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Students from one of Australia's most prestigious private schools have been disqualified from a national sporting competition due to 'anti-social behaviour'.
Riders from Barker College on Sydney's north shore were forced to withdraw from the recent Australian Mountain Biking Interschools championships at the Thredbo ski resort in the Snowy Mountains.
Several students were caught using closed bike trails at night, with one boy taken to hospital with serious injuries after falling off.
The competition was run from March 4 to 8 and attracted more than 1,200 boys and girls from 300 schools across the country to contest mountain biking events.
Students from Barker College, one of Australia's most prestigious private schools, have been disqualified from a national sporting competition due to 'anti-social behaviour'
Entrants from Years 7 to 12 take part in the annual championships which organisers describe as five days of 'action-packed riding, racing and good times'.
A spokeswoman for EVT, the company which operates Thredbo, would not identify any school whose students breached behavioural guidelines but Daily Mail Australia confirmed Barker's involvement.
'At the recent Australian Mountain Biking Interschools competition, some competitors were disqualified due to anti-social behaviour,' the spokeswoman said.
'We have no further comment.'
Barker College is an independent Anglican coeducational day and boarding school at Hornsby which charges up to $40,625 a year for tuition.
Barker headmaster Phillip Heath told Daily Mail Australia several students from his school had been withdrawn from the mountain biking competition.
Riders from Barker College had their points stripped during the recent Australian Mountain Biking Interschools event
