Cooks Gardens Trust Board
PO Box 376, Wanganui, New Zealand.
Phone +64 6 349 0118 Fax +64 6 348 0566
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www.cooksgardens.org.nz 
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Featured Event

Athletic Sports

The summer period features a wide array of athletic events, including primary, intermediate and secondary schools championships, inter schools events and a Central Region meeting.

Very few centres in New Zealand can offer such a venue for schools events at a price that all schools can afford. The facilities for all track and field events are of the highest standard and encourage children to give of their best and to continue their interest in the sport.

If you can, make sure you attend your children's or grandchildren's events to encourage them in their efforts, particularly through their school's meetings.

 
The Stadium

The major feature of the stadium is a 400m synthetic athletic track built in 1995, which has been described as one of the best tracks in New Zealand. It is the home of Athletics Wanganui and has hosted international meetings, NZ Secondary Schools’ Championships, NZ Masters Games events, and was the venue for the first professional athletics meeting in NZ in February 2008. The track has also hosted overseas teams for training. 

 

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The stadium also features a rugby field which is used for Wanganui Rugby’s home games in the New Zealand Heartland Championship, as well as 2nd XV, age group and secondary school matches.

 

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main grandstand 2.jpgThe ground is flanked by grandstands that seat a total 3,500 spectators and  terracing capable of holding a further 17,200 spectators. 

 

The layout of the venue and the facilities it offers provide an ideal venue for a very wide range of sporting, musical and community events.

 
Events Calendar
    2010   
     
    28 Aug         Heartland Rugby Round 1
    11 Sep         Heartland Rugby Round 1-Curtain raiser is Parliamentary Rugby Match
    25 Sep         Heartland Rugby Round 1
    2 Oct           Heartland Rugby Round 2 – venue to be confirmed
    9 Oct           Heartland Rugby Round 2 – venue to be confirmed
    16 Oct         Heartland Rugby Round 2 – venue to be confirmed
    23 Oct         Heartland Rugby Semi-Final – venue to be confirmed
    30 Oct         Heartland Rugby Final – venue to be confirmed
    6 Nov           Sky Show @ Cooks
    9 Nov           St George’s School Athletics
    16 Nov         Wanganui Intermediate School Athletics
    23 Nov         Wanganui Contributing Schools’ Athletics
    26 Nov         West Country Schools’ Athletics
    8 Dec           St Matthew’s School Marton Athletics