Excitement reaches fever pitch as Vaulting Nationals begins this weekend!
The excitement is building as the 24th Australian Vaulting Championships begins this weekend!
As part of the build up to the championships, we've been profling our local Vaulting superstars who are representing our state with pride in Sydney!
This week for our final set of profiles, let's meet Olivia Barry and Zane Jakse from REVA and Tia Kaiser from RDA Carine:
Olivia Barry
Age: 13
Years Vaulting: 4 years - with a break in the middle
Level: Intermediate
Favourite Horse: Mak because he's really cute and he's my canter horse
Favourite Move: Shoulder stand or backwards walkover over box
Move I Want to Learn: Handstand
Favourite Thing About Vaulting: Trying new things and the people involved
Tia Kaiser
Age: 17
Years Vaulting: 3 years
Level: Pre Novice
Favourite Horse: Monty
Favourite Move: Helicopter
Move I Want to Learn: Handstand
Favourite Thing About Vaulting: Being with my team and learning new things
Zane Jakse
Age: 23
Years Vaulting: 4 months
Level: Preliminary
Favourite Horse: Volley
Favourite Move: I like learning how to stand on top of Volley
Move I Want to Learn: Scissors
Favourite Thing About Vaulting: The freedom of moving around on top of Volley
The full list of our WA stars who will feature at the championships is below:
- Matilda Yates (REVA)
- Rachel Ryan (REVA)
- Yindi Falconbridge (REVA)
- Skyelah De Vries (REVA)
- Elsie Cox (REVA)
- Olivia Barry (REVA)
- Grace Joyce (REVA)
- Zane Jakse (REVA)
- Emmi Kneale (RDA Carine)
- Imogen Capelli (RDA Carine)
- Tia Kaiser (RDA Carine)
- Annalyce Page (Dryandra PC)
- Jenaveve Page (Dryandra PC)