Stadium and Places
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Rise of the Cake Tin: A History of Wellington Regional Stadium
- Wellington City Council
- Wellington wouldn’t be Wellington without its stadium. As the city embarks on its biggest transformation programme since the development of the Wellington waterfront more than 30 years ago, we’re highlighting some corners of the city that help make Wellington a better place to live, work, and play.
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Sky Stadium, Waterloo Quay, Pipitea, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6140, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Short Passes 13 July (news in briefs)
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Above: Johnsonville’s winning sprint team from Hurricanes Club Night at Wellington Stadium yesterday, evoking memories of former Hawks wing Guy Davenport-Brown’s club sprint win at Athletic Park in the late 1990s. PHOTO: Peter McDonald. Round four of 13 of Wellington Premier club rugby is in the can, with just Tawa and OBU left standing...
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Tawa, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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This week in History 6-12 July
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Above: This week in 2010 Norths and HOBM contested a dramatic 23-23 draw. A decade on, these two teams meet this coming weekend at Jerry Collins Stadium in round 4 of the 2020 Swindale Shield. Some selected Wellington club rugby memories from this week in history. 6 July 1957: Defending Jubilee Cup champions Petone are...
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Petone, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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MSP lower Norths colours at Porirua Park in Swindale Shield season opener
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Above: Stokes Valley have joined the Harper Lock Shield Premier Reserve competition this season, missing out to Paremata-Plimmerton’s second team 25-12 in today’s opening round of Wellington club rugby competition matches. More below. Results HERE Last July’s season rankings meant little at Jerry Collins Stadium today as the 2019 tier two Hardham Cup champions Marist...
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Porirua, Wellington Region, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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NUHC Patron Rex Manning has passed away
- Northern United Hockey Club
- <figure class=" sqs-block-image-figure intrinsic " > Rex Manning in 2018 Longtime player, president and patron of Northern United, Rex Manning, passed away at the age of 91. A service was held for Rex on Saturday, 1 June at 2:00pm, and many club members past and present attended, including the whole NUHC committee. Rex joined Wellington Tech Old Boys hockey club in 1944 when he left college. Two years later, while still a teenager, he was made club delegate to the Wellington Hockey Association. It only took Rex two years to join the Senior team, where he played for 17 years, with 7 as captain. The highlight was the legendary 1950 team, which won the senior championship for the first time (shared with Karori) – and the only time in the first 50 years of the club history. That was back in the days when, in Rex’s words, “We didn’t warm up or stretch or anything, just had a few hits before we ran on. And lemons, not water, at half time.” Tech Old Boys later became Northern United, where Rex served as team captain, selector, coach, club captain, president and patron. Rex never just played the game; he was always helping run the organisations that allowed everyone else to also play the game he loved. <figure class=" sqs-block-image-figure intrinsic " > President’s message from the 50th Jubilee booklet, 1980 When Rex retired from playing, he immediately switched to umpiring, coaching, and drawmaster/ umpires appointee for WHA. His son Bruce recalls a typical Saturday morning in the Manning household in the 1960s: <blockquote data-animation-role="quote" > Dad would have already done the draw on Tuesday, so it could be put into the paper on Thursday; then at some ungodly hour of Saturday morning, if it was raining, the phone would start ringing. If grounds were closed, he would have to rearrange the draw, ring the radio station to broadcast cancellations and game changes, and ring the umpires to tell them their new games. Then it was up and off to coach the junior team Ross and I played in. Back for lunch and more phone calls – he was always on the phone – then off for his two games as umpire (at 1:15 and 3 pm), and we would all meet up at the clubrooms at Alex Moore park to socialise and hear team results. Repeat the next week... — Bruce Manning Not surprising, then, that the 50th Jubilee booklet (1980) recorded this little fact: <figure class=" sqs-block-image-figure intrinsic " > This involvement over a long time saw Rex receive the 1992 Club Administrator of the Year award from the Johnsonville Sports Association. From 1986-2010, Rex was involved in the Foundation for the National Hockey Stadium, doing the turf timetabling, chairing the Trust Board, running the Pavilion and fixing the goals. On one occasion he tried to convince a lawn bowls player that they should hire the turf for special bowling events. The man said “you’ll never get bowlers playing on turf, it just won’t happen” – Rex remembered this every time he passes an artificial turf at a lawn bowls club. Along with another Northern Club member, Ken Wood, Rex was instrumental in the fundraising and installation of the Maidstone Park and Elsdon turfs, the bowling clubs have had to put their own turfs in. Rex’s continual presence in the pavilion was handy for many teams, when they had no umpire. Rex filled in as an umpire until he was almost 80! Rex continued to attend committee meetings and was still at the turf at the weekends, watching a new generation of Northern United hockey players. Rex served as patron of the Northern United Hockey Club, of which he was also a Life Member.He was also a Life Member of the Wellington Hockey Association. He was made an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to hockey in 2000. In 2012 he received a Hockey New Zealand Gold Award. These accolades however, barely recognise Rex’s over 70 years service to hockey. Rex will be sorely missed by his family, friends and all of the Wellington hockey community. Article and photos courtesy of Suzanne Manning <figure class=" sqs-block-image-figure intrinsic " > Rex Manning, Johnsonville Sports Association Administrator of the Year, 1992
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Karori, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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The 88th Annual General Meeting
- Northern United Hockey Club
- <figure class=" sqs-block-image-figure intrinsic " > To be held in the Boardroom, National Hockey Stadium, 9 Mt Albert Road, Berhampore, Wellington at 7:00 pm Wednesday, 8 November 2017.
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Berhampore, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6242, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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TTW Veterans Open: Saturday 18th March
- Empire Table Tennis Club
- This annual tournament will take place at our Stadium on Saturday 18th March. There are Over 40, Over 50, Over 60 and Over 70 age groups. Full details, including how to enter, can be found by clicking here.
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Westpac Stadium, Waterloo Quay, Pipitea, Wellington, Wellington Region, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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November Round Robin Competition
- Empire Table Tennis Club
- The next competition out of the traps is the November Round Robin, run by Table Tennis Wellington. You enter as an individual, the competition is graded and you will play four singles games per night. The venue is our Stadium and the dates are 2nd/9th/16th/23rd November. For full details click here. Entries should ideally be in by 27th October.
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Westpac Stadium, Waterloo Quay, Pipitea, Wellington, Wellington Region, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Wellington Open Results
- Empire Table Tennis Club
- Belatedly, here is how our members fared in the Wellington Open held at our Stadium at the end of July.
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Westpac Stadium, Waterloo Quay, Pipitea, Wellington, Wellington Region, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Interclub Series Two: Finals Night!: 13th September
- Empire Table Tennis Club
- This Tuesday evening at our Stadium sees all three division finals taking place, with the Division One finalists switching from Wednesday to Tuesday especially for the occasion.
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Westpac Stadium, Waterloo Quay, Pipitea, Wellington, Wellington Region, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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