Colgate Games

NORTH ISLAND COLGATE GAMES 2025 -  Mitre 10 Park, Hastings, 10-12 January 2025

SOUTH ISLAND COLGATE GAMES 2025 - Nga Puna Wai, Christchurch, 17-19 January 2025  


Colgate Games Registration 2025

All registrations and payments need to be made by 8 November 2024

To register, please visit:

North Island Colgate Games - https://regoform.mygameday.app/#/event/registration-form/2025nicolgate/

South Island Colagte Games - https://regoform.mygameday.app/#/event/registration-form/2025sicolgate/  

Due to production timelines if you want to order an event t-shirt, make sure you enter by midday on 14 October 2024.

About the Colgate games

The Colgate Games is an annual athletics meeting for competitors aged 7 to 14 years.  For 2025 this means children born between 2010 and 2017. 

The Colgate Games are held over three days in the North Island and the South Island in January each year.  Each event attracts anywhere from 1000 to 1500 young athletes.

Anyone can attend the Colgate Games as long as they are a registered club member, but you need to pre-register to take part in either of these events. 

The games run from Friday morning through to Sunday afternoon – with relays being the last events of each day. On the Friday morning there is an Opening Ceremony and Marchpast.

What you need to know:

  • Athletes aged 7-14 years registered with any Athletics club can attend
  • Athletes can enter up to five events, plus relays
  • The entry process is the same for both the North and South Island
  • Conditions of entry and meeting rules can be found on the Colgate Games website
  • The games run from Friday morning through to Sunday afternoon
  • Children wear their club uniforms (LHAAC singlet and plain black shorts) and Colgate Games bib.
  • Over 10s can wear spikes.

The events are:

  • 7 – 9-year olds – 60m, 100m, 200m, Long Jump, Discus, Shotput
  • 10 – 14-year olds – 100m, 200m, 400m, 800m, 1500m, Racewalk, Long Jump, High Jump, Discus, Shotput, Hurdles (12 – 14 only)​​​​​​​​​​​​​​