"It's a little bit of a fundraiser for Geyser Football and a chance to carry on all the positive things that the old Western Heights tournament did," Day said. "It is also a good pre-season tournament."
Western Heights High School won both titles at the tournament last year in the boys' and girls' divisions, but will not be entering the girls' division this year.
High schools from across the central North Island have entered teams and will compete from today to Sunday.
Day said the Rotorua Lakes Council had been supportive in helping the club put on the event.
Geyser Football Club was established in 2013 with players from Rotorua United and Ngongotaha AFC combining to make stronger representative teams.
"So, what happens there is instead of having two clubs with two, half-good sides we are combining the teams," Day said.
"It is about trying to get the federation-level kids together so they don't have to drive over to Tauranga all the time.
"So we are basically trying to get rep football here in Rotorua."
He said Geyser currently competed in the federation competitions on a Sunday against the best clubs from around Waikato and Bay of Plenty in the under-13, under-15 and under-17 grades.
It did not interfere with Saturday football which was still contested by all the clubs in Rotorua.
