We are excited to announce our teams to compete in the Trans Tasman competitions at the 2017 NZ Gymnastics Championships. Each year we invite our friends from Gymnastics Australia to join us for some good old trans tasman rivalry.
The teams to represent New Zealand this year are:
Women’s Artistic Gymnastics
The following team has been selected using the top all around scores from the 2017 domestic season.
STEP 10
- Simone Littlewood – Hamilton City Gymsports – Waikato
- Lucy Pringle – Te Puke Gymsport – Bay of Plenty
- Monique Sears – Hutt Valley Gymsports – Wellington
- Anna Tempero – Blenheim Gymnastics Club – Top of the South
Reserve
Danielle McLean – Pandas Gymnastics Club Wellington
Men’s Artistic Gymnastics
Selections are based on the top all around scores from the 2017 domestic season.
Level 8
- Michael Stanley – Mid Island Gymsports – Bay of Plenty
- Cameron Johnson – Counties Manukau Gymnastics – Manukau
- Thomas Dew – Omni Gymnastics Centre – Hawkes Bay / Poverty Bay
- Max Renaud – Christchurch school of Gymnastics – Canterbury
- Mathieu Clatin (reserve) – Capital Gymsports – Wellington
Level 9
- Peter Nicholls – Christchurch School of Gymnastics – Canterbury
- Tyler Johns – Capital GymSports – Wellington
- Alexy Vitry Audibert – Olympia Gymnastics Sports – Canterbury
- Patrick Smith – Olympia Gymnastics Sports – Canterbury
- Ethan Phillips (reserve) – Tri Star Gymnastics – Auckland
Open
- David Bishop – Tri Star Gymnastics – Auckland
- Amos Chan – Counties Manukau Gymnastics – Manukau
- Jorden O’Connell-Inns – Christchurch School of Gymnastics – Canterbury
- Ethan Dick – Tri Star Gymnastics – Auckland
- Harvey Humber (reserve) – Counties Manukau Gymnastics – Manukau
Trampoline
Each team has been made up of the top 6 ranked athletes from 2017. Reserves are named in the order they the would replace a team member. Teams can only be made up of a maximum of four senior athletes.
Men’s Trampoline
- Kieran Growcott – ICE Trampoline – Canterbury
- Sean Wilson – Extreme Trampoline – Auckland
- Ethan Bai – Extreme Trampoline – Auckland
- Lachlan Smith – North Shore Trampoline – Harbour
- Reegan Laidlaw – Olympia Gymnastics Sports – Canterbury
- Blake Costley – Extreme Trampoline – Auckland
Reserves
1. James Dougal – Extreme Trampoline – Auckland
2. Nathan Monkton – North Shore Trampoline – Harbour
Women’s Trampoline
- Madeline Davidson – Olympia Gymnastics Sports – Canterbury
- Rachel Schmidt – Extreme Trampoline – Auckland
- Alexa Kennedy – ICON Trampoline – Manukau
- Bronwyn Dibb – ICE Trampoline – Canterbury
- Brittany Wang – ICE Trampoline – Canterbury
- Amelia Greet – Olympia Gymnastics Sports – Canterbury
Reserves
1. Kate Nicholson (Senior Replacement Only) – Extreme Trampoline – Auckland
2. Sienna French – Extreme Trampoline – Auckland
3. Maddy Niven – Extreme Trampoline – Auckland
Men’s Double Mini Trampoline
- Kieran Growcott – ICE Trampoline – Canterbury
- Lachlan Smith – North Shore Trampoline – Harbour
- Jordan Twigge – Ricochet Trampoline – Hawkes Bay
- Scott Phillips – Christchurch School of Gymnastics – Canterbury
- Nathan Monkton – North Shore Trampoline – Harbour
- Blake Costley – Extreme Trampoline – Auckland
Reserves
1. Brodie Miller – North Shore Trampoline – Harbour
2. Ethan Strickland – ICON Trampoline – Manukau
Women’s Double Mini Trampoline
- Bronwyn Dibb – ICE Trampoline – Canterbury
- Alexa Kennedy – ICON Trampoline – Manukau
- Melissa Romeril – ICE Trampoline – Canterbury
- Brittany Wang – ICE Trampoline – Canterbury
- Brooke Teear – ICE Trampoline – Canterbury
- Georgea Kelly – ICE Trampoline – Canterbury
Reserves
1. Emily Reeves – ICE Trampoline – Canterbury
2. Tamara Marcijasz – ICE Trampoline – Canterbury
Trampoline reserves are ranked in order of replacement and should bring their New Zealand uniform with them to Nationals with them also.
Women’s artistic gymnastics team will be published here when selected.