St Paul’s Collegiate School offers mountain biking as a summer sport to students from junior through to senior years. There are three age groups and events that students can compete in including under-14, under-16 and under-19 and cross country, hill climb and downhill.
Students practise every Tuesday and Thursday after school at the Pukete MTB track and BMX track along the Waikato River. Students also have the opportunity of training at the Rotorua forest trails.
The main competitions that students compete in are the New Zealand secondary schools mountain bike championships and cross country team relay (Rotorua).
Transportation costs and entry fees for competitions are disbursed to students' accounts as required.
Highlights
- Cole Lucas placed second in the under-20 downhill event at the New Zealand secondary schools competition (2015)
- John Richardson placed second in the under-17 downhill event at the New Zealand secondary schools competition (2015)
- Shaun Campbell placed third in the under-17 downhill event at the New Zealand secondary schools competition (2015)