Host an event
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Christchurch Recreation and Sports offers an extensive range of venues to host your stadia and aquatic events and tournaments.
Whether you’re looking to run sports events, tournaments or sports competitions, school swimming sports, end of year fun days, sports awards, or an exhibition we may have the right venue for you.
Booking information
Our helpful team will work with you to find a suitable facility for your event and your event needs.
To enquire about booking an event at one of our facilities, please complete the enquiry form below and one of our team will be in touch.
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Cowles Stadium is a purpose-built, stand-alone indoor stadium featuring sprung timber courts suitable for sports trainings, tournaments, events, expos and other casual use.
Features
- Two basketball / netball sized courts, one basketball / netball court for events, or four volleyball courts
- Kitchen and multi-purpose room
- 1,296sqm of sprung timber floor
- 486 permanent seats with capacity to add 532 additional seats
- 270 shared car parks
- Sound system
- Camera platforms for broadcasting capability
- Suitable venue for external vendors, such as food trucks.
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Graham Condon is a neighbourhood recreation and sport centre that is suitable for sports trainings or smaller events.
With two separate sports halls, each the equivalent size of one basketball court, Graham Condon can be utilised for sports trainings or smaller tournaments.
Sport Hall One
883sqm of sprung timber floor with 60 permanent seats
- One basketball court; or
- One netball court; or
- Three volleyball courts.
Sport Hall Two
746 sqm of sprung timber floor
- One basketball court; or
- Four badminton courts.
Lane pool
- Eight-lane 25m lane pool
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Sport Hall One -
Sport Hall Two
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Jellie Park offer a range of indoor and outdoor swimming pools, with a dedicated eight lane 25m indoor sport pool, as well as a seven lane 50m outdoor pool and a 3m-deep dive well available during the summer months.
Jellie Park is suitable for school swimming sports, aquatic sports events, team training or end of year fun days.
Features
- Indoor Sport Pool – eight lane 25m pool (2m deep)
- Indoor Recreation Pool – eight lane 25m pool (1m to 1.4m deep)
- Outdoor Recreation Pool – seven lane 50m pool
- Outdoor Dive well – 3m-deep dive well with 1m and 3m springboards
- Greenspace suitable for event overflow during summer
- On site café.
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Sport Pool -
Recreation Pool -
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Outdoor summer dive well
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Parakiore is a world class recreation and sport centre suitable for a wide range of aquatic and court events, ranging from local community events and tournaments to large-scale national and international events.
Event features
- 10-lane FINA compliant competition pool with operable 1.5m wide boom to allow for two 10 lane 25m pools
- 20m x 25.5m diving pool (5m depth) with a FINA compliant dive tower featuring 3m, 5m, 7.7m and 10m platforms, two 1m and three 3m spring boards
- 1,000 seat aquatic spectator grandstand
- Multipurpose Show Courts with capacity for three standard basketball / netball courts, four volleyball courts and one full sized futsal / handball / floorball / korfball court. The Show Courts can also be arranged with one centre court.
- 2,500 seat retractable spectator grandstands in the show court
- Multipurpose community courts with capacity for six standard netball/basketball courts, 12 volleyball courts, three full-sized futsal / handball / floorball / korfball and six badminton / pickleball courts
- VIP suite overlooking the show courts with access to VIP seating
- Multipurpose rooms located throughout the facility
- 550 on-site carparks (first 2-hours free)
- On-site café.
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Competition pool -
Show Courts -
Community Courts -
VIP Suite -
Aquatic kiosk -
Ground floor foyer
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Pioneer Recreation and Sport Centre is a multi-purpose facility with additional meeting spaces that can enhance your event.
The purpose-built indoor stadium features three basketball/netball sized courts suitable for sports trainings, tournaments, events, expos and other casual use.
Stadium
- 2,150 sqm of sprung timber floor
- Portable bleachers providing seating for 400
- Three basketball / netball sized courts; or
- Six volleyball courts; or
- 12 badminton courts
- Sound system
Lane pool
- Five-lane 25m lane pool with a depth of 1.5m
Other features
- Kitchen and multi-purpose rooms available on site
- Suitable venue for external vendors, such as food trucks by arrangement
- On site café.
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Stadium -
Stadium bleachers -
The Lounge -
Kitchen -
Lane pool
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The 10 lane 25m pool at Taiora QEII offers a suitable space for sports training and small scale aquatic events.
Features
- 10 lane 25m pool, with up to six lanes available for small-scale events
- Hydrotherapy Pool suitable for recovery
- Multi-purpose meeting room
- On-site café.
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Lane Pool -
Pioke Multipurpose Room -
Hydrotherapy Pool
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