Barfoot & Thompson Stadium

Barfoot & Thompson Stadium
	Interactive map of Barfoot & Thompson Stadium
Former names	ASB Stadium
Address	Selwyn College Grounds, Kohimarama Road, 1071, New Zealand
Coordinates	36°51′41″S 174°50′09″E / 36.8612967°S 174.8357959°E
Capacity	3700
Type	Multi-purpose Indoor Facility
Scoreboard	East City Community Trust
Construction
Opened	1 July 1987; 39 years ago
Website
	www.barfootstadium.co.nz

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.

Board of trustees

Barfoot & Thompson Stadium is administered under a Trust Deed by a Board of Trustees. 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 2011
Jimmy Thunder vs Craig Petersen for the Australian heavyweight title (1992, Pro boxing)
Sonni Michael Angelo vs Maselino Masoe for the vacant WBO Asia Pacific super middleweight title (2008, Pro boxing)
Shane Cameron vs Colin Wilson for the Vacant Australasian Heavyweight Title (2005, Pro boxing)

Commonwealth Games

The Stadium (known as the Chase Stadium at the time) played host to gymnastics events at the 1990 Commonwealth Games.

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.

External links

Barfoot Stadium Official Website

[1] "Welcome to Selwyn College Sport". Selwyn College. Retrieved 2018-04-10.

[2] "Trust Board". Barfoot & Thompson Stadium. Archived from the original on 2018-04-10. Retrieved 2018-04-10.

[3] "King in the Ring". King in the Ring. Archived from the original on 2016-05-13. Retrieved 2016-05-25.

[4] Clive Baum (2014-09-08). "World Boxing Federation Champions Of The Past: Jimmy Thunder". WBFed Boxing. Retrieved 2016-05-25.

[5] Bruce Dingo (2008-11-09). "Boxing in Australia: Kickett Shocl KO Loss, Masoe Wins In NZ". Sad So Boxing. Retrieved 2016-05-25.

[6] Johnny Lloyd (2005-06-01). "New Zealand Boxing — March / April 2005". Fight Times. Retrieved 2016-05-25.

[7] "ASB Stadium Event guide". Stuff. Archived from the original on 2016-07-01. Retrieved 2016-05-25.

[8] "Gold medal boost". Leicester Daily Mercury. 24 January 1990. p. 39. Retrieved 19 February 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.

[9] "Golden record aim down under". South Wales Echo. 15 January 1990. p. 18. Retrieved 19 February 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.