Beerwah prodigy excels
By Kirra Livingstone
11-YEAR-old Ninja Warrior star, Mason Dempsey, is heading to Los Angeles from July 19 to August 5, to compete in the Ninja World Titles.
Mason is currently ranked in the top three U11 ninjas in Australia, and will be his first world titles for the sport.
People as young as five-years-old and as old as they’d like can compete in this exhilarating sport.
The Beerwah High student has been doing the sport for three years, and has found a great joy out of this unique yet growing sport.
“I first started doing ninja warrior after I went to a birthday party, I was invited to a ninja warrior place and then I fell in love with the sport,” he said.
“What I love the most about the sport is doing the laches.”
Mason said his favourite courses are Laches, rings, and rope traverses, and Beerwah High Head of Department for Sport, Steve Jeffery, said the school was seeking a grant to build a ninja warrior course.
“We are thinking of getting a grant to put in a playground with a ninja warrior obstacle course, in the junior area of the school,” Steve said.
The Ninja Warrior hopeful is excited to travel overseas for the championships, and detailed his achievements in the sport so far.
“I’m a national title holder for my age group in Australia, I had to compete in a lot of national and state level competitions to qualify to go there,” Mason said.
“I’m really excited to see America, we are going to Disneyland while we are there.”
Mason has also made many connections in the sport, including some of his family.
“My little brother has also qualified for the world championships, he is eight years old,” he said.
“I’ve met a lot of friends through ninja warrior, I have friends from all over Queensland who do the sport.”
Mason plans to do ninja warrior professionally once he graduates.