Future Moguls stars shine at NSW and Victoria comps

The last couple of weeks has seen Australia's best junior moguls skiers battle it out at Thredbo, Perisher and Mt Buller.

Thredbo and Perisher hosted the first and second leg of the NSW Junior Mogul Series while Mt Buller was host to the jNats.

These Junior events provide a great introduction for young athletes to the world of competitive mogul skiing with the youngest competitor completing the course, at just 7 years old.  We look forward to seeing more great achievements from these talented, young cohort of athletes in the future. Watch this space.

Read more about each event below.

NSW Junior Mogul Series - Thredbo

The 2024 NSW Freestyle Junior Mogul Series kicked off in Thredbo with some cold and snowy conditions meeting the field of young skiers.

The challenging conditions did not deter the enthusiastic field of competitors with the event providing a great opportunity for new mogul skiers to come and experience mogul skiing competition for the first time, while also still challenging the the more seasoned mogul skiers.

Many thanks to all the volunteers, Perisher Winter Sports Club and Thredbo Mountain Academy coaches for their guidance and support of the athletes and to Thredbo Resort for providing the course. See the podium results below:

RESULTS

Saturday 27 July 2004

• Women’s Junior | 1st Abigail Reiner, 2nd Annabelle Jones, 3rd Isabelle Chiron
• Men’s Junior | 1st Cooper Cook, 2nd Ignatius Irvine, 3rd Edward Johnson
• Women’s Youth | 1st Victoria Jones, 2nd Lily Bray, 3rd Eliza Walker
• Men’s Youth | 1st Tor Paxton, 2nd Toby Reiner, 3rd Archer Glaskin
• Women’s Grom | 1st Sophie Cassidy, 2nd Alexandra Gelbak, 3rd Kimberly Zhao
• Men’s Grom | 1st Samuel Brooks, 2nd Rafael Reiner, 3rd Austin Huang

Sunday 28th July 2024

• Women’s Junior | 1st Abigail Reiner, 2nd Annabelle Jones, 3rd Amelia Conway
• Men’s Junior | 1st Edward Johnson, 2nd Cooper Cook, 3rd Ignatius Irvine
• Women’s Youth | 1st Victoria Jones, 2nd Lily Bray, 3rd Hillary Eyers
• Men’s Youth | 1st Tor Paxton, 2nd Max Cook, 3rd Harvey Brooks
• Women’s Grom | 1st Alexandra Gelbak
• Men’s Grom | 1st Samuel Brooks, 2nd Rafael Reiner, 3rd Bailey O'Neill

Images: NSW Freestyle 

NSW Junior Mogul Series - Perisher

The second event of the 2024 NSW Junior Mogul Series Championship was held at Perisher on the first weekend of August. Sunny blue skies, fantastic snow conditions and lots of hard work from coaches and the course preppers helped ensure the event was it was a great success.

Over 75 of Australia's young, talented mogul skiers battled it out on the bumps and jumps on the 'Mogul Matts' course at Perisher with style and aplomb.
Over the two day competition, the next generation of junior moguls athletes showed great camaraderie, skill and sportsmanship. 

Day 1 of the singles competition saw competitors judged by Olympic medalist, Matt Graham with the winners lucky enough to also have their their medals presented by Matt at the post-competition presentation and fundraising auction at The Man from Snowy River Hotel.

All competitors put on a fantastic show on Day 2 during the Duals battles with the young talent taking on the bumps and sending it high into the sky, stopping passersby in their tracks to ogle at the spectacle.

Saturday 3 August 2024 - Dual Moguls

• Women's Junior | 1st Xanthia Coote, 2nd Isla Castle, 3rd Talia Manns
• Men's Junior | 1st Mac Livissianos, 2nd Tristan Rowley, 3rd Angus Kite
• Women's Youth | 1st Eliza Walker, 2nd Victoria Jones, 3rd Lilly Bray
• Men's Youth | 1st Tor Paxton, 2nd Max Cook, 3rd Archer Glaskin

Sunday 4 August 2024 - Dual Moguls

• Women’s Junior | 1st Xanthia Coote, 2nd Isla Castle, 3rd Talia Manns
• Men’s Junior | 1st Mac Livissianos, 2nd Tristan Rowley, 3rd Angus Kite
• Women’s Youth | 1st Eliza Walker, 2nd Victoria Jones, 3rd Lilly Bray
• Men’s Youth | 1st Tor Paxton, 2nd Max Cook, 3rd Harvey Brooks

Mogul action returns to Mt Buller with the 2024 Adams jNats on Chamois 

The 2024 Junior National Mogul Championships “jNats”, presented by major sponsor Adams Estate Agents, made a great return to the Mt Buller event calendar with a day of spectacular mogul action on the Chamois ski run.

Difficult snow conditions in 2023 forced the event not to take place, but this year nothing could stop the event going ahead, thanks to the amazing Mt Buller Outdoor Operations Team who over the summer installed the capability for a Snow Factory to be placed at the top of the run, ensuring all events can now go ahead as scheduled. 

Competitors took on the longest jNats course in history with a 199m course length featuring two jumps. Qualification rounds took place earlier in the day with the top-eight in each division advancing to the night finals with a great crowd on hand to cheer them on. 

The Junior division (born January 1 2005 to Dec 31, 2010) was won by Tom Luscombe and Georgia Bolton, who put down the highest scoring runs in the final round to record victory. 

In the Youth division (born January 1, 2011, or later), Isabella Lim and Alfie Turner won both the qualifying and final rounds for their first ever jNats win.

With many athletes not having competed on chamois since 2022, the event served as a great warm up for events to come later in the season such as the Victorian Interschools and ABOM Mogul Challenge.

Special thanks to event naming rights sponsor Adams Estate Agents who put up $2000 in prizemoney, and awesome goggles from Out of Optics. The event could not have run without the efforts and support of Mt Buller, TBR Coaches, Judges and Volunteers.

2024 jNats Final Results
- Girls Final Results Junior & Youth
- Boys Final Results Junior & Youth

2024 jNats Qualifying Results
- Girls Qualifying Junior & Youth
- Boys Qualifying Junior & Youth

Images: Tony Harrington/The Photoshop