Annual Report 2016/2017

CYCLING
CYCLE SKILLS TRAINING
Harbour Sport delivered 6 hours of grade 1 (off-road) and 2 (on-road) cycle skills training in three
schools: Northcote Intermediate, Hobsonville Point Secondary School and Orewa College. A total of
615 year 7-9 students completed the day of training. 26 students learned how to ride a bike and by
the end of the delivery were able to consistently pedal independently.
Results:
- Orewa College
- 28.5% increase in Cycling NZ road code quiz (from 55% to 83.5% post training)
- 36% increase in overall confidence riding on the road post training.
- Hobsonville Point Secondary School
- 19% increase in Cycling NZ road code
quiz (from 55% to 74% post training)
- 34% increase in overall confidence riding
on the road post training.
- Northcote Intermediate
- 26.5% increase in Cycling NZ road code
quiz (from 60.5% to 87% post training)
- 25% increase in overall confidence riding
on the road post training.
BIKES IN SCHOOLS
Two Primary Schools in the Harbour Region received
?Learn to Ride? teacher workshops: Upper Harbour
Primary had 25 teachers attend and Whangaparaoa
School had 35. The aim of these workshops is to
train the teachers to deliver cycling-based lessons
CYCLING INSTRUCTORS
Harbour Sport delivered four cycle skills workshops
across the Auckland region (North x2, West and
South) to train and develop cycle instructors. A total
of 64 participants received cycle skills training and 14
of these participants are now gaining delivery
experience, being mentored and are working
towards their Skills Active cycle skills accreditation.
Harbour Sport has 3 new accredited Skills Active
Grade 2 Cycle Skills Instructors and 2 Skills Active
Cycle Assessors.
RECYCLE PROJECT
The objective of the project is to collect and source a
minimum of 80 second-hand bikes and redistribute to
young people in low socio-economic areas. To date 35
bikes have been received, 12 distributed with 23
serviced bikes currently ready for redistribution.
Students from Northcote Intermediate, Onepoto
Primary School and Albany Pre School have received
bikes and a new helmet.
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