Heath Thorpe, Georgia Godwin, and Lucy Stewart

Oceania is set to host its continental championships in Brisbane, Australia tomorrow, where Australia and New Zealand will battle for team and individual spots for this year’s world championships.

What’s at Stake?

All of the continental championship meets this season most importantly serve as qualifiers for world championships, which will take place this autumn in Rotterdam, Netherlands. Unlike last year, nations can only attend worlds in 2026 and 2027 if they qualify teams or individual athletes. For both WAG and MAG, Oceania is allotted one team and two individual all-around spots based on this week’s competition.

Of course, medals are also up for grabs here, including for team, all-around, and apparatus competition, which is the primary goal for the junior athletes competing in Brisbane.

Who’s Competing?

See below for a full list of senior and junior athletes from both nations expected to attend.

AUSTRALIA – SENIORS
Ben Foster James Hardy Ritam Malik Jesse Moore Heath Thorpe	Asher Bayles Georgia Godwin Audrey Hawkins Lucy Stewart Emily Whitehead
AUSTRALIA – JUNIORS
Harry Makridakis Josef Neumann Oscar Scott Elijah Wu	Zara Andrews Shaydon Atkinson Madelyn Fazio Alice Johnson Olivia Meaney
NEW ZEALAND – SENIORS
William Fu Allen Keegan Greene Alexander Istock Mikhail Koudinov Daniel Stoddart	Reece Cobb Jun McDonald Courtney McGregor Freya Reid Sienna Shields
NEW ZEALAND – JUNIORS
William Davies Erasmus Viljoen	Savanna Campen Georgia Harvey Ella Thomas

When’s It Happening?

Here’s the complete schedule. All times are local to Brisbane.

SATURDAY MAY 9
8:30 am	Junior Competition
1:00 pm	Senior Competition

How Can We Follow Along?

It looks like Elevien will provide both live scores and live videos for both the senior and junior sessions of competition, which is so exciting! You can download the Elevien app on your phone for the best viewer experience, but they also now have a web version if you prefer. As an FYI, Elevien doesn’t live stream in the traditional sense with commentary, but they record and upload videos in real time!

Article by Lauren Hopkins