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Seeing the current state of the once glorious Lancaster Park, a place where many Canterbury sporting dreams and memories were created can often sti...

Lancaster Park provides the most broad and varied history of any sports stadium in the country. It includes an eclectic mix of sports and events ov...

One of the more unusual stories from the history of Lancaster Park is the tragic story of David Mahoney (Captain Lorraine), the famous parachuting ...

The rich history of Lancaster Park is intertwined with the formation of many sports clubs, including the establishment of formal trotting clubs in ...

A 23-year old Peter Snell comes to Lancaster Park to attend the AGFA international athletics meeting on 3rd February, 1962. A week prior he had set...

The feature photo at the bottom of our Memorial print holds special significance for the Christchurch public. The provincial match between Canterbu...

A picture is worth a thousand words. The featured picture in our Memorial is a famous match against the British and Irish Lions in 1959. It was the...

In determining our Top 10 memories from the Park we asked a simple question: "Does the sporting event provide a single, enduring and broad memory?"...

Lancaster Park was first officially used in 1881. The land was acquired by a group of shareholders - mainly Christchurch sports personalities and b...