Notified 1pm, Saturday the 23rd of September 2023.
Following the La Sportiva Open Bouldering Championships at the Northern Rocks, Auckland on the 16th of September the following listed athletes have been selected into the Open Development Squad for 2023 / 2024 for Bouldering.
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 25% of the eligible athletes invited to be a member of the 2023/24 NZ Open 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.
Open Development Squad
Open Female
Female (top 25% based on results)
| Lucy Sinclair |
| Tayla Manning |
| Amanda Speed |
| Dixie Whiting |
| Kiri Shibahara |
Female (discretionary selections, due to performance equivalence)
| Azaria Briscoe |
| Jasmine Arnold-Clark |
| Cirrus Tan |
| Hannah Zia |
| Abby Gebert |
| Meredith Butcher |
| Mischa Boorman |
Female (discretionary due to exceptional circumstances)
| Rebecca Hounsell |
| Bella Domaneschi |
Open Male
| Oskar Wolff |
| George Sanders |
| Jake Townshend |
| Finlay Cate |
| AJ Goldsmith |
| Spencer Menzies |
Congratulations to all the athletes selected.
Richard Waldin
President
Climbing New Zealand