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