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Ninja Challenge League Finals 2024

The Ninja Challenge League Finals (& Australian Ninja Open) weekend is the culmination of a year of ninja competition – bringing together Australia’s best ninjas in the quest for Total Victory against a gruelling three-stage tournament, followed by a spirited team competition.

Competitors who have accepted their invitations and purchased a ticket to the NCL Finals will compete at on Saturday, October 5 and Sunday, October 6, 2024 at Geelong Ninjas in Geelong, Victoria (full schedule below).

HOW TO WATCH

There are two ways to watch the Ninja Challenge League Finals & Australian Ninja Open 2024 – watching in person by purchasing spectator tickets and attending Geelong Ninjas, or watching online by tuning in to our professionally filmed livestream on our YouTube Channel.

Watch online

Can’t make it to watch in person? Tune in to all the action live with our professionally filmed livestream, with the broadcast hosted by former NCL Last Ninja Standing and Australian Ninja Warrior legend Zak Stolz, along with a rotating cast of co-hosts.

Watch in person

Spectator tickets to the Ninja Challenge League Finals and Australian Ninja Open are now available. A single ticket covers the entire weekend, saving you time and money.

Spectator ticket types

COURSE VIDEOS

RESULTS

See the results for all divisions live on our Results Hub. This will be updated live as results are added in, so you need to reload the page to have the latest results.

SCHEDULE

Please note that these times are a rough guide and the competition may run early or late, depending on the final time limits determined for each stage and the number of competitors who finish each stage. This is particularly the case for Sunday, 6 October 2024, and we recommend allowing until at least 6pm for any travel plans in case of delays.

Saturday, 5 October 2024 (all times in EST)

9:30am to 10:00am: T-shirt collection, spectator check-in and warm-up
10:00am to 10:40am: Australian Ninja Open qualifiers
10:40am to 12:00pm: Young Adults Division – Stage One
12:00pm to 12:30pm: Lunch break
12:30pm to 1:00pm: Masters Division – Stage One
1:00pm to 3:30pm: Adults Division – Stage One
3:30pm to 5:00pm: 2024 Ninja Draft

Sunday, 6 October 2024 (all times in EDT)

Note: Daylight savings time comes into effect at 3:00am on Sunday, so prepare your alarms etc. accordingly.

8:45am to 9:00am: Competitor check-in, spectator check-in and warm-up
9:00am to 9:30:am: Young Adults Division – Stage Two
9:30am to 9:45am: Masters Division – Stage Two
9:45am to 11:00am: Adults Division – Stage Two
11:00am to 11:15am: Young Adults – Stage Three
11:15am to 11:25am: Masters Division – Stage Three
11:25am to 12:00pm: Adults Division – Stage Three
12:00pm to 12:30pm: Lunch break
12:30pm to 1:30pm: Australian Ninja Open – Seeding Round
1:30pm to 2:30pm: Australian Ninja Open – Pool Round
2:30pm to 3:15pm: Australian Ninja Open – Sweet Sixteen
3:15pm to 3:45pm: Australian Ninja Open – Elite Eight
3:45pm to 4:10pm: Australian Ninja Open – Final Four
4:10pm to 4:30pm: Australian Ninja Open – Championship
4:30pm to 4:45pm: All Division podiums
4:45pm to 5:30pm: Free play for competitors

RUN ORDERS

These run orders will be based on regular season seeding across all stages, but any unofficial runners will always run before official runners.

STAGE TWO

These will be populated live after the conclusion of Stage One. You may need to refresh your page to see the updated list. Names with an asterisk represent unofficial runs and will not be eligible to progress to Stage Three or count for official placings.

Young Adults Run Order

Run OrderCompetitors
1HAYDEN USSHER
2AARON KICKBUSH
3MATILDA TAYLOR JOHNSON
4HUNTER MAUGHAN
5ORSON LLOYD
6GEORGE PACOR
7ASHTON HAHESY
8ELIAS COLLINS
9MITCHELL TOWNEND
10KADE JAMIESON
11ISAAC MUDIE

Masters Run Order

Run OrderCompetitors
1STEPHEN MORTIMER*
2STEVE AXIS*
3CLEM VERTIGAN
4DARREN BAKER

Adults Run Order

Run OrderCompetitors
1JAKE BAKER
2RILEY HUME
3AARON PIETZSCH
4ABBEY CUTTS
5OFEK VIG
6BRODAN GOEPEL
7JUDITH CARROLL
8VIVEK MISHRA
9RILEY HUNT
10JOBIE WRIGHT
11FRASER SMITH
12YIJIE SHEN
13MICHAEL MISCHEFSKI
14LUKE SCHMITZER
15LOCHIE LYDOM
16ZOE HARKNESS
17SONNY AXNICK
18LUKE DAVIS
19SASHA MADZAREVIC
20MILLIE BAKER
21TYE BEADEL

STAGE THREE

These will be populated live after the conclusion of Stage Two. You may need to refresh your page to see the updated list. Names with an asterisk represent unofficial runs and will not be counted for official placings.

Young Adults Run Order

Run OrderCompetitors
1AARON KICKBUSH
2MITCHELL TOWNEND

Masters Run Order

Run OrderCompetitors
1AARON KICKBUSH
2MITCHELL TOWNEND

Adults Run Order

Run OrderCompetitors
1JOBIE WRIGHT*
2ZOE HARKNESS*
3SONNY AXNICK
4LUKE DAVIS
5TYE BEADEL

STAGE ONE

ANO Qualifiers Run Order

Run OrderCompetitors
1KOBI ROBERTS
2ETHAN STONE
3BENJAMIN REED
4TARA PIETZSCH
5LEVI TUBAILAGI
6ZACHARY GURKIN
7LEONARD HERMAWAN
8TAYA WRIGHT
9STEVE TAYLOR-MADIN
10LIAM SMIT
11MILES JANES
12JAI WHITBY

Young Adults Division Run Order

Run OrderCompetitors
1ABBIE MORTIMER
2SIENNA KURAS
3AIDAN OSBORNE
4HAYDEN USSHER
5ANDREW RIDLEY
6AARON KICKBUSH
7MATILDA TAYLOR JOHNSON
8HUNTER MAUGHAN
9KYRA MISCHEFSKI
10ORSON LLOYD
11ALYSSA MISCHEFSKI
12MATTHEW RIDLEY
13GEORGE PACOR
14THOMAS WINTERBURN
15ALEXANDER COX
16ASHTON HAHESY
17ELIAS COLLINS
18MITCHELL TOWNEND
19KADE JAMIESON
20COOPER JANES
21ISAAC MUDIE
22OLI CLAPHAM

Masters Division Run Order

Run OrderCompetitors
1STEPHEN MORTIMER
2HAYLEY BROWN
3PAUL REID
4ANTHONY BEADEL
5MICHELLE CALLANAN
6STEVE AXIS
7CLEM VERTIGAN
8DARREN BAKER

Adults Division Run Order

Run OrderCompetitors
1JAKE BAKER
2DANIEL SMITH
3JOEL RICHARDSON
4TRISTAN LAVERY
5MITCHELL DAVIS
6EMILY CRAWFORD
7CHARLES MITCHELL
8RILEY HUME
9ALEXIA POTTER-AYRES
10ALEC RICHARDSON
11AARON PIETZSCH
12ABBEY CUTTS
13OFEK VIG
14BRODAN GOEPEL
15STEVI SEWELL
16JUDITH CARROLL
17VIVEK MISHRA
18RILEY HUNT
19CHRIS KESWICK
20DANIELLE THOMPSON
21ALLY ROGERS
22JOBIE WRIGHT
23FRASER SMITH
24YIJIE SHEN
25CHARLI SEWELL
26MICHAEL MISCHEFSKI
27KAHRI WHITBY
28LUKE SCHMITZER
29MARK RAVI
30LOCHIE LYDOM
31ZOE HARKNESS
32KADEEM AARONS
33SONNY AXNICK
34CELESTE DIXON
35ASH CAMPBELL
36LUKE DAVIS
37SASHA MADZAREVIC
38MILLIE BAKER
39TYE BEADEL

FINALS FORMAT

The Finals will consist of up to three stages of competition over the course of the weekend.

The young adults and masters division will have a longer time limit that the adult divisions on Stages One and Two, and will run before the adult divisions on all stages. However, competitors in the young adults and masters divisions will not be eligible to win Total Victory, Last Ninja Standing, Last Woman Standing or Last Man Standing.

The run order for ALL STAGES in both divisions will be determined by how many points competitors scored at events throughout the year, with the highest-scoring competitors running later in the day.

The course for the Finals stages will be revealed on the morning of the first day of competition at the latest.

Competitors will not be allowed to practice any part of the course unless otherwise specified on the day.

Competitors must complete each stage within the designated time limit (where applicable), beginning with Stage One to progress to the next stage.

If a competitor fails an obstacle on Stage One or Stage Two, they can use the remainder of their time limit to unofficially attempt the remaining obstacles on that stage.

If a competitor falls on Stage Three, they will not be permitted to attempt any remaining obstacles.

If less than 20 competitors in the Adult division clear Stage One, then as many non-finishers as needed to reach 20 competitors will advance to Stage Two for unofficial runs, based on furthest-fastest on Stage One.

If less than 5 competitors in the Young Adult division clear Stage One, then as many YA non-finishers as needed to reach 5 competitors or 50 per cent of the field (whichever is lesser) will advance to Stage Two for unofficial runs, based on furthest-fastest on Stage One.

If less than 5 competitors in the Masters division clear Stage One, then as many Masters non-finishers as needed to reach 5 competitors or 50 per cent of the field (whichever is lesser) will advance to Stage Two for unofficial runs, based on furthest-fastest on Stage One.

If less than 5 competitors in the Adult Division clear Stage Two, then as many non-finishers as needed to reach 5 competitors will advance to Stage Three for unofficial runs, based on furthest-fastest on Stage Two.

If less than 2 competitors in the Young Adult division clear Stage Two, then as many non-finishers as needed to reach 2 competitors will advance to Stage Three for unofficial runs, based on furthest-fastest on Stage Two.

If less than 2 competitors in the Masters division clear Stage Two, then as many non-finishers as needed to reach 2 competitors will advance to Stage Three for unofficial runs, based on furthest-fastest on Stage Two.

In all cases, an unofficial runner on Stage Two will not be able to progress to do an unofficial run on Stage Three – even if they clear the course or are the best performing non-finisher.

FINALS PRIZES

The following cash prizes are on offer at the event:

The top men, women and young adults at the NCL Finals 2024 will also qualify to compete in the World Ninja League World Championships in the United States in mid-2025.

For more information about the World Ninja League, visit https://worldninjaleague.org/.

If you have any questions about the Ninja Challenge League’s rules or format, contact the Commissioner directly at commissioner@ninjachallengeleague.com.

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