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AusCycling SHIMANO National All Schools Cycling Challenge

It’s time to challenge your friends, or other schools - come be involved in the AusCycling Shimano National All Schools Cycling Challenge.

The inaugural AusCycling Shimano National All Schools Cycling Challenge will be held on the Gold Coast , Queensland in 2022 from September 2-4.

The three-day multi-discipline event will provide secondary school students from all across Australian an opportunity to experience BMX racing, cross-country mountain biking and enduro, road racing and team events.

The event has been created by AusCycling to encourage both team participation and individual performance via a festival atmosphere.

AusCycling envisages the event to be the first step in creating a fantastic series of school events. In future years, we aim to host state and territory-based events, with the AusCycling Shimano National All Schools Cycling Challenge as the pinnacle. This also includes an opportunity to build in primary school-aged categories into the events.

Visit Gold Coast

When your not riding your bike there are plenty of activities and destinations you can visit in the Gold Coast region. Visit the Destination Gold Coast website to find out what is on offer to see and do while in the region.

Entry Portal

Entries will be online via AusCycling Entry Portal only. It is the rider/rider guardian’s responsibility to ensure their entry is correct.

Entries close 11:59pm AEST, Sunday 21 August 2022

Event Overview

Date - Friday 2 September to Sunday 4 September 2022

Location - Gold Coast

Entries - Entries will be online via AusCycling Entry Portal only. It is the rider/rider guardian’s responsibility to ensure their entry is correct.

Venues

BMX

Location: Nerang BMX Club
Address - Corner of Mortensen Rd and Cayuga St Nerang QLD

Mountain Bike

Location - Nerang Cycle Centre
Address - 1 Hope Street, Nerang QLD 4211

Road Cycling

Location - Nerang Cycle Centre
Address - 1 Hope Street, Nerang QLD 4211

All Bike Challenge

Location - Nerang Cycle Centre
Address - 1 Hope Street, Nerang QLD 4211

Schedule Overview

Tentative schedule is as follows - (updated 31/05/2022)

Additional information & event breakdown schedule can be found in the - AusCycling SHIMANO National All Schools Cycling Challenge Participant Guide

Event Categories

Individual Event Categories

Male Year's 7-8
Female Year's 7-8
Male Year's 9-10
Female Year's 9-10
Male Year's 11-12
Female Year's 11-12

Final categories are depending on entry numbers.

Additional information around the composition of Team Relay Categories can be found in the AusCycling SHIMANO National All Schools Cycling Challenge Participant Guide

Event Disciplines

AusCycling National All Schools Cycling Challenge will consist of 3 core Disciplines. Style of the format is to encourage both team participation and individual performance. Disciplines on offer include:

Road (Friday AM)