Anchor Aims Games News

Futsal stars: Somerville Intermediate girls’ futsal team enjoy the camaraderie of the sport. By Candice Gollan Futsal is enjoying a surge in popularity at the 14th annual Anchor AIMS Games. The Games’ futsal co-ordinator Kevin […]

By Caitlan Johnston and Horiana Henderson      Tauranga Intermediate School have taken out the championship hip hop title at the 14th annual Anchor AIMS Games.    The dance crew had trained for five hours today […]

Darsha Keogan’s family, coach and club were not taking no for an answer. Christchurch’s Cobham Intermediate didn’t have enough girls to enter a football team in this year’s Anchor AIMS Games, so the 13-year-old sought […]

  By Caitlan Johnston   The table tennis tournament kicked off at the Anchor AIMS Games today and Somersville Intermediate is back to defend its championship title.  AIMS Games’ table tennis co-coordinator, John Lea, says although […]

By Candice Gollan   It has taken a community to get 16 Tongan Badminton representatives to the Anchor AIMS Games in Tauranga. Since being formed in June 2017, the team has had to fundraise $30,000 […]

  By Horiana Henderson In order to rub shoulders with her All White hero, Auckland football player Briar Richards had to jump… but it was all for a good cause. Richards and her teammates in the Saint […]

Paris Carroll didn’t need two shoes to win gold in her Anchor AIMS Games cross country race – she was triumphant in just one shoe and one muddy, sodden and now very treasured sock. The […]

Amy Robinson works full-time at Tauranga Intermediate, travels to Auckland three times a week to train with the Black Sticks and still dabbles in track and field when she gets the chance. Somehow, the 21-year-old […]

Maureen Habgood has always been a problem-solver so when she heard about Tauranga’s accommodation shortage during September’s Anchor AIMS Games, she sprung into action. The vibrant 78-year-old has galvanised fellow residents in Welcome Bay’s Greenwood […]