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Australian Tree Climbing Championships: organiser, entry route, events and results page

Arboriculture Australia's national climbing championships: the 2027 dates and schedule at Kings Park in Perth, the policy's rules on state places, wildcards and guests, the cap on competitors, and where the organiser posts the event.

Checked against the sources at the bottom of this page on October 9, 2026. Rules, fees and pay change: the source has the last word.

This page reports what Arboriculture Australia says on its ATCC page, its climbing page and its ATCC policy, version 1.3. The state events and the other nations are in the table of championships.

Who runs it and when it is held

Arboriculture Australia runs the Australian Tree Climbing Championships, called the ATCC. Its policy says the event shows the skills of arborists across the country and qualifies climbers for the Asia Pacific Tree Climbing Championship and the International Tree Climbing Championship. The 2027 edition is listed for April 16 to 18, 2027, at Kings Park in Perth, Western Australia. The 2026 edition was listed for April 10 to 12, 2026, at Long Beach Reserve, Sandy Bay, Tasmania. The policy says the ATCC is scheduled to take place just before the national conference.

The 2027 page gives this schedule: climber and volunteer registration, gear check, a walk-through and the first preliminary events on Friday, April 16; more preliminary events and an Arbor Expo on Saturday, April 17; and on Sunday, April 18 the Masters' Challenge, the New Arborist of the Year award and the ATCC awards. The page also lists these dates in February 2027: invitations to state qualified climbers on February 4, registration for them on February 19, wildcard and guest applications on February 19, notice to successful wildcard and guest climbers on February 23, and their registration and the New Arborist of the Year registration on February 25.

How a climber qualifies

The climbing page says competing starts with a state or territory competition, and that competitors in the ATCC are nominated by their state or territory body and then invited. The policy fills in the terms.

  • State places. A competitor must have qualified for the Masters round of a state competition in the last 12 months. The first and second placed men and women from each state Masters round qualify automatically. A state that cannot fill a seat gives it up and cannot swap it for a climber of the other sex. The reigning champions are invited back without using up a state seat.
  • Residency. Competitors must have lived in Australia for over 2 years and must not have represented another ISA jurisdiction at an international or regional final.
  • Wildcards. The committee may approve wildcards who competed in a state Masters round within 2 years, or in an international Masters round over 2 years earlier. A wildcard is nominated by a state or applies alone with results and references, and is eligible to win.
  • Guests. A guest must have competed in a Masters round in another ISA jurisdiction within 12 months. Guests are not eligible to win prizes, cash or entry to the ITCC or the Asia Pacific final.
  • Numbers. The committee accepts up to 80 nominations, 5 men and 5 women from each state and territory, and at most 50 competitors. The registration section sets the field at 40, which the committee can lift to 50.
  • Membership and registration. Competitors must be Arboriculture Australia members and register by a deadline no later than three weeks before the event. Registration covers a shirt, catering, a welcome and awards ticket and event insurance.

Rules, protests and safety

The policy says the event follows the ISA rules and the Arboriculture Australia Minimum Industry Standards books. Protests go to the coordinator, head judge or head technician on the official form, no later than one hour after the alleged infraction. The policy sets a gear check on the Friday and has volunteers wear their own protective equipment inside exclusion zones. The 2027 page carries a biosecurity notice for Perth that names the polyphagous shot-hole borer and myrtle rust and asks visitors to clean their gear before they arrive.

The 2027 event page is the ATCC page, and the rules and forms are on the climbing page.

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