ŌPOUTERE SCHOOL ADVENTURE RACE
TUESDAY 16 SEPTEMBER 2025
The Opoutere School Adventure Race is an annual feature on the school calendar.
During term 3 students are divided into teams and train for the race by learning
navigation, teamwork, mountain biking and trekking skills.
Other schools from the Waikato region are invited to come and take part in the race
and it is growing each year we have it.
Race Entry
Entries are completed on a google form (1 per team).
https://forms.gle/C86QYnhFN2s62Vg58
Entry Fees
$10 per student
No entries will be received after Tuesday 10 September
Pay online: 06-0705-0529844-00 - ANZ - Whangamata Events Ltd.
Reference: SCHOOL NAME. Or if paying for an individual team TEAM NAME.
If possible please make one payment per school.
Race Info
Adventure Racing
Adventure Racing is an exciting & challenging team sport. It involves navigating to collect checkpoints marked on a map. The course will take teams on an exciting adventure through native bush, forestry and/or farmland. The course will be kept secret until the day of the race and you will receive maps before race start that show your where to go.
Adventure Racing is part of the curriculum at Opoutere School and all students from year 5 - 8 will be competing in the race.
Students from other schools, and adventure racers are all invited to take part in the event and compete along side Opoutere.
Disciplines
Adventure Racing traditionally involves trekking, mountain biking and kayaking. For ease of logistics and safety this event is trekking only. This makes it easier for schools to travel and organise teams because you don’t have to bring bikes & kayaks. However to keep the Adventure Racing theme there will be mystery activities based around mountain biking and kayaking.
Trekking – the trekking will be a mixture of trails, roads, bush, open land and/or streams.
Navigation – you will be given orienteering maps with the checkpoints marked on them. The scale will be between 1:7500 and 1:15000.
Mystery activities – these are fun activities to complete during the race for extra points. They will be revealed on the day.
Difficulty
This race is designed for school students and is catered to all abilities. Teams can choose how far and fast they wish to go. Teams can take breaks for food and water as they see fit. Yr 5/6 teams will race for two hours. Yr 7 - 13 will race for 3hrs.
If you have any questions please get in touch, we will be happy to help. See below for contact details.
Categories
You can enter in the following categories:
High School - year 9/10 and year 11-13 categories.
Primary School - year 5/6 (2hr race) and year 7/8 categories.
Mixed / Boys / Girls - Adventure Racing is traditionally a mixed sport, however you can enter as all boys or all girls too.
Trophy - The trophy category is year 7/8 mixed. The top year 7/8 mixed team will be crowned champions of the Ōpoutere School Adventure Race and be awarded the prestigious Rangipo Trophy.
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