Month: October 2019

We are very excited to announce the Victorian Team selected to represent us at Nationals on the 7 – 10 November, 2019.  This event is a qualifying event for the 2020 Oceanic Titles which in turn is a qualifying event for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

The following athletes will take on the best athletes of Australia:

Open A Male

Name	Disciplines
Matthew Austin	Speed
Campbell Harrison	Lead, Speed, Boulder (Combined)
James Kassay	Lead, Speed, Boulder (Combined)
Ned Middlehurst	Lead, Speed, Boulder (Combined)

 

Open A Female

Name	Disciplines
Grace Crowley	Lead, Speed, Boulder (Combined)
Oceana Mackenzie	Lead, Speed, Boulder (Combined)
Sarah McKenzie	Lead, Boulder

A special mention to Sarah Davis who was also selected for combined but was forced to withdraw due to injury. We wish you a speedy recovery!

Congratulations to all those athletes selected!

 

The Mammut 2019 Open National Lead, Speed and Boulder Championships are scheduled to be held next month as follows:

Date: 7 – 10 November, 2019
Location: Boulder: St Peters, Lead and Speed: SICG Villawood, Sydney NSW
More Information: Visit Sport Climbing Australia

This event is then the qualifier for Oceanic Titles which will be held from 28 – 29 March, 2020.

 

Would you or your company like to sponsor one of our athletes leading into the Olympics? Please contact us at contact@sportclimbingvictoria.com.au.

The two final Worldcups of the season were held this month in Xiamen, China from 18 – 20 October, 2019 and Inzai, Japan from 26 – 27 October 2019.

The usual Australian suspects made the journey to compete with Oceana Mackenzie and Campbell Harrison from Victoria; Joshua Damasco from WA and Lucy Stirling representing QLD with the following results across lead and speed:

Xiamen

Lead

• Joshua Damasco – 50th
• Campbell Harrison – 40th
• Oceana Mazkenzie – 37th
• Lucy Stirling – 46th

Speed

• Campbell Harrison – 59th
• Oceana Mazkenzie – 51st
• Lucy Stirling – 50th

For full results, click here.

Inzai

Lead

• Joshua Damasco – 47th
• Oceana Mazkenzie – 32nd
• Lucy Stirling – 38th

For full results, click here.

Would you or your company like to sponsor one of our athletes leading into the Olympics? Please contact us at contact@sportclimbingvictoria.com.au.

Photo by Sytse van Slooten 

As we head into Olympic year (2020) our athletes are ramping up their training.  In the lead up to the Olympic games the ANOC World Beach Games were held in Doha, Qatar from 12 – 16 October with the Bouldering event being held from 13 – 14 October, 2019.

19 males from 13 countries and 19 females from 17 countries were selected to represent their nation at the games. For Australia, we were represented by two strong Australian athletes in Oceana Mackenzie and Campbell Harrison who finished 17th and 19th respectively.

To view the full results, click here.

Competing in this event will have provided invaluable experience and knowledge for the athletes to further develop in 2020 and reach their Olympic dreams.

Are you a company who would like to sponsor one of our athletes to reach the Olypmics?  Please contact us at contact@sportclimbingvictoria.com.au to find out more!

Tasmania hosted the last boulder state titles of the season in the last weekend of September.  As always the Tasmanian crew are very welcoming and a number of the Victorian crew made the trip south to the ever green state.

Congratulations to all the athletes:

Junior

• 2nd – Bode Tuckerman (Youth A Male)
• 3rd – Jody Wong (Youth C Female)
• 3rd – Jaime Wong (Youth D Female)

Open

• 6th – Bode Tuckerman
• 4th – Sarah Davis

Next stop for the open athletes…Nationals!