected into the Development Squad makes the athlete eligible to seek New Zealand Team selection in 2024.
Congratulations to those selected.
| Junior Female | |
| Rebecca Hounsell | |
| Ngaire North | |
| Youth A female | |
| Mischa Boorman | |
| Grace Hansen | |
| Laura Townshend | |
| Sophia Cook | |
| Renna Park | |
| Cara Hicks | Discretionary |
| Youth B Female | |
| Katie Chinn | |
| Xanthe Saunders | |
| Amaya Tan-Peters | |
| Mila Piatek | |
| Fia Warburton | |
| Alisa Schenk | |
| Youth C Female | |
| Ayla Radley | |
| Charlotte Chinn | |
| Anna Evans | |
| Gwyneth Parchomchuk | |
| Lucy Ranger | Discretionary |
| Youth D Female | |
| Pippa Gower-Johnson | |
| Nina Fookes | |
| Junior Male | |
| Nathan Clapperton | |
| Fynn Marno-Simpson | |
| Youth A Male | |
| Spencer Menzies | |
| Finlay Cate | |
| Zhen Ng | |
| Oliver Chinn | |
| Grayson Meaclem | |
| Harrison Larkin | Discretionary |
| Youth B Male | |
| Fletcher McGrath | |
| Toby Gower-Johnson | |
| Teo Besier | |
| Conrad Bolger | |
| Youth C Male | |
| Tristan Jayasuriya | |
| Xavier Wasek-Webb | |
| Youth D Male | |
| Hamish McLaughlin | |
| Xavier Faber |
Richard Waldin
President
Climbing New Zealand
Provisional team notified 9pm, Tuesday the 27th of February 2024.
The following athletes have been selected to compete in Lead at the Australian Youth Nationals in 2024.
This is the provisional team selections, they are subject to appeal and subject to being ratified by the CNZ Committee.
Details for the event are found here:
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 .
Climbing New Zealand selection processes are documented in our selection policy page on our website, please refer to this in the first instance if you have questions. The actual policy document is on our web page here.
Athletes are ranked, those in black are selected (noting we are limited to 2 places per category), those in orange are reserve selections, that can be awarded a place if those above them decline the opportunity.
Selections and Reserves
| Junior Female | |
| Rebecca Hounsell | |
| Ngaire North | |
| Youth A female | |
| Mischa Boorman | |
| Grace Hansen | |
| Laura Townshend | Reserve |
| Youth B Female | |
| Katie Chinn | |
| Xanthe Saunders | |
| Amaya Tan-Peters | Reserve |
| Youth C Female | |
| Ayla Radley | |
| Charlotte Chinn | |
| Youth D Female | |
| Pippa Gower-Johnson | |
| Nina Fookes | |
| Junior Male | |
| Nathan Clapperton | |
| Fynn Marno-Simpson | |
| Youth A Male | |
| Spencer Menzies | |
| Finlay Cate | |
| Youth B Male | |
| Fletcher McGrath | |
| Toby Gower-Johnson | |
| Youth C Male | |
| Tristan Jayasuriya | |
| Xavier Wasek-Webb | |
| Youth D Male | |
| Hamish McLaughlin | |
| Xavier Faber |
Check out our listing with ClimbAlong for all the latest information for athletes and spectators. You will be able to find tops, forerunning videos, start lists, timetables and results on this page
https://climbalong.com/competitions/156/info
Provisional team notified 1pm, Tuesday the 7th of February 2024.
The following athletes have been selected to compete in Bouldering at the Australian Youth Nationals in 2024.
This is the provisional team selections, they are subject to appeal and subject to being ratified by the CNZ Committee.
Details for the event are found here:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1SivTxZFHmP8pD_5XdnIn1oCgno9JASmz/view
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 .
Climbing New Zealand selection processes are documented in our selection policy page on our website, please refer to this in the first instance if you have questions. The actual policy document is on our web page here.
Athletes are ranked, those in green are selected (noting we are limited to 2 places per category), those in yellow are reserve selections, that can be awarded a place if those above them decline the opportunity.
Note: Lead selections will be made as soon as possible for the Youth and Masters Lead event in Hamilton.
Selections and Reserves
| Junior Female: |
| Rebecca Hounsell |
| Lucy Sinclair |
| Azaria Briscoe |
| Bella Domeneschi (discretionary) |
| Junior Male: |
| Oskar Wolff |
| Fin Newton-Howes |
| Antony Death |
| Youth A Female |
| Sophia Cook |
| Mischa Boorman |
| Grace Hansen |
| Laura Townshend |
| Dixie Whiting |
| Youth A Male |
| Luka Sugimoto-Faulkner |
| Wei Zhen Ng |
| Spencer Menzies |
| Finlay Cate |
| Youth B Female: |
| Katie Chinn |
| Alisa Schenk |
| Fia Warburton |
| Mila Piatek |
| Xanthe Saunders |
| Manaia Johnson (discretionary) |
| Youth B Male |
| Fletcher McGrath |
| Teo Besier |
| Jamie Birchler |
| Youth C Female: |
| Anna Evans |
| Yume Fookes |
| Ayla Radley |
| Scarlett Cachatoor-Faber |
| Youth C Male |
| Samba Goyal |
| Tristan Jayasuriya |
| Xavier Wasek-Webb |
| Youth D Female: |
| Nina Fookes |
| Youth D Male |
| Hamish McLaughlin |
| Xavier Faber |
We are excited to announce our new partnership with Kordia.
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Kordia is always looking for new talent to join their ranks, especially people with experience or a desire to work on high sites. If you want to make climbing a career, work in the great outdoors across New Zealand, Kordia is a great choice as an employer.
They will be joining us at various events across the country, if you spot one of their team, feel free to introduce yourself.
To find out more about Kordia, check out their website www.kordia.co.nz/careers
This information is for Youth Climbers: Youth B, Youth A and Juniors.
There is no additional selection event for Youth D, Youth C or Open athletes, other than their respective events for the season.
Selection into New Zealand Youth Teams for Lead will include an additional selection event that we run in tandem with the La Sportiva Open Lead Championships scheduled for the 23rd of March in Rotorua.
The event is an additional selection test for Youth B, Youth A and Juniors only.
Open athletes will be selected on their performance at the 2023/2024 La Sportiva Open Lead Championships only.
Youth C and Youth D will be selected on their performance at the La Sportiva Youth, Masters and Paraclimbing Championships only.
Youth B, Youth A and Junior athletes will be selected on their performances across the 2 events based on the points set out in the Selection Policy.
Details of the Selection Camp (Event) are as follows:
All Youth A and Junior athletes seeking NZ Youth Team selection are expected to compete at the Open Lead event in the Open category. This event will double as a selection event for Youth athletes seeking selection in NZ Teams in 2024
All Youth A and Junior athletes who compete will be ranked in their age group to earn selection points.
For Youth B athletes, this will also be a selection event for those seeking selection in NZ Teams in 2024. Only Youth B athletes who have made the development squad (in either discipline) are eligible to compete at this selection event.
The selection event for Youth B will be conducted across 2 climbs.
The climbs used for the selection event will be selected from the Open category climbs that have been set. The actual climbs used will be communicated on the day of the event, by the selectors giving at least one hours notice. Climbers will have access to fore-running videos and / or will be able to observe others climbing the routes. The two climbs will have places aggregated in the same way as a two climb qualifier to determine ranking. Time is not a factor except that a 6 minute limit is still applied.
The points awarded from the selection camp will be as set out in the CNZ Selection Policy.
Julian David and Sarah Tetzlaff have become the first New Zealand climbers to ever qualify for an
Olympic Games, following wins at the Oceania qualifier in Melbourne overnight.
Competing in the speed climbing discipline, Junior World Champion Julian David (18, Tauranga)
breezed through the opening rounds to make the men’s final.
Up against Australian Hayden Barton in the gold medal race David was clinical, finishing in 6.77s to
Barton’s 7.5s.
“I cannot believe it. I’ve dreamed of all sorts of outcomes. I’ve woken up at night thinking oh man
what if this happens’ and it has actually happened so it’s absolutely surreal,” said David.
“I have a bit of an off season now for a month and then I will hit 2024 in full training and see what I
can come out with at the end.”
Tetzlaff then won a close final against Australia’s Grace Crowley to claim her gold medal. The
Tauranga based climber scaling the wall in 8.54s to Crowley’s 8.88s.
“The final was incredibly close, and I didn’t think I had it to be honest,” said Tetzlaff.
“Anything can happen in Speed is the classic saying, that’s what my coach always says, so you just
have to treat every run as an individual run that you do in training. Forget about the last one, forget
about the next one and just go hard.”
Speed climbing is a form of sport climbing where athletes compete for the fastest time to the top of
the climbing wall. The competition takes place on a standardized 15m high climbing wall, and the
same holds and route are used each time for consistency across competition.
Climbing NZ High Performance Director Rob Moore says he’s absolutely thrilled his team claimed the
two Olympic qualification spots available at the competition.
“We’ve been training really hard and it’s just amazing that we’ve won both of these spots,” said
Moore.
“I’m incredibly proud of these athletes and our whole climbing team. Sarah and Julian performed
incredibly and have created history.
“It’s important to note there is still work ahead of us. These two athletes will need to meet the New
Zealand Olympic Committee’s top 16 selection policy before being selected for the Paris Olympics.
So, there is more work to do but we’re excited and looking forward to more competition.”
It has been an incredible ride over the last week with the IFSC Oceania Qualifier 2023 in Melbourne Australia.
We are extremely proud of the whole team who represented Climbing New Zealand and their sport with pride.
We are obviously especially proud of the results from the Speed Team with Sarah and Julian on their wins and being awarded places at the Paris Olympics.
We are also proud of the rest of the Speed team, with many personal best times and 3rd places for Abby and Flynn.
Congratulations to Jorja, Ned, Mischa, Meredith and Luke for all making finals.
Congratulations to Rebecca, Speedie and Oskar for making finals in the highly competitive Lead-Bouldering event.
Many thanks for Rob and Troy for supporting you all and to your supporters and Whanau for either being there or supporting from afar.
If you missed the Speed finals from Julian and Sarah, here is a better view that we got from the live feed care of Rob (only one camera involved, so much easier to follow) Very nervous times for all watching!
We will hear more from Sarah and Julian soon.