Three national titles achieved at New Zealand Gymnastics Championships
Posted on July 29, 2022
The New Zealand Gymnastics National Championships were held during the school holidays at the ILT stadium in Invercargill.
This is New Zealand’s pinnacle gymnastics event and comprised of competitors in Artistic Gymnastics, Rhythmic Gymnastics, Trampoline, Tumbling and Aerobics.
Ten gymnasts from Macleans College represented Gymsports Manukau at this competition with three of them winning individual national titles.
Abby Snooks (Snell House) competed in Level 8 Rhythmic Gymnastics and won the overall All Around title as well as placing in Ball, Clubs and Hoop. Kieran John-Francke (Kupe) won gold in the male 17+ tumbling competition and Lucy Packer (Snell) placed 1st in the Aerobics Junior International division. Full results are below.
Rhythmic Gymnastics
Olivia Lin (Batten)
- Level 10 All Around 4th
- Ball 1st, Hoop 3rd, Clubs 5th, Ribbon 6th
- Senior International Ball 7th
Abby Snooks
- Level 8 All Around 1st
- Ball 2nd, Clubs 2nd, Hoop 4th, Ribbon 5th
- Grade 5 Group 3rd
Sophie Smith (Te Kanawa)
- Level 6 All Around 9th
- Ribbon 1st, Hoop 14th, Ball 14th
Emma Hunt (Te Kanawa)
- Level 6 All Around 15th
- Hoop 11th, Ribbon 13th, Ball 20th
Tumbling
Kieran John-Francke
- 17+ Male 1st
Regina Sutjahjo (Snell)
- 15-16 Female 6th
Aerobics
Lucy Packer
- Junior International Individual 1st
- ADP 4 pairs/trios 1st
- Junior Varsity Aerodance 2nd
Brianna Luca (Rutherford)
- ADP 4 Individual 4th
Katie Rogers (Kupe)
- ADP 4 Individual 5th
- ADP 4 pairs/trios 2nd
Cerys O’Loughlin (Upham)
- ADP 4 Individual 7th
- ADP 4 group 1st
- Open 15+ Aerodance 3rd