The 2026 Waverley Judges Invite ran across two days at Waverley Gymnastics Centre (WVG) on May 10–11, drawing athletes from Level 8 through Senior International. It’s one of the Victorian season’s more established invitationals, and this year’s edition delivered close margins, notable year-on-year improvements, and a few skill debuts worth flagging.
Waverley’s home athletes were hard to miss - Waverley Gymnastics dominated the Future International event and had athletes contending across almost every session.
LEVEL 10 - ECL CLAIMS THE DOUBLE
Indianna Gilson (ECL) won Level 10 Division 1 with a 50.55 all-around, anchored by a 13.75 on floor - the highest floor score across all divisions on the day. She finished well clear of an unusual result behind her: Mia Fewster and Maya Simanjuntak, both from Geelong YMCA Gym Club (GYG), finished in an exact tie on 47.45, sharing second place. Ebony Gough (MYC Gymnastics, 46.4) and Georgia Brown (MLC Gymnastics Club, 46.2) rounded out a competitive top five.
Division 2 went to Isobel Myles (ECL) with 46.85 - a comfortable margin over Tia Phu (Niddrie Gymnastic Club, 43.7) and Alyssa Comer (Pulse Gymnastics, 43.3). Pulse Gymnastics had an impressive team showing, placing five athletes in the top eleven. Alyssa Comer improved on her 42.85 runner-up finish at the 2025 Waverley, while Matilda Kelleher (Bentleigh McKinnon Gymnastics Club) - who won this division last year - found the field considerably tougher, finishing 10th on 39.15 despite a personal score improvement.
LEVEL 9 - ESTELLE WARNES, ONE YEAR ON
The performance that will linger from Level 9 belongs to Estelle Warnes (Chamford Gymnastics Club), who won Division 1 with a 50.8. Twelve months ago at this same competition, Warnes placed 15th in Level 8 Division 1 with 44.1. A 6.7-point improvement and a full divisional step in one year.
Her margin of victory - 1.85 points over Anna Yung (WVG, 48.95) - was clear. Madison Marburg (WVG, 48.0) was third, and the Yung sisters added a compelling subplot: Anna in second and Amanda Yung (WVG) in sixth on 46.8, competing in the same division.
Division 2 was a confident win for Maisie Brown (WVG) with 44.65 - a 5.7-point improvement on her fourth-place result (38.95) in the same event a year ago. Runner-up Hayley Browne (WVG, 43.0) had actually won this division at the 2025 Waverley - she improved too, just not enough to hold off Brown.
LEVEL 8 - HOME FLOOR ADVANTAGE
Celine Wawolangi (WVG) won Level 8 Division 1 with 49.3, competing in front of her home crowd. At the 2025 Waverley Invite she placed 16th in this division with 43.333 - almost six points back of where she finished this year. She won beam and floor on the day, posting 13.1 on the latter.
The division was closely fought behind her. Elisha Spiteri (NID) was just 0.35 back on 48.95; Emma Hale (MLC) followed on 48.75 and led the field on bars with 13.0. Ties punctuated the results sheet: Arabelle Ng and Lettie Gray (both BTYC Gymnastics, BTY) shared sixth on 46.05, and Kay-lee Chin (BTY) and Tia How (NID) both landed on exactly 42.0 further down the order.
Level 8 Division 2 individual results were not available at time of publication.
TEAMS - HALF A POINT IN IT
Both team competitions were settled by margins so fine they would barely register on a single apparatus.
In Level 8 Division 1, MLC won with 140.7 over NID’s 140.1 - a gap of just 0.6 points across the full four-apparatus team total. MLC led on bars; NID led on vault. BTY completed the podium on 136.55.
“Two team competitions, both decided by under a point.”
Division 2 was even closer: BTY won with 127.25 over MLC’s 126.7 - a margin of 0.55. A remarkable pair of results for the one competition.
