He recorded a standout domestic season in the past year, winning the surf race at the International Surf Rescue Challenge and claiming silver in the Iron and board race events.<\/p>\n
Shivnan said representing New Zealand had always been a goal of his.<\/p>\n
\u201cTo get to do it halfway across the world is a huge honour.\u201d<\/p>\n
Verryt also produced impressive results this season, claiming podium finishes in the swim, board race and Iron events at nationals.<\/p>\n
She also won the under-19 double ski title and helped her teams complete a clean sweep of under-17 relay events.<\/p>\n
Verryt, who is in her final year of high school serving as a sports prefect, said she was looking forward to testing herself against the world\u2019s best.<\/p>\n
\u201cGoing on to world champs will be a thrilling test, and I couldn\u2019t be happier to be representing New Zealand.\u201d<\/p>\n
Surf Life Saving New Zealand high-performance manager Holly Fletcher said the squad earned the selection through consistent performances across the domestic season.<\/p>\n
\u201cCongratulations to everyone selected. This is an exciting milestone and a chance to experience international competition while continuing to grow as athletes and teammates.\u201d<\/p>\n
Fletcher said the future of New Zealand surf lifesaving was looking \u201cincredibly strong\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re excited to see this group take the next step together.\u201d<\/p>\n
Shivnan and Verryt are among 12 athletes selected for the 2026 Junior Black Fins squad. <\/p>\n
They will be joined by fellow Bay of Plenty representatives Natalie Peat of P\u0101p\u0101moa, who was named team coach, and John Bryant of Mount Maunganui, who will serve as team manager.<\/p>\n
2026 Junior Black Fins squad:<\/p>\n
Charlie Shivnan \u2013 Omanu<\/p>\n
Charlize Duncan \u2013 Fitzroy<\/p>\n
Charlotte Aburn \u2013 St Clair <\/p>\n
Chris Callebaut \u2013 East End <\/p>\n
Dylan Blanchard \u2013 Red Beach <\/p>\n
Ella Sutton \u2013 Midway <\/p>\n
India Vaughan \u2013 Mairangi Bay<\/p>\n
Jack Rust \u2013 East End<\/p>\n
Lucy Kinnear \u2013 Waimarama<\/p>\n
Max Cave \u2013 East End<\/p>\n
Ollie Harland \u2013 Lyall Bay<\/p>\n
Olivia Verryt \u2013 Omanu <\/p>\n
Junior Black Fins Support Team:<\/p>\n
Arna Majstrovi\u0107 \u2013 Waikanae, campaign lead<\/p>\n
Bjorn Battaerd \u2013 Red Beach, team coach<\/p>\n
Natalie Peat \u2013 P\u0101p\u0101moa, team coach<\/p>\n
Lauren Johnson \u2013 Red Beach, team coach <\/p>\n
John Bryant \u2013 Mount Maunganui, team manager<\/p>\n
Georgia Tucker \u2013 physiotherapist<\/p>\n
Dr Theo Dorfling \u2013 campaign doctor<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"He recorded a standout domestic season in the past year, winning the surf race at the International Surf…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":513530,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[16669,7022,90779,2082,26588,117,111,43,139,69,58423,1557,1227,80],"class_list":["post-513529","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-zealand","tag-athletes","tag-black","tag-fins","tag-for","tag-junior","tag-new","tag-new-zealand","tag-news","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-selected","tag-squad","tag-tauranga","tag-zealand"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/513529","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=513529"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/513529\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/513530"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=513529"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=513529"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=513529"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}