They’re off: The pre-schoolers get underway in the Kids Kerfuffle at Karāpiro.
Ava Jones of Leamington Primary School planned her ride in the Kids Kerfuffle event at Lake Karāpiro on Saturday weeks in advance.
She even laid out her favourite dress to wear undaunted by the warning from her parents that she was likely to get it covered in mud.
But it was all worth it in the end when the five-year-old got her medal at the end of the inaugural race having ridden through big puddles of water and slid down a water slide.
More than 100 children participated in the event organised by Bicycle Revolution.
Ava Jones, 5, Leamington Primary School. Kids Kerfuffle at Karāpiro. Photo: Mary Anne Gill.
Twins Bree and Chloe Walker, 3, with Matthew Taylor, 2. Kids Kerfuffle at Karāpiro. Photo: Mary Anne Gill.
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- On your marks, get set, hoot: Former New Zealand junior road cyclist Jorja Swain was starter for the Kids Kerfuffle at Karāpiro event.
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- Gold medal-winning Olympian cyclist Sarah Ulmer, one of the Kids Kerfuffle at Karāpiro event organisers, watches on at the start line.
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- Charlie Miers, 8, St Peter’s Catholic, right, and Kenzie Sinclair, 8, Roto-o-Rangi Primary. Kids Kerfuffle at Karāpiro.
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- Kids Kerfuffle Karapiro
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- Kids Kerfuffle Karapiro
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- Kids Kerfuffle Karapiro
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- Kids Kerfuffle Karapiro
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- Kids Kerfuffle Karapiro
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- Kids Kerfuffle Karapiro
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- Kids Kerfuffle Karapiro
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- Kids Kerfuffle Karapiro
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- Kids Kerfuffle Karapiro
