Get2Go Challenge 2008
Get2Go is a team adventure challenge for Year 9 and 10 students and is designed to encourage them to get active in New Zealand’s great outdoors. 
The Get2Go Challenge is run by OPC and supported by SPARC. SPARC encourages Kiwis to participate in outdoor recreation and physical activity. The Get2Go Challenge provides an opportunity for young people to have a go at a series of exciting outdoor activities including: rock climbing, mountain biking, orienteering and kayaking.
Get2Go helps students to develop physical and mental skills including communication, problem solving, planning, endurance, decision making, leadership and teamwork. It’s all about having fun and having a go at physical activity and recreation in the great outdoors – no special outdoors experience is necessary.
In 2008 the Get2Go Challenge will run nationwide – this is the first time Year 9 and 10 students from schools in the South Island will have the opportunity to participate in Get2Go.
The Get2Go Challenge 2008 includes 13 regional one-day challenges throughout the country. The top team from each region will be invited to participate in the Get2Go Grand Final at the OPC adventure centre on Great Barrier Island.
Dates and locations
North Island regional events
- Northland Region – 5 August 2008
- Waitakere/North Harbour – 7 August 2008
- Auckland – 12 August 2008
- Counties Manukau – 14 August 2008
- Bay of Plenty – 19 August 2008
- Waikato – 21 August 2008
- Taranaki – 26 August 2008
- Hawkes Bay/Eastland – 28 August 2008
- Manawatu/Wanganui – 2 September 2008
- Wellington/Wairarapa – 3 September 2008
South Island regional events
- Tasman/Westport/Reefton – 5 September 2008
- Canterbury/Northern Aoraki – 8 September 2008
- Otago/Southland/Southern Aoraki – 10 September 2008
Grand final event
Grand Final Great Barrier Island – 8-12 December 2008
Get2Go 2008 regional challenge results
| Event/region |
Winner |
Northland
|
Whangarei Boys/Girls (Team Black)
|
Waitakere/North Harbour
|
Wentworth College |
Auckland
|
St Cuthbert's College (Team 1) |
Counties Manukau
|
Rosehill College |
| Bay of Plenty |
Trident High School |
| Waikato |
Cambridge High School (Team 1) |
Taranaki
|
New Plymouth Boys High 1 |
| Hawkes Bay/Eastland |
Havelock North High School |
| Manawatu/Wanganui |
Horowhenua College |
| Wellington/Wairarapa |
Kapiti College |
| Tasman/Westport/Reefton |
Golden Bay High School |
| Canterbury/Northern Aoraki |
Middleton Grange 1 |
| Otago/Southland/Southern Aoraki |
Northern Southland College |
How to enter Get2Go 2008
For more information on how to register, cost, and to download a registration form go to the OPC website.
Get2Go Challenge 2007
Get2Go Challenge 2006
Updated | 12 Sep 2008.
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