Congratulations to the Auckland trampoline athletes who were selected to represent New Zealand at the 2017 Trampoline Gymnastics World Championships and the 2017 Trampoline Gymnastics World Age Group Competitions in Sofia, Bulgaria in November.
2017 Trampoline World Championships, 9-12 November
Dylan Schmidt from Extreme Trampoline.
Dylan became our first trampoline Olympian when he represented New Zealand last year in Rio. Dylan has competed in 3 World Cups this year and reached the finals in all of them coming 6th in August in Belarus, 4th in September in Portugal and winning a Silver medal recently at the World Cup in Valladolid in Spain.
Dylan placed 20th in Bulgaria – watch his qualifying routines.
Rachel Schmidt, also from Extreme Trampoline.
Rachel competed at the World Cup in Minsk, Belarus earlier this year. She competed in trampoline and synchro in Sofia along with Alexa Kennedy from Icon.
Rachel placed 36th in trampoline and 9th in synchro with Alexa – watch her qualifying routines.
Alexa Kennedy from Icon Trampoline.
At the 2017 NZ Trampoline Championships in Christchurch Alexa took out both Women’s Senior events – Individual trampoline and double-mini trampoline. In Sofia, Alexa competed both trampoline and the Double-mini, as well as synchro with Rachel Schmidt. It has been more than 25 years since a New Zealand athlete last competed in all three trampoline events at a World Championships so this is already a wonderful achievement.
Alexa placed 35th in trampoline, 8th in double-mini and 9th in synchro with Rachel – watch her qualifying routines.
Lachlan Smith from North Shore Trampoline.
Lachlan has fought the flu after the 2017 NZ Trampoline Championships in Christchurch last month, to compete in the double-mini event in Sofia where he placed 30th.
The officials who travelled with these athletes are:
- Jarrod Heriot – NZ Trampoline Coach
- Nigel Humphreys – double-mini Coach (Ice Trampoline)
- Patrick Peng – Physiotherapist
- Janine Glover – Judge (Icon Trampoline)
- Maree Stenning – Judge
World Age Group Championships 16-19 November
11-12 Years Age Group
Liam Costley from Extreme Trampoline will be competing on the trampoline in the age group 11-12 years.
Sienna French from Extreme Trampoline will compete on trampoline and double-mini trampoline in the age group 11-12 years and she will also compete in the synchro event with Halle Rankin-Hastie, Sienna’s buddy from Extreme Trampoline and Diocesan School. They will be competing in synchro in the 13-14 years age group. There was a short item on Seven Sharp on Tuesday 31st October about Sienna and Halle travelling to Bulgaria to represent New Zealand on the trampoline.
13-14 Years Age Group
Along with Sienna and Halle, Maddy Niven and Abby Mills from Extreme Trampoline are also competing in the 13-14 year age group.
James Dougal from Extreme Trampoline will be competing on the trampoline in the age group 13-14 years. James took home the gold medal in Sub Juniors at the 2017 NZ Trampoline event in Christchurch.
Nathan Monkton from North Shore Trampoline will also be competing on trampoline in this age group. Nathan is the 2017 National Champion in Sub-Junior Men’s double-mini-trampoline and in Sofia, he will be competing on the DMT in this age group as well.
15-16 Years Age Group
Blake Costley from Extreme Trampoline recently became 2017 NZ National Champion in trampoline and on double-mini trampoline at Junior International level. Blake will be competing on both apparatus in Sofia in the 15-16 years age group and he will do the same as Alexa Kennedy; he will also compete in synchro with Reegan Laidlaw from Olympia Gymnastic Sports.
17-21 Years Age Group
Sean Wilson and Kate Nicholson from Extreme Trampoline will both be competing in Individual trampoline in the 17+ Age Group. And Kate will also be competing in synchro in this Age Group together with Bethany Long from Olympia Gymnastic Sports.
The officials travelling with the New Zealand team are:
- Jarrod Heriot – NZ Trampoline Coach
- Nigel Humphreys – double-mini Coach (Ice Trampoline)
- Janine Glover – Judge (Icon Trampoline)
- Maree Stenning – Judge
- Patrick Peng – Physiotherapist
- Angie Dougal – Coach and Team Manager (Extreme Trampoline)
- Tony Costley – Head of Delegation and Assistant Manager (Extreme Trampoline)
We wish you all every success in your competitions.