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

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.