It was the 4th consecutive year that the Regionals had been held at Wollongong in Sydney. A close to full capacity crowd seen an epic battle in a class field of the best ranked individual athletes in the Pacific (Australian, New Zealand and Asian) regions. There were many outstanding efforts but in my opinion, there were three that stood out the most.

1. The domination and incredible effort from Kara Webb, who finished 1st overall and has clearly stayed at the top of the field over consecutive years. She looks leaner and fitter than ever and will for sure be a top contender in California at the CrossFit Games in two months. 

2. Chad “the big unit” Mackay bouncing back from missing out on the CrossFit Games as an individual to finishing in 3rd position to qualify and will go to represent Australia once again.

3. Probably the biggest highlight for everyone was Ben Gerard who going into day three on the saturday in 10th position overall and would need a super effort as well as a bit of luck to qualify in the top five to make it through. As it panned out he needed to win event seven and take the 100 points on offer, he not only won it but set a new world record at 1.17 secs and scraped in to jump 5 places and finish in 5th place to qualify to the games for his first time. The building erupted, an unbelievable display of guts under pressure. Below is Ben Gerard jumping the final bar and setting the world record in event 7 and booking his spot to the games.

What A Great Turn Out For The “Deck Of Cards” Workout On Maleny Show Day !

3 Comments on “May Newsletter”

1. Always 100% Kylie. Couldn’t go to anyone better xox

2. Fantastic effort Kylie. And great newsletter, well put together and interesting

3. Well done Kylie, absolutely deserved!!