The jewel of the 2022 season, theĀ Ninja Challenge League Youth Finals sponsored by OZIGRIP saw the best ninja athletes from Australia come together to their mettle against the Ninja Challenge course in one attempt to stake a claim to history and test the limits of human achievement.
The NCL Youth Finals 2022 was hosted on September 28 and 29 at The Compound Training Seaford in Melbourne, Victoria.
More than 180 youth competitors took on three increasingly difficult stages until the winners below were crowned.
Of all the age divisions, one youth competitor made history as the first adult or youth athlete to clear all three stages of an NCL Finals competition: Casey McLaren from NSW.
In doing so, Casey became the first athlete to claim the title of Grand Champion for the Mature Kids Division.
Scroll down for the full results.
NCL Youth Finals 2022: Teens Division Awards
Order |
Name |
1 |
Last Teen Standing: Luke Davis |
2 |
Tye Beadel |
3 |
Millie Baker |
NCL Youth Finals 2022: Pre-Teens Division Awards
Order |
Name |
1 |
Last Pre-Teen Standing: Jake Schlieper |
2 |
Noah Brown |
3 |
Zachary Gurkin |
NCL Youth Finals 2022: Mature Kids Division Awards
Order |
Name |
1 |
Mature Kids Grand Champion: Casey McLaren |
2 |
Nico Zandona |
3 |
Cody Reed |
NCL Youth Finals 2022: Kids Division Awards
Order |
Name |
1 |
Last Kid Standing: Matilda Vandermeer |
2 |
Maisy Mock |
3 |
Mason Goldsmith-Carter |
NCL Youth Finals 2022: Teens Stage Three Results
Placing |
Name |
Result |
Time |
1 |
Luke Davis |
Yoyo 2 |
4:30.23 |
2 |
Tye Beadel |
Yoyo 2 |
6:00.59 |
3 |
Millie Baker |
Yoyo 1 |
6:25.87 |
NCL Youth Finals 2022: Teens Stage Two Results
Placing |
Name |
Result |
Time |
1 |
Luke Davis |
Finish |
2:16.93 |
2 |
Millie Baker |
Finish |
2:25.03 |
3 |
Tye Beadel |
Finish |
2:26.33 |
4 |
Sonny Axnick |
Salmon Dismount |
2:40.71 |
5 |
Riley Hunt |
Salmon Rungs 4 |
2:37.51 |
6 |
Chloe Cheng |
Hook Bottle 3 |
2:15.00 |
7 |
Xavier Osborn |
Peg Hole 5 |
1:31.54 |
8 |
Zoe Harkness |
Rope 7 |
0:14.38 |
9 |
Kade Jamieson |
Rope 4 |
0:07.06 |
NCL Youth Finals 2022: Teens Stage One Results
Placing |
Name |
Result |
Time |
1 |
Luke Davis |
Finish |
1:07.39 |
2 |
Millie Baker |
Finish |
1:25.68 |
3 |
Sonny Axnick |
Finish |
1:37.82 |
4 |
Chloe Cheng |
Finish |
1:40.13 |
5 |
Tye Beadel |
Finish |
1:46.01 |
6 |
Riley Hunt |
Finish |
1:46.36 |
7 |
Xavier Osborn |
Finish |
1:46.93 |
8 |
Kade Jamieson |
Finish |
1:50.69 |
9 |
Zoe Harkness |
Finish |
2:06.53 |
10 |
Abbey Cutts |
Warped Wall |
2:10.00 |
11 |
Gabrielle Manning |
Warped Wall |
2:10.00 |
12 |
Elias Collins |
Warped Wall |
2:10.00 |
13 |
Jackson Masters |
Warped Wall |
2:10.00 |
14 |
William Garfi |
Warped Wall |
2:10.00 |
15 |
Peter Davis |
Warped Wall |
2:10.00 |
16 |
Isaac Mudie |
Warped Wall |
2:10.00 |
17 |
Hunter Maughan |
Warped Wall |
2:10.00 |
18 |
Henry Bairstow |
Warped Wall |
2:10.00 |
19 |
Tess Trigger |
Warped Wall |
2:10.00 |
20 |
Mitchell Townend |
Warped Wall |
2:10.00 |
21 |
Abbie Mortimer |
Warped Wall |
2:10.00 |
22 |
Alexander Cox |
Ring Toss Dismount |
1:33.00 |
23 |
Lucas Law |
Ring Toss Dismount |
1:54.00 |
24 |
Abby Palmer |
Ring Peg 13 |
1:51.00 |
25 |
Archie Wright |
Unstable Bridge 2 |
1:01.05 |
26 |
Matilda Taylor Johnson |
Unstable Bridge 2 |
1:14.72 |
27 |
Micah Robinson |
Balance Beam 2 |
0:49.27 |
28 |
George Pacor |
Balance Beam 1 |
0:48.69 |
29 |
Stevi Sewell |
Lache Rings 3 |
0:29.57 |
30 |
Harmony Lakatos |
Lache Rings 3 |
0:30.31 |
31 |
Josh Zammit |
Lache Rings 3 |
0:31.86 |
32 |
Aaron Kickbush |
Lache Rings 3 |
0:32.63 |
33 |
Zali Cammiss |
Lache Rings 3 |
0:33.02 |
34 |
Eden McCaffrey |
Lache Rings 3 |
0:37.13 |
35 |
Travis Cleary |
Lache Rings 3 |
0:37.54 |
36 |
Thomas Winterburn |
Lache Rings 3 |
0:38.03 |
37 |
Samuel Eddy |
Lache Rings 3 |
0:38.09 |
38 |
Kieran Bott |
Lache Rings 3 |
0:45.00 |
39 |
Oli Clapham |
Lache Rings 3 |
0:53.77 |
40 |
Kieran Aziz |
Lache Rings 2 |
0:26.69 |
41 |
Charli Sewell |
Cannonball Dismount |
0:15.27 |
NCL Youth Finals 2022: Pre-Teens Stage Three Results
Placing |
Name |
Result |
Time |
1 |
Jake Schlieper |
Yoyo |
5:11.83 |
2 |
Noah Brown |
Yoyo |
6:24.84 |
3 |
Zachary Gurkin |
UFO 4 |
3:14.55 |
4 |
Jai Whitby |
UFO 4 |
5:01.99 |
NCL Youth Finals 2022: Pre-Teens Stage Two Results
Placing |
Name |
Result |
Time |
1 |
Jake Schlieper |
Finish |
2:11.27 |
2 |
Noah Brown |
Finish |
2:16.22 |
3 |
Zachary Gurkin |
Finish |
2:26.49 |
4 |
Jai Whitby |
Finish |
2:43.81 |
5 |
Lily Farley |
Salmon Rungs 1 |
2:26.00 |
6 |
Liam Smit |
Hook Ball 5 |
2:45.00 |
7 |
Lucy Carr |
Hook Ball 4 |
2:41.83 |
8 |
Luken Zabarte |
Hook Ball 3 |
2:34.20 |
9 |
Oliver Maughan |
Hook Ball 3 |
2:45.00 |
10 |
Edie Heynen |
Hook Ball 3 |
2:45.00 |
11 |
Jasper Loch |
Hook Ball 3 |
2:45.00 |
12 |
Fletcher Manning |
Hook Ball 2 |
2:35.82 |
13 |
Rocky Croot |
Wingnut 2 |
2:15.00 |
14 |
Sonny Lingard |
Wingnut 2 |
2:28.06 |
15 |
Bailee Myers |
Wingnut 1 |
2:45.00 |
16 |
Stevie Klein |
Balance Tank Dismount |
1:51.63 |
17 |
Will Mcandrew |
Balance Tank |
1:55.08 |
18 |
Nicholas Edwards |
Balance Tank |
2:35.62 |
19 |
Charlize Riley |
Ball 3 |
1:40.42 |
20 |
Maxy Smith |
Ball 3 |
2:07.69 |
21 |
Summer Kelly |
Ball 1 |
1:24.00 |
22 |
Taylah Heit |
Pegs Dismount |
1:27.58 |
23 |
Ashleigh George |
Pegs Dismount |
1:53.30 |
24 |
Ryan Love |
Pegs Dismount |
2:14.76 |
25 |
Jesse Axnick |
Peg Hole 5 |
2:15.52 |
26 |
Oliver Hojrup |
Dice Dismount |
2:09.88 |
27 |
Joshua Thomson |
Dice 2 |
0:48.43 |
28 |
Evan Hardie |
Dice 2 |
1:01.58 |
29 |
Charli Stevens |
Dice 2 |
1:37.80 |
30 |
Joshua Dimitriadis |
Rope 7 |
0:25.35 |
31 |
Kobe Baker |
Rope 3 |
0:05.35 |
NCL Youth Finals 2022: Pre-Teens Stage One Results
Placing |
Name |
Result |
Time |
1 |
Jake Schlieper |
Finish |
1:22.98 |
2 |
Zachary Gurkin |
Finish |
1:28.20 |
3 |
Jai Whitby |
Finish |
1:28.30 |
4 |
Noah Brown |
Finish |
1:29.16 |
5 |
Summer Kelly |
Finish |
1:31.73 |
6 |
Luken Zabarte |
Finish |
1:38.41 |
7 |
Lily Farley |
Finish |
1:40.18 |
8 |
Stevie Klein |
Finish |
1:41.59 |
9 |
Liam Smit |
Finish |
1:42.09 |
10 |
Sonny Lingard |
Finish |
1:44.10 |
11 |
Will Mcandrew |
Finish |
1:45.18 |
12 |
Charlize Riley |
Finish |
1:47.48 |
13 |
Kobe Baker |
Finish |
1:48.24 |
14 |
Lucy Carr |
Finish |
1:49.31 |
15 |
Oliver Maughan |
Finish |
1:53.73 |
16 |
Joshua Dimitriadis |
Finish |
1:56.93 |
17 |
Bailee Myers |
Finish |
2:01.82 |
18 |
Fletcher Manning |
Finish |
2:02.30 |
19 |
Edie Heynen |
Finish |
2:02.37 |
20 |
Ashleigh George |
Finish |
2:02.89 |
21 |
Rocky Croot |
Finish |
2:03.19 |
22 |
Taylah Heit |
Finish |
2:03.68 |
23 |
Jasper Loch |
Finish |
2:04.35 |
24 |
Joshua Thomson |
Finish |
2:04.78 |
25 |
Nicholas Edwards |
Finish |
2:05.47 |
26 |
Jesse Axnick |
Finish |
2:08.01 |
27 |
Ryan Love |
Finish |
2:08.38 |
28 |
Oliver Hojrup |
Finish |
2:08.54 |
29 |
Charli Stevens |
Finish |
2:08.57 |
30 |
Maxy Smith |
Finish |
2:09.64 |
31 |
Evan Hardie |
Finish |
2:12.51 |
32 |
Bella Abdou |
Warped Wall |
2:15.00 |
33 |
Elsie Koch |
Warped Wall |
2:15.00 |
34 |
Liam Van Der Merwe |
Balance Beam 1 |
0:46.03 |
35 |
Michael Stowell |
Balance Beam 1 |
0:57.76 |
36 |
Jonathan Lintoo |
Lache Rings 3 |
0:30.65 |
37 |
Lily O'Neill |
Lache Rings 3 |
0:34.44 |
38 |
Blake McKinnon |
Lache Rings 3 |
0:37.09 |
39 |
Maxim Bull |
Lache Rings 3 |
0:38.00 |
40 |
Diallo Parkes-Jetha |
Lache Rings 3 |
0:46.53 |
41 |
Aurora Hobbs |
Lache Rings 3 |
0:47.32 |
42 |
William Harkness |
Lache Rings 2 |
0:25.28 |
43 |
Byron Jacques |
Lache Rings 2 |
0:27.99 |
44 |
Oliver Van Wel |
Lache Rings 2 |
0:29.41 |
45 |
Tommy Stebbins |
Lache Rings 2 |
0:30.00 |
46 |
Leon Houillon |
Lache Rings 2 |
0:31.52 |
47 |
Libby Smith |
Lache Rings 2 |
0:33.86 |
48 |
Darby Beadel |
Lache Rings 2 |
0:34.64 |
49 |
Macy Martin |
Lache Rings 2 |
0:41.53 |
50 |
Byron Abreu |
Steps Dismount |
0:08.68 |
NCL Youth Finals 2022: Mature Kids Stage Three Results
Placing |
Name |
Result |
Time |
1 |
Casey McLaren |
Finish |
5:00.93 |
2 |
Nico Zandona |
Door 2 |
1:21.61 |
3 |
Cody Reed |
Keylock Board 1 |
1:07.00 |
NCL Youth Finals 2022: Mature Kids Stage Two Results
Placing |
Name |
Result |
Time |
1 |
Nico Zandona |
Finish |
1:56.00 |
2 |
Casey McLaren |
Finish |
2:19.11 |
3 |
Cody Reed |
Finish |
2:48.10 |
4 |
Finn Milligan |
Salmon Rungs 2 |
2:35.49 |
5 |
Isabelle Small |
Salmon Rungs 2 |
3:00.00 |
6 |
Benjamin Reed |
Salmon Rungs 1 |
2:49.82 |
7 |
Daniel Jolley |
Salmon Rungs 1 |
2:50.94 |
8 |
Hunter Hollingsworth |
Salmon Rungs 1 |
2:53.45 |
9 |
Mason Dempsey |
Salmon Rungs 1 |
2:56.34 |
10 |
Spencer Dimitriadis |
Salmon Rungs 1 |
2:57.26 |
11 |
Holly Kamp |
Salmon Rungs 1 |
3:00.00 |
12 |
Alison Szulc |
Salmon Rungs 1 |
3:00.00 |
13 |
Junior Croot |
Hook Ball 7 |
3:00.00 |
14 |
Zoe Ackerley |
Hook Ball 6 |
3:00.00 |
15 |
Darcey Jenkins |
Hook Ball 4 |
3:00.00 |
16 |
Benjamin Dows |
Balance Tank |
1:54.72 |
17 |
Ben Field |
Balance Tank |
2:07.74 |
18 |
Sienna Gurkin |
Ball 3 |
1:33.00 |
19 |
Micah Hobbs |
Ball 2 |
3:00.00 |
20 |
Melody O'Donoghue |
Dice 1 |
0:30.36 |
21 |
Oscar Hardie |
Rope 7 |
0:50.00 |
NCL Youth Finals 2022: Mature Kids Stage One Results
Placing |
Name |
Result |
Time |
1 |
Nico Zandona |
Finish |
1:24.40 |
2 |
Casey McLaren |
Finish |
1:32.09 |
3 |
Finn Milligan |
Finish |
1:39.52 |
4 |
Mason Dempsey |
Finish |
1:41.11 |
5 |
Benjamin Reed |
Finish |
1:42.16 |
6 |
Cody Reed |
Finish |
1:49.83 |
7 |
Spencer Dimitriadis |
Finish |
1:58.53 |
8 |
Alison Szulc |
Finish |
2:02.47 |
9 |
Benjamin Dows |
Finish |
2:03.28 |
10 |
Melody O'Donoghue |
Finish |
2:05.48 |
11 |
Ben Field |
Finish |
2:08.08 |
12 |
Hunter Hollingsworth |
Finish |
2:09.44 |
13 |
Daniel Jolley |
Finish |
2:11.26 |
14 |
Isabelle Small |
Finish |
2:11.75 |
15 |
Junior Croot |
Finish |
2:13.30 |
16 |
Holly Kamp |
Finish |
2:14.97 |
17 |
Micah Hobbs |
Finish |
2:15.08 |
18 |
Oscar Hardie |
Finish |
2:16.47 |
19 |
Sienna Gurkin |
Finish |
2:17.09 |
20 |
Zoe Ackerley |
Finish |
2:23.34 |
21 |
Darcey Jenkins |
Finish |
2:24.09 |
22 |
Annabelle Wilson |
Unstable Bridge Dismount |
1:43.00 |
23 |
Isabella Allen |
Unstable Bridge 2 |
1:32.95 |
24 |
Jayden Jolley |
Balance Beam 2 |
0:38.51 |
25 |
Max Frisina |
Balance Beam 2 |
1:01.52 |
26 |
Mila Zammit |
Lache Rings Dismount |
0:42.67 |
27 |
Pollyanna Knight |
Lache Rings Dismount |
0:43.29 |
28 |
Ziggy Staley-Lobo |
Lache Rings 3 |
0:37.82 |
29 |
Caleb Smit |
Lache Rings 3 |
0:38.39 |
30 |
Elias Medhurst |
Lache Rings 3 |
0:39.02 |
31 |
Michael Rockwell |
Lache Rings 3 |
0:39.34 |
32 |
Will Citera |
Lache Rings 3 |
0:41.08 |
33 |
Sophie Rowden |
Lache Rings 3 |
0:41.39 |
34 |
Nikita Vasdekis |
Lache Rings 3 |
0:41.89 |
35 |
Mitchell Elwin |
Lache Rings 3 |
0:42.48 |
36 |
Archie Gardner |
Lache Rings 3 |
0:42.85 |
37 |
Elliot Newman |
Lache Rings 3 |
0:43.02 |
38 |
Tara Pietzsch |
Lache Rings 3 |
0:43.02 |
39 |
Rafael Dubois |
Lache Rings 3 |
0:43.53 |
40 |
Chloe Heit |
Lache Rings 3 |
0:48.90 |
41 |
Jacob Ridley |
Lache Rings 3 |
0:51.49 |
42 |
Makenzi Charles |
Lache Rings 3 |
0:51.89 |
43 |
Oscar Pleffer |
Lache Rings 3 |
0:52.92 |
44 |
Emilie Faye |
Lache Rings 2 |
0:31.33 |
45 |
Hunter Mauger |
Lache Rings 2 |
0:32.47 |
46 |
Adialuna Pixie Minerva |
Lache Rings 2 |
0:32.60 |
47 |
Liam James |
Lache Rings 2 |
0:40.00 |
48 |
Evie Van Wel |
Lache Rings 2 |
1:14.61 |
49 |
Noah Shore |
Lache Rings 1 |
0:30.00 |
50 |
Kaia Osborn |
Lache Rings 1 |
0:45.00 |
51 |
Zakary Vincent |
Ball 6 |
0:24.54 |
NCL Youth Finals 2022: Kids Stage Three Results
Placing |
Name |
Result |
Time |
1 |
Matlida Vandermeer |
UFO 2 |
3:38.3 |
NCL Youth Finals 2022: Kids Stage Two Results
Placing |
Name |
Result |
Time |
1 |
Matlida Vandermeer |
Finish |
3:42.2 |
2 |
Maisy Mock |
Salmon Rungs 1 |
2:46.5 |
3 |
Mason Goldsmith-Carter |
Salmon Rungs 1 |
2:53.3 |
4 |
Jai Martin |
Hook Ball 3 |
3:10.7 |
5 |
Josephine Sheean |
Dice DIsmount |
0:49.9 |
6 |
Finn Campbell |
Dice 2 |
1:12.4 |
NCL Youth Finals 2022: Kids Stage One Results
Placing |
Name |
Result |
Time |
1 |
Maisy Mock |
Finish |
01:48.0 |
2 |
Josephine Sheean |
Finish |
02:04.7 |
3 |
Mason Goldsmith-Carter |
Finish |
02:07.2 |
4 |
Finn Campbell |
Finish |
02:11.5 |
5 |
Matilda Vandermeer |
Finish |
02:13.7 |
6 |
Jai Martin |
Finish |
02:19.0 |
7 |
Nicholas Hill |
Balance Beam 2 |
00:57.4 |
8 |
Lincoln Thom |
Balance Beam 2 |
01:06.7 |
9 |
Lenny Jansz |
Balance Beam 2 |
01:12.9 |
10 |
Jordan Wernicke |
Lache Rings Dismount |
00:45.3 |
11 |
Ronan Pietzsch |
Lache Rings 3 |
00:37.5 |
12 |
Charlie Elworthy |
Lache Rings 3 |
00:44.4 |
13 |
Jack Walker |
Lache Rings 3 |
00:48.1 |
14 |
Carla Kamp |
Lache Rings 3 |
00:59.9 |
15 |
Spencer O'Donoghue |
Lache Rings 3 |
01:00.7 |
16 |
Jolie Knight |
Lache Rings 3 |
01:04.9 |
17 |
Jordyn Stevens |
Lache Rings 3 |
01:10.2 |
18 |
Marcus Elwin |
Lache Rings 2 |
00:27.1 |
19 |
Hugo Tebbutt |
Lache Rings 2 |
00:28.0 |
20 |
Blake Artis |
Lache Rings 2 |
00:28.1 |
21 |
Jack Ryde |
Lache Rings 2 |
00:31.1 |
22 |
Hendrix Staley-Lobo |
Lache Rings 2 |
00:32.0 |
23 |
Liam Ackerley |
Lache Rings 2 |
00:35.1 |
24 |
Ulrich Schoenemann |
Lache Rings 2 |
00:36.0 |
25 |
Taye Jamieson |
Lache Rings 2 |
00:39.4 |
26 |
Kailani Parkes-Jetha |
Lache Rings 2 |
00:40.6 |
27 |
Hamish Field |
Lache Rings 2 |
00:42.5 |
28 |
Lucy Keevy |
Lache Rings 2 |
00:45.9 |
29 |
Harry Carter |
Lache Rings 2 |
00:47.5 |
30 |
Audrey Zammit |
Lache Rings 2 |
00:50.7 |
31 |
Archer Howe |
Lache Rings 2 |
01:02.2 |
32 |
Elsie Croot |
Lache Rings 1 |
01:02.9 |
33 |
Ryan Thomson |
Ball 2 |
00:51.9 |
34 |
Polly Wilson |
Step 4 |
00:06.0 |
35 |
Ava Gard |
Step 4 |
00:08.5 |
36 |
Arianna Johnston |
Step 4 |
00:10.1 |
37 |
William Abreu |
Step 2 |
00:02.9 |