Sport
Get active! Find sports-related resources at your library.
Whether it's a biography of your favourite athlete, books about fitness, or something to help you learn more about your favourite sport, we've got you covered.
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Canterbury members of the New Zealand roller skating team
At Christchurch Airport heading to the world congress amateur roller skating champs in Brisbane, 1962. An image from Canterbury Stories.
Video Game Chat Lounge at Upper Riccarton (ages 18+), part of a series
Dec 10th | 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Chat with fellow video game fanatics, enjoy group gaming sessions or watch parties full of game events, hilarious ads and epic trailers!
Jigger board tree event: Picturing Canterbury
Competitors in a jigger board tree wood chopping event at the Canterbury A & P Show, 2008. An image from Canterbury Stories.
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Xth British Commonwealth Games 1974
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Learn about Olympians with a Canterbury connection in history and those competing at the 2024 Paris Olympics and Paralympics.
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New For You - Biographies - April 2024
Biographies and memoirs for the famous, the interesting and the everyday people.
Anthony Wilding
Anthony Wilding was an Olympic medal winning tennis player, who won 11 Grand Slam tennis titles. He was killed in action during WWI.
Memorial Entrance Gates, Lancaster Park
The fascinating history of how Lancaster Park came to have Memorial Entrance Gates.
Bella Button
Isabel Button, champion horse rider and successful trainer whose riding career was cut short by a rule that forbade women from competing.
Xth British Commonwealth Games 1974
The 1974 Commonwealth Games were known as the Friendly Games. They took place in Christchurch from 24 January to 2 February 1974.
Anthony Wilding
Anthony Wilding was an Olympic medal winning tennis player, who won 11 Grand Slam tennis titles. He was killed in action during WWI.
Memorial Entrance Gates, Lancaster Park
The fascinating history of how Lancaster Park came to have Memorial Entrance Gates.
Bella Button
Isabel Button, champion horse rider and successful trainer whose riding career was cut short by a rule that forbade women from competing.
Xth British Commonwealth Games 1974
The 1974 Commonwealth Games were known as the Friendly Games. They took place in Christchurch from 24 January to 2 February 1974.