28 May 2025

Kiwi skipping her way to the World Champs

From Afternoons, 1:26 pm on 28 May 2025

Sacha Willetts is a competitive skipper and in July she'll become the first New Zealander to compete at the World Jump Rope Championships in Japan. The 40-year-old content manager from Thames will be up against jumpers about half her age - but she told Jesse her real goal is to spread the word and encourage others to take up the sport.

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