Huxster Mountain Bike Race

Teams show grit at the Canterbury Huxster Mountain Bike Race at McLeans Island.

Medbury Rockets take off!

On 4 March, over 60 Medbury boys arrived at McLeans Island Forest Park for the Canterbury Huxster Mountain Bike Race 2020.

The Huxster Mountain Bike Race is a relay race, with the option to do it as an individual in the intermediate division. How it works is you have a set amount of time and you need to get in the most laps possible. Medbury did exceptionally well, with the Year 5 Medbury Rockets consisting of Zac Hibbs and Alex Cosgriff placing third against 81 teams in the Years 5 and 6 Male Primary School Division, with seven laps of 4 kilometres, and an average lap time of 12 minutes, 11 seconds.

Year 6 students Matthew BurtonLyall and Marcus Luke also raced very well to receive a fifth place medal.

In the intermediate individual division, we had Michael Weber take home a silver medal. Michael made 9 laps with an average time of 19 minutes 45 seconds. However, with or without a placing, all the boys gave it their all and had a great time.

Hugo Arthur, 8L