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)