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 Interactive map of Barfoot & Thompson Stadium | |
Former names | ASB Stadium |
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| Address | Selwyn College Grounds, Kohimarama Road, 1071, New Zealand |
| Coordinates | 36°51′41″S 174°50′09″E / 36.8612967°S 174.8357959°E / -36.8612967; 174.8357959 |
| Capacity | 3700 |
| Type | Multi-purpose Indoor Facility |
| Scoreboard | East City Community Trust |
| Construction | |
| Opened | 1 July 1987 (1987-07-01) |
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Barfoot & Thompson Stadium (formerly ASB Stadium and Chase 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
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:
- Sheryll Ofner (Chairperson) – Principal of Selwyn College
- Barbara Gwilliam (Trustee) – Barfoot & Thompson Stadium Sports Clubs
- David Wong (Trustee) – Community representative from the Ōrākei Local Board
- Mark Anderson (Trustee)
Kickboxing and boxing
Barfoot & Thompson Stadium has been the host for over a hundred kickboxing and boxing events. Most notable events include
- Over 15 King in the Ring Kickboxing tournaments since 20113
- Jimmy Thunder vs Craig Petersen for the Australian heavyweight title (1992, Pro boxing)4
- Sonni Michael Angelo vs Maselino Masoe for the vacant WBO Asia Pacific super middleweight title (2008, Pro boxing)5
- Shane Cameron vs Colin Wilson for the Vacant Australasian Heavyweight Title (2005, Pro boxing)6
Commonwealth Games
The Stadium (known as the Chase Stadium at the time) played host to gymnastics events at the 1990 Commonwealth Games.789
References
References
- "Welcome to Selwyn College Sport". Selwyn College. Retrieved 2018-04-10.
- "Trust Board". Barfoot & Thompson Stadium. Archived from the original on 2018-04-10. Retrieved 2018-04-10.
- "King in the Ring". King in the Ring. Archived from the original on 2016-05-13. Retrieved 2016-05-25.
- Clive Baum (2014-09-08). "World Boxing Federation Champions Of The Past: Jimmy Thunder". WBFed Boxing. Retrieved 2016-05-25.
- Bruce Dingo (2008-11-09). "Boxing in Australia: Kickett Shocl KO Loss, Masoe Wins In NZ". Sad So Boxing. Retrieved 2016-05-25.
- Johnny Lloyd (2005-06-01). "New Zealand Boxing — March / April 2005". Fight Times. Retrieved 2016-05-25.
- "ASB Stadium Event guide". Stuff. Archived from the original on 2016-07-01. Retrieved 2016-05-25.
- "Gold medal boost". Leicester Daily Mercury. 24 January 1990. p. 39. Retrieved 19 February 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- "Golden record aim down under". South Wales Echo. 15 January 1990. p. 18. Retrieved 19 February 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.