30 riders took part in the recent South Island Championships that were held at Ruapuna race track over the first weekend of the holidays. The team rode three races over the two days. An individual time trial, the team time trial and the scratch race based on age group.

Day 1 Report

Individual Time Trial ITT (1 lap 3.7km)

U14 - 4th Harry Medlicott (5min 20sec), 9th Will Taylor (5min 32sec), 15th Jack Keown (6min 11sec), 19th Gab Mohs (7min 39sec)

U15 - 2nd Laurence Pithie, 3rd Navarh Brotherston (4min 57sec), 4th Jack Fantham (5min 1sec), 10th Oliver Persson (5min 23sec), 19th Noah Olsen (6min 1sec), 20th Jacob Webb (6min 1sec), 21st Braedyn McKernan (6min 10sec), 22nd Blair Barnes-Page (6min 20sec)

U16 - 2nd Griffyn Spencer (4min 36sec), 5th Sam Medlicott (5min 05sec), 7th Josh Rivett (5min 07sec), 11th Max Zhang (5min 13sec), 18th Josh Edmonds 5min 37sec, 19th Eric Chen (5min 50sec)

U17 - 5th Nick Thornley (4min 39sec), 10th George Crichton (4min 45sec), 11th Zach Taylor (4min 49sec), 20th Henry Smith (5min 01sec), 29th Iichiro Sumoyoshi (5min 35sec)

U20 - 1st Hugo Jones (4min 13sec - course record), 3rd Campbell Pithie (4min 28sec), 5th Louis Brown (4min 33sec), 6th Anton Mulder (4min 36sec), 9th Jack Walsh (4min 46sec)

Team Time Trial TTT

U14 (2 laps)
CBHS A - 2nd - Will Taylor, Harry Medlicott, Jack Keown, Gab Mohs

U16 (3 laps)
CBHS D 6th - Jacob Webb, Noah Olsen, Braedyn McKernan, Blair Barnes-Page
CBHS C 5th - Joshua Ocop-Coursey, Eric Chen, Josh Edmonds, Oliver Persson
CBHS B 2nd in 15min 59sec - Jack Fantham, Josh Rivett, Max Zhang, Liam Bunting
CBHS A 1st in 14min 26sec - Griffyn Spencer, Laurence Pithie, Navarh Brotherson, Sam Medlicott

U20 (4 laps 14km)

CBHS C 8th in 22min 02sec - Zach Taylor, Henry Smith, Iichiro Sumoyoshi
CBHS B 2nd 18min 53sec - Nick Thornley, George Crichton, Jack Walsh
CBHS A 1st in 17min 44sec - Hugo Jones, Louis Brown, Anton Mulder, Campbell Pithie

Day 2 report

Scratch races today with the U14 starting early and the U20 riders starting at 2:30pm and everyone else in between. An awesome day but cold to start with -2 degrees at 9am.

U14 results

6th Harry Medlicott, Will Taylor, Jack Keown, Gab Mohs

U15 results

1st Laurence Pithie (solo breakaway and won by 40sec)
2nd Navarh Brotherston
3rd Liam Bunting
4th Jack Fantham

U16 results

2nd Griffyn Spencer

U17 results

1st Nick Thornley
2nd George Crichton
(Nick and George broke away and rode 7 laps as a pair before being caught but still had enough in the tank for the sprint finish - race of the day)

U20 results

1st Anton Mulder - solo break away - impressive ride
2nd Jack Walsh
3rd Hugo Jones

As a result of the efforts by the team, CBHS won the Hayden Godfrey School points Trophy. This was the 5th year in a row winning this Trophy. View more photos of our riders here.