Cycling New Zealand Schools Events Latest Update

Schools

Following the government’s announcement that NZ will remain in Alert Level 4 until Tuesday, School Sport NZ have tonight, regretfully announced the cancellation of all sanctioned events on its calendar through to Monday 6th September 2021. This includes all events scheduled within the Winter Tournament Week window. 

Given this announcement, it is with disappointment and regret that we are making the following updates to our events:

Skoda Southern Tour

This event was scheduled to take place on 28-29 August in Blenheim.

As per the announcement above this event is now cancelled.

We want to take this opportunity to extend our thanks and thoughts to Warren Hall and the Cycling Marlborough team for their dedication and support of Schools Cycling and we look forward to returning to Blenheim in 2022.

We would also like to extend our thanks to all the schools and riders who entered and supported this event. Those schools who have entered and paid will be contacted separately regarding the refund process.

 

Skoda Northern Tour

This event was scheduled to take place on 4-5 September in Auckland.

As per the announcement above this event is now cancelled.

We would like to extend our thanks to all the schools and riders who entered and supported this event and the volunteer programme. Those schools who have entered and paid will be contacted separately regarding the refund process.

 

School Sport NZ and Cycling New Zealand Schools is acutely aware of the impact this decision will have on many of our Rangatahi, particularly those senior students who face the possibility of having events cancelled for a second successive year. 

We, along with many of you, share the disappointment that this pandemic continues to deliver not only in a sporting sense but throughout many aspects of our lives.


We share the desire to get back to racing but along with all of you, have a responsibly that our decisions first and foremost, support the safety and wellbeing of all our stakeholders. We thank you all for your understanding and support.

 

Skoda MTB Nationals, Skoda Road Nationals and Skoda South Island Track

School Sport NZ will review the viability of future events on the School Sport NZ calendar on Wednesday 1st September, or as appropriate with changes to alert level protocols.

Given this statement, at this stage the above events will remain on the calendar and we are preparing that they will go ahead as planned. We await any further directive from SSNZ, the current alert levels from the NZ Government and information from our event organisers on the viability of the event prior to making any final decision.

If you are intending to support these events, we do ask your school to enter to provide confidence to our event organisers that they will be supported.

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