Canterbury Park Trotting Club records
Scope and Contents
The records of the Canterbury Park Trotting Club includes original programmes for the winter meeting, Tuesday June 3, 1919, together with the Greymouth Jockey Club's Midsummer meeting programme, Omoto Racecourse, Wednesday January 4, 1922, 1919 and 1922.
These programmes also include, with pencilled notes, the race winners and prices paid.
Dates
- Creation: 1919, 1922
Creator
- Canterbury Park Trotting Club (Christchurch, N.Z.) (Organization)
- Greymouth Jockey Club (Organization)
Biographical / Historical
Existence 1909 - 1998 The Canterbury Park Trotting Club started off as the Plumpton Park Racing Club, the Canterbury Times advertising the "inaugural" meeting on March 11, 1884. It was based at a 74 acre course at Sockburn. The name of the club evolved over the years changing to Canterbury Park Trotting Club in October 1909. When the Metropolitan Club began developing land in Riccarton, Canterbury Park Trotting club purchased their lease and buildings in Addington, the club holding its first meeting at Addington at New Year in 1923. The Metropolitan Club did not move and became a tenant of CPTC. In 1952 Addington Raceway Ltd took over the management of the raceway. The NZMTC and CPTC amalgamated with New Brighton (NBTC) club, forming NZMTC, and purchased the leased Addington land in 1998.
Extent
1 Envelopes (2 Volumes)
Language of Materials
English
Physical Location
Shelf TU I 2e, Tūranga, Tuakiri floor, ANZC Archives
Arch 813-819 in one box
- Title
- Canterbury Park Trotting Club records
- Description rules
- International Standard for Archival Description - General
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Christchurch City Libraries Archives Collection Repository
Tūranga
60 Cathedral Square
Central City
Christchurch Canterbury 8011 New Zealand
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