Barfoot & Thompson Stadium

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Barfoot & Thompson Stadium
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Barfoot & Thompson Stadium
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Former namesASB Stadium
AddressSelwyn College Grounds, Kohimarama Road, 1071, New Zealand
Coordinates 36°51′41″S174°50′09″E / 36.8612967°S 174.8357959°E / -36.8612967; 174.8357959
TypeMulti-purpose Indoor Facility
Capacity3700
ScoreboardEast City Community Trust
Construction
Opened1 July 1987;38 years ago (1987-07-01)
Website
www.barfootstadium.co.nz

Barfoot & Thompson Stadium (formerly ASB Stadium), is a New Zealand venue for sports and entertainment events in Kohimarama, Auckland, New Zealand. The name sponsorship by Barfoot & Thompson, a leading real estate company, began in 2018. Barfoot & Thompson Stadium is a training and competition venue for many local clubs and organisations including East City Futsal Indoor Soccer Club, Auckland Ultimate, Auckland Basketball, Sparta Volleyball Club, Orakei Tigers Basketball Club, Howick & St Heliers Judo Club, Aikido Auckland Aikikai and many more. The venue has many other facilities as well, including a preschool, gym, physio therapy, after school care and school holiday programme, and is located on Selwyn College. [1]

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Board of trustees

Barfoot & Thompson Stadium is administered under a Trust Deed by a Board of Trustees. [2] The East City Community Trust is a fully constituted Charitable Trust made up of three members namely:

Selwyn College (Ministry of Education), Barfoot & Thompson Stadium Sports Clubs, and the local community represented by the Ōrākei Local Board.

The current Trustees are:

Kickboxing and boxing

Barfoot & Thompson Stadium has been the host for over a hundred kickboxing and boxing events. Most notable events include

Commonwealth Games

Barfoot & Thompson Stadium played host to Gymnastics at the 1990 Commonwealth Games. [7]

References

  1. ↑ "Welcome to Selwyn College Sport". Selwyn College. Retrieved 2018-04-10.
  2. ↑ "Trust Board". Barfoot & Thompson Stadium. Archived from the original on 2018-04-10. Retrieved 2018-04-10.
  3. ↑ "King in the Ring". King in the Ring. Archived from the original on 2016-05-13. Retrieved 2016-05-25.
  4. ↑ Clive Baum (2014-09-08). "World Boxing Federation Champions Of The Past: Jimmy Thunder". WBFed Boxing. Retrieved 2016-05-25.
  5. ↑ Bruce Dingo (2008-11-09). "Boxing in Australia: Kickett Shocl KO Loss, Masoe Wins In NZ". Sad So Boxing. Retrieved 2016-05-25.
  6. ↑ Johnny Lloyd (2005-06-01). "New Zealand Boxing — March / April 2005". Fight Times. Retrieved 2016-05-25.
  7. ↑ "ASB Stadium Event guide". Stuff. Archived from the original on 2016-07-01. Retrieved 2016-05-25.
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