2025 Mountain Biking registration will open Tuesday 4 February
Before your child commits to this sport please read the very important information below.
If you have any questions or require additional information about Mountain Biking, please email our Sports Department.
Mountain Biking Information
General Info
Game times & venue
The series is held across terms 1, 2, and 3.
Auckland Schools Mountain Biking (AMBC) Cross Country (XC) Series:
Race | Event Date | Venue |
1 XCO | Sunday 30 March | Hunua Regional Park |
2 XCO | Sunday 11 May | Waitawa Regional Park |
3 XCO | Sunday 15 June | Slater Road (South Head – private farm) |
4 XCO | Sunday 17 August | Totara Park |
5 XCO | Sunday 7 September | Riverhead Forest (Barlow Road) |
5XCR | Sunday 7 September [Relay – Teams Event] | Riverhead Forest (Barlow Road) |
Fees
The is no cost for the affiliation to Cycling NZ. NX Sports department will process this.
Fees are required for each individual event. These are paid directly through the event registration.
Registration
Registration will be open on Kindo from Tuesday 4 February.
Please note: there is no fee to register.
This information is collected so we can affiliate your child with Cycling NZ.
Trials
No trials will be held as this is an individual event for all levels.
We do recommend riding some tracks prior to the first event.
Training
Please check the link for recommended tracks/paths.
Selection process
We go through a very thorough selection process to finalise our teams and players will be placed in a team that our selectors have determined best suits their ability and experience. While inevitably there will be some movement of players, both up and down teams, it is important to remember that this movement can be a result of the following factors:
- New players who didn’t play last year can also create movement for other players, especially if they are placed in a higher team, resulting in other players moving down to a lower team.
- Individual development and growth over the summer months. If individual players have put in an extra effort and completed additional training over the holiday, this can definitely show during trials, resulting in higher performance on the court and some movement between teams.
We understand that some students will have questions regarding the trial process and eventually the team selection – if your child does, please ask them to see Anna in the sports office.
As per our Sports Selection Policy, no correspondence regarding team selection will be entered into. If you wish to view it, please download the document at the bottom of this page.
Club Information
As well as FIVE XC races and one XCR (relay – teams) race various Auckland Mountain Bike Clubs have worked together to put on THREE Enduro Races (‘Shredder Series) and one Down Hill race aimed at students Year 7 to Year 13.
There could be more Enduro and another Downhill in Term 4.
Please see details below.
Auckland Schools Mountain Biking (AMBC) Cross Country (XC) Series:
Race | Event Date | Venue |
1 XCO | Sunday 30 March | Hunua Regional Park |
2 XCO | Sunday 11 May | Waitawa Regional Park |
3 XCO | Sunday 15 June | Slater Road (South Head – private farm) |
4 XCO | Sunday 17 August | Totara Park |
5 XCO | Sunday 7 September | Riverhead Forest (Barlow Road) |
5XCR | Sunday 7 September [Relay – Teams Event] | Riverhead Forest (Barlow Road) |
Tamaki Makaurau Shredder Series 2025 (Enduro)
Pohutukawa Coast Bike Club, JafaKids MTB Academy (WCRC Riverhead), & FourForty Mountain Bike Park are partnering up to bring our local Youth an epic Funduro series, which purpose is to promote the sport and provide a supporting and fun environment for kids to give racing a go.
Each club will run its own event and have placings for each event, riders can choose to do 1, 2 or all 3 of the rounds. There will be overall placings for the series.
Saturday 8 February Tamaki Makarau Shredder Series (Enduro) Race 1, PCBC, Maraetai
Sunday 16 February Shredder Series (Enduro) Race 2 Jafakids / WCRC, Riverhead
Sunday 2 March Shredder Series (Enduro) Race 3, 440 Mountain Bike Park
Auckland Schools Downhill Champs – hosted by AKDH, at Dome Valley
Saturday 5th April
Information (e.g. flyer) to come.
Coaches, managers & umpires
The Mountain Bike Squad team will require a team manager.
You will be the point of contact on race day and on the groups Team Reach.
If you are interested in being the team manager for Mountain Biking team, please indicate this on the google form.
All coaches and managers are required to be police vetted by Northcross. If you are keen to take on one of these roles and have not yet been police vetted by our school, please email the Sport Department and we will send you through the relevant forms to fill out.
