Newsletters

SPORTS SHORTS is the six-monthly newsletter of the Sports Promotions & Sport Development Teams, Community & Recreation Unit at Christchurch City Council.

Each issue of SPORTS SHORTS contains up-to-date information about issues relevant to the Christchurch sporting community – including reviews of recent events, upcoming highlights, legislative changes, funding opportunities etc.

Please feel free to download a PDF of any of our previous SPORTS SHORTS Newsletters here.

These newsletters are Adobe Acrobat PDFs. You will need the free Adobe Acrobat reader to view them.

May 2007 (542Kb)

• Sports Services Team
• Funding Review
• Black Out
• On The Horizon
• Win a $100 Sports Pack
• NZ Business of Sport Summit
• Sports Grounds Closures
• ChCh Sport and Recreation Guide

December 2006 (539Kb)

• Recreation and Sports Unit Up Date
• Be There
• HSBC NZ PGA Championship
• 2008 World Masters Squash
• SUB Ride
• World Schools Golf
• South Island Masters Games
• 2008 World Vintage Rugby
• On the Horizon
• Growing Sport Fund

August 2006 (1684Kb)

• Recreation and Sports Unit Restructure
• International Event Due to Hit Christchurch
• Council Ground Closures
• Bowls Events in Christchurch
• New Zealand University Games
• Armstrong Peugeot Festival of Cycling
• Canterbury Basketball
• Recreation and Sport Funding Scheme

March 2006 (294Kb)

• Have your say in the future of Christchurch
• Staff Changes
• Top class golf takes NZ to the world
• Images from Queen's Baton Relay
• Growing Sport Fund update
• Latest News from Sport Development
• Changes to Mizone Sport & Rec Guide
• On the Horizon - upcoming events

July 2005 (356Kb)

• Growing Sports Fund update
• Christchurch survives Lions Series
• Greats of Womens’s Tennis put on a show
• On the Horizon – Upcoming Events
• South Island Masters Games Christchurch
• Important changes to Sport & Rec Guide
• In Brief – Sports Promotions
• Top class golf takes NZ to the world
• New coaching initiatives from SPARC
• Sports Prmotions – Staff Update

December 2004 (463Kb)

• In Brief – Sports Promotions
• Growing Sport Fund update
• News from the Sport Development Team
• On the Horizon – upcoming events
• Summer of Sport @ Canterbury Museum
• Physical Rec & Sport Strategy Newsletter
• Comings and goings at the CCC
• NZ PGA Golf Championships
• World Maxibasketball Championships
• Focus on international bowls events
• Sport & Recreation Guide update
• Tennis Exhibition Match

June 2004 (370Kb)

• Update of staffing and structure
• Growing Sport Funding update
• What has been happening?
• 2004 Canterbury Bowling Clubs Forum
• ClubMark scheme
• QEII Park – Long Term Concept Plan
• Christchurch Sport & Recreation Guide
• South Island Masters Games – Timaru
• On The Horizon – Upcoming Events
• Olympic Athletes Farewell planned
• 2005 World Maxibasketball Champs
• Tall Blacks coming to Christchurch
• Be There – Online Events Calendar

December 2003 (481Kb)

• Farewell Melissa!
• ClubMark scheme launched
• Weekend of Walks 2004
• Gaming legislation changes
• What’s been happening?
• Academy South Island
• 30^th Anniversary of 1974 Commonwealth Games
• QEII Mezzanine Floor update
• Pricing review underway
• Recreation & Sport Facility Strategy
• Next Sport & Recreation Guide
• On the Horizon – Upcoming Events
• Growing Sport Fund
• Upcoming events preview

July 2003 (160Kb)

• Growing Sport Fund
• Research gives Sport & Rec Guide the big thumbs up!
• Health and Safety in Employment Amendment Act Seminar
• South Island Masters Games Christchurch
• On the Horizon – Upcoming Events
• Physical Recreation & Sport Strategy
• The Clash 2003
• SARS boosts numbers for World Wheelchair Games and Boccia World Cup

December 2002 (191Kb)

• National Award for Mizone Christchurch Sport & Recreation Guide
• South Usland Masters Games coming to Christchurch in 2003
• Growing Sport Fund
• On the Horizon – Upcoming Events
• International Two Day Walk returns in 2003
• The Clash 2003
• Competition hots up as firefighters hit town
• Supergames returns in April

May 2002 (131Kb)

• Growing Sport Fund – Funding for National Events
• Recreation and Sports Facilities Strategy
• Sport Development goes global!
• Be There – Promoting your sports event has never been easier!
• What's New?
• Firefighters to converge on Christchurch
• New Sports Guide for Winter 2002
• Sports Destination Christchurch website
• On the Horizon
• Recent Happenings
• Clearwater Golf Classic shows off new course and resort
• Records galore at World Masters Swimming Champs!