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History Of Events

Golden oldies team parade Below is a list of major national and international sporting events that Christchurch has hosted in the past. This list will be updated on a regular basis.

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Date	Event
Nov 2008	Aumaga Saoao Pasefika Charitable Trust Annual Seven a Side Rugby Tournament
Nov 2008	NZ V8’s
Nov 2008	2008 International Rodeo
Nov 2008	Columbia Sportswear Multisport & Duathlon Race
Nov 2008	South Island Leisure Marching Event
Oct to Nov 2008	FIFA U17 Women's World Cup
Oct 2008	New Zealand Masters Team Event - Squash
Oct 2008	Nz Masters Team Event
Oct 2008	National Open Fencing Championships
Oct 2008	Vikings Futsal Senior Futsal Titles
Oct 2008	Canterbury United Pre Season Tournament
Oct 2008	Rangiora Golf Club Centenary
Oct to Nov 2008	Indoor Cricket World Masters Series 2008
Oct 2008	Head World Masters Squash Championships
Oct 2008	2008 NZ Silver Fern Rally
Oct 2008	National Irish Dancing Competition - World Qualifiers
Oct 2008	New Zealand Synchronised Swimming Nationals 2008
Sep 2008 to Sep 2009	Netball National Provential Championship
Sep 2008	Barefoot Events Coporate Duathlon
Sep 2008	Corporate Duathlon
Sep 2008	National Under 16 Water Polo Championships
Sep 2008 to Sep 2009	Netball National Provential Championship
Sep 2008	2008 World Vintage Rugby Carnival
Sep 2008	Netball National Provincial Championship
Sep 2008	Taekwondo Union of New Zealand Club Championships
Sep 2008	New Zealand Secondary Schools Boys Football Tournament
Aug 2008	Trans-Tasman Hockey Challenge
Aug 2008	New Zealand Wheelchair Rugby National Championships
Aug 2008	New Zealand Ice Hockey Federation Nationals Competition
Aug 2008	Vikings Futsal Cup
Aug 2008	Aquagym Southern Invitational Meet
Jul 2008	The Christchurch School of Gymnastics Classic Competition
Jul 2008	National U16 Premier Girls Hockey Tournament
Jul 2008	Mainland vs Wellington Phoenix
Jul 2008	South Island Secondary Schools Junior Netball Development Tournament Inc
Jul 2008	South Island Junior Age Group Squash Championships
Jul 2008	Christchurch Handball Tournament
Jul 2008	Sportclimbing ... National Cup Series
Jun to Aug 2008	VOK Kayaks Brass Monkey Kayak Race Series
Jun 2008	FINA Oceania Aquatic Championships
Jun 2008	SBS Marathon
May 2008	Unknown K
Apr 2008	Bike Blitz
Apr 2008	The Classic Southern Traverse
Apr 2008	Ellesmere Fun and Fitness Duathlon
Apr 2008	Run/walk - 5km, 10km, children's 2.5km
Mar to Apr 2008	National Secondary School Championships
Mar 2008	Meridian Energy Kids Bike Jams
Mar 2008	Christchurch Star City to Surf
Mar 2008	Little League Grand Prix Finals
Mar 2008	Le Race
Mar to Apr 2008	NZ National Optimist Regatta
Mar to Apr 2008	Pearl iZumi 6x200
Mar 2008	Oceania Union Judo Championships
Mar 2008	NZ BMX Nationals
Mar 2008 to Mar 2007	Mt Lyford Challenge
Mar 2008	Canterbury Secondary Schools Athletic Championship
Mar 2008	STATE Championship Cricket
Mar 2008	World Buggy Championships
Mar 2008	Christchurch Dragon Boat Regatta
Mar 2008	Canterbury Secondary Schools Senior Vball Champs
Mar 2008	Canterbury United vs. Otago United Football
Mar 2008	2008 Active Women’s Festival
Feb 2008	Canterbury Secondary Schools Swimming Championship
Feb 2008	Bottle Lake Forest Orienteering Day
Feb 2008	Corporate Triathlon
Feb 2008	One-Day International Cricket
Feb 2008	Canterbury Secondary Schools Touch Championships
Feb 2008	Auto X, NZ's Automotive X-games
Feb 2008	STATE Shield Cricket
Feb 2008	Canterbury Classic Triathlon
Feb 2008	Canterbury United vs. Hawkes Bay United Football
Feb 2008	Sovereign NZ Ocean Swim Series - Corsair Classic
Feb 2008	Global Football Festival
Feb 2008	HSBC NZ PGA Championship
Feb 2008	Canterbury United vs. Auckland City Football
Feb 2008	STATE Shield Cricket
Feb 2008	John Williams Memorial Softball Tournament
Feb 2008	Speights Coast to Coast
Feb 2008	International Twenty20 Cricket
Feb 2008	STATE Shield Cricket
Feb 2008	Canterbury United vs. YoungHeart Manawatu Football
Feb 2008	STATE Canterbury Wizards v England - Cricket
Feb 2008	Polo Test New Zealand v England
Feb 2008	Aoraki Dragon Boat (Chinese New Year) Regatta
Feb 2008	11th WCF World Croquet Championship
Jan to Mar 2008	Canterbury Beach Volleyball Series
Jan 2008 to Jan 2007	The Sarah Ulmer SUB Stride & Ride
Jan to Feb 2008	Surf n Turf Series
Jan to Mar 2008	Crack-A-Jack
Jan 2008	Canterbury United vs. Waitakere United Football
Jan 2008	Priority Finance Ltd International Polo Match
Jan 2008	PRIMAL YOUTH CITY JAM 08
Jan 2008	Beach Blast (South)
Jan 2008	State Canterbury Wizards vs State Central Stags
Jan 2008	17yr Viking Pacific Futsal Championship
Jan 2008	BMX 2008 South Island Titles
Jan 2008	Canterbury United vs. Auckland City Football
Jan 2008	2008 Lion Foundation Southern Surf League
Jan 2008	2008 World Bowls Championships
Jan 2008	South Island Colgate games
Jan 2008	National U19 Girls Championships
Jan 2008	STATE League Twenty20 Women's Cricket
Dec 2007	STATE League Twenty20 Women's Cricket
Dec 2007 to Jan 2008	Dorchester National Bowls Open Championship
Dec 2007 to Jan 2008	Men's & Women's Open National Bowls Championships
Dec 2007	International Bowls - Trans Tasman Series
Dec 2007	ANZ Itermediate Schools Summer Tournaments
Dec 2007	Commonwealth Powerlifting Championships
Dec 2007	ANZ Primary Schools Athletics Championships
Dec 2007	Canterbury Primary Schools Athletic Championships
Dec 2007	Canterbury United vs. Team Wellington Football
Dec 2007	Armstrong Peugeot Festival of Cycling
Nov to Dec 2007	SI Secondary Schools Water Polo juniors
Nov 2007	SI Secondary Schools Volleyball junior
Nov 2007	South Island Junior Volleyball Championships
Nov to Dec 2007	ITF Super-Seniors World Team & Individual Championships 2007
Nov 2007	Canterbury United vs. Waikato FC Football
Nov 2007	NZ V8's
Nov 2007	Tuatara Pennisula Race
Nov 2007	Canterbury United vs. Waitakere United Football
Nov 2007	Kaiapoi Classic Multi-sport/Duathlon Race
Nov 2007	Rail Ride
Nov 2007	Jetstar International Rodeo
Nov 2007	Self-Transcendence 100km/50km Run & 10km Run/Walk
Nov 2007	Canterbury United vs. Hawkes Bay United Football
Nov 2007	Port Hills Summit Road Run
Nov 2007	Canterbury Secondary Schools Junior Volleyball Championships
Oct 2007	Columbia Sportswear Christchurch Multisport Race
Oct 2007	Subway Family Triathlon
Oct 2007	South Island 17th Grade League Tournament
Oct 2007	NZ National Goalball Tournament
Oct 2007	Judo NZ National Judo Championships
Oct 2007	Vikings Pacific Futsal League
Oct 2007	NZ Judo Championships
Oct 2007	Masters of New Zealand Rugby League Tournament
Oct 2007	South Island Masters Games - Christchurch
Oct 2007	Elmwood Bowling Club - National Youth Singles Tournament
Oct 2007	Secondary Schools Swimming Championships (SI Finals)
Oct 2007	Christchurch Sirens vs Townsville Fire
Oct 2007	SI Secondary Schools Swimming
Sep 2007	South Island 15th Grade Rugby League Tournament
Sep 2007	Basketball - NZ Secondary Schools National A Championships
Sep 2007	National Senior Men's and Women's Hockey Tournament
Sep 2007	NZ Secondary Schools Basketball Finals [‘A’]
Sep 2007	National Senior Men & Women's Hockey
Sep 2007	Secondary Schools AA National Championships
Sep 2007	NZ Under 16 Water Polo Competition
Sep 2007	SI Secondary Schools Orienteering
Sep 2007	Canterbury Junior Inter-Provincial Volleyball Championships
Sep 2007	NZ Wheelchair Rugby Nationals
Sep 2007	South Island Intermediate School Basketball Tournament
Sep 2007	South Island Intermediate Schools Indoor Tournament
Sep 2007	The Grading Ride
Sep 2007	ANZ Primary Schools Winter Tournament
Aug to Sep 2007	NZ Secondary Schools Underwater Hockey - Finals
Aug to Sep 2007	Intermediate Schools South Island Indoor Tournament
Aug 2007	Secondary Schoolgirls Federation Hockey Cup
Aug 2007	NZ Secondary Schools Table Tennis
Aug 2007	NZ Secondary Schools Basketball Premierships
Aug 2007	Federation Cup (girls secondary schools) Hockey Tournament
Aug 2007	NZ Secondary School Girls Football Tournament
Aug 2007	NZ Secondary Schools Hockey g Federation Cup
Aug 2007	Basketball - Secondary Schools Southern Zone Premiership AA
Aug 2007	Southern Zone Volleyball Tournament
Aug 2007	Independent Zone Winter Tournament (Primary Schools)
Jul 2007	Metropolitan Dancesport Championships
Jul 2007	The Christchurch School of Gymnastics Classic Competition
Jul to Aug 2007	Paint It All Black
Jul 2007	Asia Oceania Korfball Youth Championship 2007
Jul 2007	National U18 Boys Hockey Tournament
Jul 2007	National Under 18 boys Hockey
Jul 2007	Ladies Indoor Bowls National Tournament
Jul 2007	NZ Billiards and Snooker Championships
Jul 2007	South Island Secondary Schools Junior Netball Development Tournament
Jun to Jul 2007	South Island Junior Age Group Championships
Jun 2007	NZ Secondary Schools Duathlon Champs
Jun 2007	Hockey National Indian Tournament
Jun 2007	Southern Zone Volleyball Tournament
May 2007	Black Sticks Women Vs Australia
May 2007	Southern Zone Volleyball Championships
May 2007	New Zealand Korfball Nationals
May 2007	NZ National Kendo Championships
May 2007	NZ Master Swimmers Long Course Championships
Apr 2007	2007 GSNZ South Island Trampoline Championships
Apr 2007	U21 Nationals - Basketball
Apr 2007	BNP Paribas Fed Cup Asia/Oceania - Tennis
Apr 2007	Trans Tasman Underwater Hockey Championships
Apr 2007	NZ University Games 2007
Apr 2007	Hockey National University Tournament
Apr 2007	World Schools Golf Challenge
Apr 2007	U17 Australasian Badminton Championships & June Bevan Trophy
Apr to Jul 2007	GET SET GO
Apr 2007	Colgate Inter-Provincial Teams Meeting
Apr 2007	CBHS 1st Xv Rugby Tournament
Apr 2007	Little League Grand Prix (Softball)
Mar 2007	Le Race 2007
Mar 2007	Christchurch National Dragon Boat Festival
Mar 2007	NZCT NZ Men's Open (Softball)
Mar 2007	International Bowls - Trans Tasman Series
Feb 2007	HSBC NZ PGA Championship
Feb 2007	Speights Coast to Coast
Feb 2007	ITF Canterbury Junior World Ranking Tournament
Feb 2007	New Zealand Lawn Tennis Championships
Jan 2007	SUB Stride or Ride Series
Jan 2007	New Zealand Baseball National Tournament
Jan 2007	Asia Pacific Bowls Championships
Jan 2007	Triathlon NZ National Series
Dec 2006	National Secondary Schools' Bowls Championships
Dec 2006	New Zealand Secondary Schools' Athletic Championships
Dec 2006	New Zealand Women's Golf Interprovincial Championships
Dec 2006	Armstrong Peugeot Festival of Cycling
Nov to Dec 2006	World Bowls Singles - Champion of Champions
Nov 2006	WBA Pan African Heavyweight Belt Defence
Nov 2006	AMP Multisport Race
Oct 2006	Champions of the World Vikings Pacific Futsal League
Oct 2006	Hatch Cup - National U13 Boys Hockey Tournament
Sep 2006	New Zealand Gymnastics & Trampoline National Championships
Sep 2006	New Zealand Badminton Age Groups Championships
Sep 2006	Secondary Schools National Basketball Championships
Sep 2006	South Island Provincial Volleyball Tournament
Sep 2006	Scottwood Trust Netball Championships
Sep 2006	4th World Championships of Wheelchair Rugby
Sep 2006	Squash New Zealand National Championships
Aug 2006	Rankin Cup - Secondary Schools Premier National Hockey Tournament
Aug 2006	South Island Secondary Schools Netball Tournament
Aug 2006	New Zealand Secondary Schools Football Championships
Jun 2006	National Deaf Ten Pin Bowling Championships
May 2006	SIX x 200 Tour
Apr 2006	Oceania Rollersport Championships
Apr 2006	National Deaf Indoor Bowls Championships
Feb 2006	2006 ING NZ PGA Championship
Feb 2006	2006 Speights Coast to Coast
Jan 2006	Oceania Masters Athletics Championships
Jan 2006	Australia-New Zealand Veterans Tennis Championships
Jan 2006	NZ Artistic, Precision & Speed National RollerSport Championships
Dec 2005	Armstrong Prestige Festival of Cycling
Nov to Dec 2005	Special Olympics National Games/Asia Pacific Regional Games
Nov 2005	World Bowls Singles - Champion of Champions
Oct 2005	All Nations Touch Championships
Oct 2005	South Island Masters Games - Christchurch
Jun 2005	1st Test - All Blacks vs British & Irish Lions
Mar 2005	Weekend of Walks 2005
Mar 2005	New Zealand Marching Championships
Feb to Mar 2005	Touch New Zealand Masters & Open Grade National Tournament
Feb 2005	2005 ING New Zealand PGA Championship
Feb 2005	Speights Coast to Coast - Multi Sport Challenge
Feb 2005	ASB Navratilova Seles Classic
Jan 2005	8th FIMBA World Maxibasketball Championship
Nov 2004	Asian Pacific DanceSport Championships
Sep to Oct 2004	Collier Trophy (National Primary School Girls Hockey Tournament)
Jul 2004	Asia Oceania Korfball Tournament
Mar to Apr 2004	World Underwater Hockey Championships
Mar 2004	Christchurch National Dragon Boat Festival
Mar 2004	Surf Life Saving National Championships
Mar 2004	The Weekend of Walks
Feb 2004	New Zealand PGA Championship
Feb 2004	The 2004 Great New Zealand Bike Ride
Jan to Feb 2004	11th Men's Softball World Championships
Jan 2004	2004 Invacare World Team Cup
Dec 2003 to Jan 2004	Men's & Women's Open National Bowls Championships
Oct to Nov 2003	ISMWSF World Wheelchair Games and ISOD World Athletics and Boccia World Cup 2003
Oct 2003	South Island Masters Games - Christchurch 2003
Sep 2003	The Clash 2003
Sep 2003	New Zealand vs Australia - International Men's Hockey Test
Aug 2003	Mainland Games
Apr 2003	World Masters Series & Junior International Indoor Cricket Tournament
Apr 2003	2003 New Zealand Veteran's Table Tennis Championships
Apr 2003	Supergames 2003
Mar 2003	The Two Day Walk - Christchurch, New Zealand
Jan 2003	4th International Deaf Lawn Bowls Championships
Dec 2002	Oceania International Athletic Championships
Oct to Nov 2002	7th World Firefighters Games
Mar to Apr 2002	9th FINA World Masters Swimming Championships
Mar 2002	5th World Down-the-Line (DTL) Championships
Mar 2002	The Two Day Walk - Christchurch, New Zealand (IML & IVV Candidate)
Mar 2002	Clearwater Golf Classic
Mar 2002	New Zealand vs England - 1st Cricket Test
Feb 2002	World Rotary Cricket Festival
Feb 2002	New Zealand vs England - 1st One Day International
Jan to Feb 2002	ICC Men's Under 19 Cricket World Cup
Dec 2001	World Bench Press Championships
Sep 2001	The IBSF World Billiards Championship 2001
Apr 2001	2001 Christchurch City Golf Classic
Mar to Apr 2001	Supergames 2001
Nov to Dec 2000	CricInfo Women's Cricket World Cup
Jun 2000	Oceania Swimming Championships
Jun 2000	NABBA World Body Building Championships
Apr 2000	Pacific Alliance 2000 Gymnastics Championships
Apr 2000	Oceania Eight Ball Competition
Feb 2000	Steffi Graf vs Jelena Dokic Tennis Challenge
Jan 2000	MacRobertson Croquet International Test
Jan 2000	World Rogaine Orienteering Championships
Nov 1999	FIFA Under 17 World Soccer Championships
Oct 1999	1999 World Wheelchair Games
Sep to Oct 1999	1999 World Netball Championships
Apr 1999	New Zealand vs Korea - Davis Cup Tennis
Oct 1998	1998 International Paralympic World Swimming Championships
Mar 1996	World Boomerang Championships
Feb 1996	New Zealand vs China - Davis Cup Tennis
Sep to Oct 1995	1995 World Golden Oldies Rugby Festival
Mar 1995	1995 World Golden Oldies Hockey Festival

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