Puzzling World Intermediate Challenge

Intermediate Challenge 2023

When: Thursday 15th February 2024

Where: Glendhu Bay

Who for: All children in years 7 & 8

Entries are not yet open for 2024.

Local Schools

All year 7 & 8 students at Holy Family and Mount Aspiring College, plus local home schooled students will have a subsidized $5 entry fee to the event.

Holy Family and Mt Aspiring College Students will be able to register online when entries open.

All local home-schooled children – please email Annabel on [email protected] to receive a discount code to enter via the Challenge Wanaka entry website

Non-local Schools

All other competitors from outside the region, entry fee is $30.

Entry will be available online. Please make sure you select ‘Intermediate Challenge’.

Picking up your registration race pack

All local school children will be given their race packs at their local school by their teachers on the Tuesday or Wednesday of race week.

All other intermediate competitors who do not attend local schools or anyone from Tarras, Makarora or local home school kids; can pick up their registration packs from the Junior Challenge desk, located at Race HQ in the Glendhu Station Woolshed:

Times and dates TBC

Puzzling World Intermediate Challenge will award the top 3 competitors in each year group with trophies and medals at the official prize giving which will take place at 11.30am in the event finish area. Each school will also be given their results independently and will announce their top 3 places for each category.

We hope you will come along for a day of action packed fun and the opportunity to give triathlon a go!

The Course

For both Year 7 and Year 8 races, the course will be made up of a 200m swim, 6km bike, 3km run.

View the course map

Race Manual

The 2023 race manual is now available for download by clicking here.

Make sure you read about the rules, course details and all information you’ll need to know to race the Puzzling World Intermediate Challenge.

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View 2021 Results

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Click this link to view the results for 2020

Click this link to view the results for 2019