South Island Secondary Schools (SISS) MTB Championships held at Coronet Peak & CBHS take out the overall boys school trophy at the Canterbury SS MTB Event held in Halswell

Results wise our 2 kayakers made the massive 10 hour trip from Murchison and were rewarded with medals, Sam Dunnett, gold in U17 Downhill and Sam Hewitt silver in U20 boys.

The last day of SISS saw all the boys head out to complete 4 stages for their Enduro. Results saw the two Sam’s again on the podium, reversing results from Friday, with Sam Hewitt taking gold in U20’s and Sam Dunnett taking silver in U17 boys. An outstanding ride over the 4 stages bringing silver for Xandy Haycock in U16 boys.

Cross Country – Ben Davies winning gold in U14 and Josh Davies winning gold in U17 boys, with Andre Free coming in for bronze in the U17’s. Following this the boys raced in the relay with U20 boys of Josh Davies, Andre Free and Carter Jones coming away with a close second and silver medal. In the U16 boys relay Xandy Haycock, Connor Gilmore and Ben Davies took out the bronze. The team heads into Downhill racing results to come. The boys have been great supporting their teammates.

Downhill – Results for Day 1 saw some good results. Cross Country. U14 Boys Ben Davies took gold and brother Josh Davies also took gold in U17. The relay teams were also on the podium with Silver to U20 boys and Bronze to U16 boys. Good effort all-round with team supporting other riders on course. Photos of podiums below.
Bronze Day 2 saw a great racing today from our DH riders. A big day for mechanic Mr Dunnett and his able assistant, parent, Mr Jones, with a constant run of bikes in the stand, awesome work. Results wise our 2 kayakers made the massive 10 hour trip from Murchison to be with the team and were rewarded with medals, Sam Dunnett, gold in U17 DH and Sam Hewitt silver in U20 boys. Everyone gave their best and most riders improved their seeding run time. There were a few otb but everyone got up to fight another day. Podium photos below.

Last day of SISS saw all the boys head out to complete 4 stages for their Enduro. It was great to see everyone enjoying themselves riding as a team in their age groups. Results saw the two Sam’s again on the podium, reversing results from Friday, with Sam Hewitt taking gold in U20’s and Sam Dunnett taking silver in U17 boys. An outstanding riding over the 4 stages bringing silver for Xandy Haycock in U16 boys. An enjoyable trip with the team coming away with more experience banked for future events. A big thankyou to Mr Dunnett for his encouragement to the riders and his expertise with the fixing of bikes. Thanks also to Mr Jones for his help as assistant mechanic and kitchen hand and to Mrs Gilmore for being an awesome camp mum. To Mr McNaughton for his support and encouragement to riders and his time on the mountain marshalling, thank you. And to all the parents who were there to support their sons and do any job to help things run smoothly.

Canterbury Secondary Schools held 3rd April at Halswell at the Crocodile MTB Park.

Finally we were able to finish the season off after starting the 5 race series in early February. We had a good turn out despite the interruption of rugby trials. This did not affect the results as the good form shown at XC racing at South Islands continued for Ben Davies in u14 boys, taking gold and his older brother, Josh Davies taking gold in the U17 boys. In the U17 boys Andre Free came second and Mika Toshach 3rd for clean sweep in this grade.

Overall due to the number of riders we had on the day plus results helped CBHS take out the overall Boys school trophy.

Thanks to Mr Dunnett, Mr McNaughton and Mr Ralston for your support for the boys it does not go unnoticed.