This weekend will see Riley Thurstans contesting the world youth climbing championships in Austria while sailor Jock Calvert is in Hungary for the senior world finn gold cup.

Daniel Watkins and Kate Eckhardt are in La Seu D'urgell, Spain, for the canoe slalom world cup final before both Hobart paddlers head to France to compete in next week’s senior world championships.

Hobart cycling sensation Madeleine Fasnacht’s next global assignment is in the Norwegian city of Bergen where she is the sole Tasmanian in the Australian team for the world junior road championships from September 17.

Across the Atlantic, Huon clubmates Georgia Nesbitt and Sarah Hawe are the state’s representatives in the national team at the world rowing championships which are being held in Sarasota, Florida, from September 24.

Alex Lack came in 59th of 66 finishers in the under-23 race at the mountain bike world championships in Cairns.

The 20-year-old Launceston Mountain Bike Club member, of Wyena, completed the course 11:18 behind New Zealand winner Sam Gaze’s time of 1:17.46.

Hobart’s Ben Bradley, 22, finished 48th, 7:57 down.

Kurt Mackey and Jack Welch have returned from a successful tour of Europe with the Australian development hockey team.

The Hobart talents saw the tour as a great success after winning five out of the seven games played against quality opposition.

“As the tour continued I was happier with my form,” Mackey said. “The highlight was playing the Irish, a senior international side that is climbing the rankings in the world – they provided us with some quality opposition."

Welch agreed on the tour highlight.

“It was the first time I played a senior international team and they were a quality side, so it was definitely an experience to remember,” he said.

"I took a lot away from the tour.”

Losing only to the German under-21s (1-5) and Ireland Seniors (0-2), the team exacted revenge against Germany (4-2) and also beat under-21 teams from England (2-0), Belgium (4-0) and Holland (3-2) plus Oranje Rood (4-2).