King's Sterling Success at State Skipping
'King’s Skipperoos’ represent a talented group of male and female student skippers who train 3-5 times a week for a number of competitive skipping events. The sport of skipping utilises many skills including speed, power, focus, dedication, resilience and teamwork, and King’s coaches have built a strong club culture of mentorship and peer encouragement.
Seventeen of King’s Skipperoos successfully qualified to compete at the recent Queensland Skipping State Championships at Chandler Arena in Brisbane, which took place from 8-9 May. Competing as individuals, pairs or teams and ranging in age from 7-17, every member of the King’s team achieved a top 3 placing in at least one event during the competition..
The Skipperoos are now in training for the National Championships which will be held at Carrara Sports Complex from 5-7 June. Thank you to our coaches Elly Meteyard, Learne Hawkins, Jenny Meteyard, Jill Smith, Jasmine Hawkins and Ashlee Swinbourne who support and train these amazing young athletes, and good luck to our team at the Nationals.
Congratulations Skipperoos on Your Collective Success
Age group | Student/s | Event | Placing |
8 & Under Female | Isla Donovan | Individual Freestyle | 3rd |
8 & Under Pairs | Isla Donovan & Nate Mpala | 2 x 30 Speed Relay | 1st |
Isla Donovan & Nate Mpala | 2 x 30 Double Unders | 1st | |
Isla Donovan & Nate Mpala | Freestyle | 1st | |
Isla Donovan & Nate Mpala | Double Dutch Speed | 1st | |
9 Years Female | Mackenzie Hoy | 30 Second Speed | 2nd |
Maizie Liddell | 30 Second Speed | 3rd | |
10 Years Female | Ayla Mitchell | 1 Minute Speed | 1st |
Ayla Mitchell | Freestyle | 3rd | |
Ayla Mitchell | Overall | 3rd | |
9-10 Years Female | Indi Braun, Cindy Xie, Ayla Mitchell & Maizie Liddell | 4 x 30 Speed Relay | 2nd |
Indi Braun, Cindy Xie, Ayla Mitchell & Maizie Liddell | Double Dutch Freestyle | 3rd | |
Indi Braun, Cindy Xie, Ayla Mitchell & Maizie Liddell | Team Freestyle | 1st | |
Ayla Mitchell & Indi Braun | Pair Freestyle | 2nd | |
10 & Under Male | Nate Mpala | 30 Second Speed | 1st |
1 Minute Speed | 1st | ||
Overall | 3rd | ||
11-14 Years Male | Aulivier Liddell | 30 Second Speed | 3rd |
3 Minute Endurance | 2nd | ||
Freestyle | 2nd | ||
Overall | 2nd | ||
11-12 Years Female | Annie Myburgh | 1 Minute Triple Unders | 1st |
Leila Tolhurst, Aulivier Liddell, Addison Roughley & Ashlee Swinbourne | 4 x 30 Speed Relay | 3rd | |
Leila Tolhurst, Ashlee Swinbourne, Isabelle Fitzpatrick & Addison Roughley | Double Dutch Speed Relay | 2nd | |
Ashlee Swinbourne, Leila Tolhurst & Charlotte Mikkelson | Double Dutch Freestyle | 2nd | |
12 Years Female | Charlotte Mikkelson | 3 Minute Endurance | 1st |
Charlotte Mikkelson | Overall | 3rd | |
Annie Myburgh | 3 Minute Endurance | 2nd | |
Annie Myburgh | Freestyle | 1st | |
Annie Myburgh | Overall | 1st | |
12-15 Years Female | Annie Myburgh, Charlotte Mikkelson, Jordan Smith & Zoe Mitchell | 4 x 30 Speed Relay | 2nd |
16-18 Years Female | Jasmine Hawkins & Jordan Smith | 2 x 30 Second Double Unders | 3rd |
18 Years Female | Jasmine Hawkins | 30 Second Speed | 3rd |
Jasmine Hawkins | Consecutive Triple Unders (Australian Record) | 1st |
Special congratulations to Jasmine Hawkins, who broke the Australian Record for consecutive Triple Unders in the Open Age division during the State Skipping Championships. Jasmine’s incredible athletic ability saw her record 161 consecutive triples, 20 more than the national record that had been held since the 2008 World Championships. Jasmine has now been selected for the Australian team to compete in the 2021 IJRU World Championships.