KB25 incorporates the trials for the 2025 New Zealand Secondary School representative teams which will compete in the 2025 Southern Cross Trophy during Australian Schools Championships at the end of September in Queensland near Brisbane. (‘the Trials’):
The grades for school students differ from those at other competitions for both the Challenge and the Trials. The M/W14/16/18 grades are replaced with Junior Girls / Boys (JG / JB) and Senior Girls / Boys (SG / SB) grades;
Senior A grades (SGA / SBA) run red-level courses;
Senior B grades (SGB / SBB) will run orange-level courses;
Junior A grades (JGA / JBA) will run orange-level courses;
Junior B grades (JGB / JBB) will run yellow courses;
B grades are not offered at the Sprint.
All three races at King’s Birthday are part of the Trials ;
Senior Boys/Girls A or B is for those 16 and over (as of 31 December 2025), but still at school ie. born in or before 2009;
Junior Boys/Girls A or B is for those aged 15 and under (as of 31 December 2025) ie. born in or after 2010;
All students seeking selection for the NZSS team in the Trialsmustenter the appropriate A-grade event (and must be Year 9 to 13);
