Schools

Athletes have the opportunity to represent their school in gymnastics at both primary and secondary school level. For primary schools there are Schools Festivals, and AIMS Games. Gymnastics is one of the 25 sports that the Zespri AIMS Games includes, giving 11, 12 and 13 year olds an opportunity to compete as an individual or a team in their age-group. New Zealand Secondary Schools events cater to those in the secondary school age group.

School Festivals

Schools should contact their local club for more information about the local school festival.

2024 School Gymsport Festival Handbook

For Rhythmic routine videos – see below.

AIMS Games

The 2024 Zespri AIMS Games are being held 7-13 September in Tauranga.

2024 AIMS Games Gymnastics Handbook

Rhythmic (AIMS Games & Schools Festivals)

Rhythmic School Festival Routines

Aerobics (AIMS Games only)

If you are new to running your school aerobics sessions, have a look here for some new ideas.

Notes to students on entering

Students entering gymnastics events at AIMS Games should note the following;

Divisions offered for each gymnastic sport are outlined on the AIMS Games website.
The AIMS Games Handbook outlines the requirements for each division.
Entries can only be completed and received by schools.
AIMS Games offers divisions from Flyers, Twisters through to Open Grades. Please ensure athletes are competent at the elements for the division they are entered into.
Routines should be adapted to the requirements outlined in the Handbook to ensure athletes are executing elements they are very proficient at, particularly if athletes do not have their club coach in attendance at the Games.
It is also the directive of AIMs Games that the divisions for each sport are Junior, Open Junior and Senior and not separated by the STEPs or Levels of each sport.
Competitive athletes should be able to keep their competitive routines as close as possible to what they compete in the national programmes of their respective sport. Please note, however, that AIMS Games is not a GymSport pathway qualifying event and is not judged (performance, no difficulty)
as such.

The NZ Secondary Schools (NZSS) Gymnastics events are structured as follows:

NZSS Gymnastic Championship Event: Competitive gymnastics pathway athletes compete for NZSS Championships alongside selected Gymnastics NZ Endorsed Qualifying events.
NZSS Gymnastic Sports Cup: Gymnastics multi-code event that caters for novice and retired athletes. Competitive gymnastics pathway athletes may choose to compete a different gymnastic sport at this event.