2 September 2022, Issue 1125
Let the fun begin! For Mount Maunganui Intermediate students, including those pictured, the focus of participating at the 2022 Zespri AIMS Games is performance goals. “We want to do the best that we can do in our chosen code
and come away a better player, more skilled and having enjoyed being part of such a big tournament,” says associate principal Renee Thurston, who has 299 students playing in the week-long event in Tauranga City from
September 3-9. “Wins are great, and we love to win – but for us, AIMS Games are about doing our best, playing fair and supporting each other.” More than 25,000 athletes, officials and supporters from 350 schools are
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set to play 23 sport codes in the tournament, which organisers say is a “real privilege for us to be actually staging” after a two-year hiatus. Read more about the AIMS Games on page 11. Photo: Bob Tulloch.
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