Welcome to Turf Games Fittest in the City 2025
We are excited to announce that we will be taking Turf Games across the Tasman for the first time and heading to Auckalnd. Forming one of our Fittest in the City (FITC) global tour stops, Auckland athletes will compete on our global leaderboard across this season's workouts. The 2025 season FITC tour will take the competition to more than 12 cities around the globe and some 15,000 athletes hitting the TURF so you can go up against teams from even more countries from across the world. And at the end of the season - we will crown the World Champions in each division.
TEAM ENTRY GOES LIVE THURSDAY 26/03 @ 7pm NZST
WHAT IS FITTEST IN THE CITY?
Fittest in the City, or FITC, is our fast paced, waterfall style format where teams compete in back to back workouts across a condensed competition window vying for the title of 'Fittest in the City'.
CLICK the below image to find out all you need to know about the Fittest in the City format
THE FORMAT
FITC will be a teams of 4 competition with 3 different categories -
- Male
- Female
- Mixed (2M/2F)
Each category will have the below divisions to enter -
- Everyday
- Intermediate
- Elite
WHEN & WHERE
The Auckland 2025 FITC will be held at the the Auckland Showgrounds, 217 Green Lane West, Epsom, Auckland 1051, New Zealand. The event will be in the indoor halls at the venue on Saturday 19th July 2025
Saturday 19th July
Competing teams will be, all
- Male teams
- Female teams
- Mixed teams
FAQ 1 - What time will I be competing? Teams will be assigned their heat time prior to the event. When you enter your team, your category and division will have a 'block' of time assigned. Your heat will be within this block. i.e. Female everyday teams will start between '8.30am and 10am' on Saturday. Heats will start every 25 minutes. Please see further info below
HOW IT WORKS - THE WORKOUTS
The workouts are LIVE! CLICK the image below to see all the workouts you will be taking on in Auckland in July.
HOW TO ENTER
Entry is $480aud/team of 4. You will enter your team on the Team Aretas Auckland FITC page. When you purchase your team, you don't need to know or link your other 3 team mates right away. You will be able to change your team name up until 4 weeks before the event. Your team mates can also be changed right up until the day before you compete.
*Team entry is non-refundable unless the event date is changed or the event is cancelled
HEAT TIMES
Depending on your division and category, your heat time will start within the below block. Please use the below as a guide, times may fluctuate up to 90 minutes. Your exact heat time will be released up to 4 weeks before competition weekend.
Saturday
- Female Everyday - between 8.00am and 10am
- Mixed Everyday - between 9.30am and 11.30am
- Male Everyday - between 11.00am and 12.30am
- Female Intermediate - between 12.00am and 13.30
- Mixed Intermediate - between 13.00 and 14.30
- Male Intermediate - between 14.30 and 15.30
- Female Elite - between 15.30 and 16.30
- Mixed Elite - between 16.00 and 17.30
- Male Elite between 17.00 and 18.30
JOIN THE TURF TEAM - JUDGE / CREW
We are looking for great people to join the Turf Team Workforce in Auckland. Our events would not be what they are without our incredible teams of judges and crew in each country we visit and we are looking forward to having the same in Auckland. All volunteers receive drinks, snacks and food all weekend as well as a Turf Games x LSKD gear and discounts off your next Turf event + more. If you're keen to join the Turf Team as a judge or crew member keep an eye on our comms for when sign ups go live.