Tauranga Boys' College have retained the top school trophy at the NZ Secondary Schools White Water Kayaking Championships for the 15th time in 18 years.
The event including canoe slalom and down river racing was held at Monowai in remote Fiordland, where deer wandered across the road from the bush and contact to the outside world was limited.
Winning it again was not easy as their main competition, Dunstan High School in Alexandra, had the bonus of being co-ed, therefore had many more chances to earn points.
Tauranga Boys' teacher Rob Sperling says they went into the final day of the down river racing only 2 points ahead, a lead they just held on to to take the top honours.
Team captain Alex Hawthorne won the senior K1 just ahead of schoolmates Theo Pepper (second) and Patrick Washer (third). Washer dominated the C1 (canoe) senior event with Tauranga's James Thwaite (second).