Community and Recreation

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Lakes Leisure offer fantastic sports and leisure activities for all ages. Presently we offer the following programmes:

  • Basketball
  • Children’s Rockclimbing Classes
  • Children’s Tennis Lessons
  • 6-Aside Cricket
  • Volleyball
  • Children’s Holiday Programmes

We continually work with local community groups to develop new and innovative leisure and social activities and sports leagues.

The Queenstown Events Centre also hosts the Queenstown Bridge Club, Arrowtown Badminton Club, Indoor Social Netball, Housie and children’s Mini Muscles classes.

To find out more about the various sports club in the Wakatipu click here to go to nzsport.co.nz.


Sports Equipment Hire

You can hire a range of sports equipment from reception at the Queenstown Events Centre.  

Charges are as follows:

Children $1.00 per item
Adults $2.00 per item

Please note that for sports equipment hire, customers are also required to leave an item of value with reception which will be returned upon return of the undamaged hire item.  Items of value may include a drivers licence or credit card.

82 Football Academy @ QEC

The Queenstown Events Centre played host to Ricki Herbert’s 82 Football Academy in October 2009. Click here to find out more.

Queenstown events Centre site map

Heading to the Events Centre for sport and not sure how to find the field your on? To view a labeled map of all our fields inlcuding cricket ovals and where to find them click here


Events

March 12 2010

Otago Volts v Canterbury Wizards 4 day Cricket

Otago Volts v Canterbury Wizards 4 day Cricket Free entry for all at this first class match!

March 25 2010

Grumpy Old Women

Grumpy Old Women They came, they grumbled, they conquered. Look out New Zealand!!!

April 2 2010

Warbirds Over Wanaka

Warbirds Over Wanaka Welcome to Warbirds Over Wanaka (WOW) 2010!

April 10 2010

Rebel Sport Super 14 Highlanders V Western Force

Rebel Sport Super 14 Highlanders V Western Force Super 14 rugby hits the Queenstown Events Centre 10 April 2010.

April 10 2010

Dame Malvina - My Life in Song

Dame Malvina - My Life in Song Dame Malvina Major, NZ's celebrated opera diva, presents an intimate evening of song and chat

April 17 2010

New Zealand Cricket Players Association Masters

New Zealand Cricket Players Association Masters Enjoy this two day cricket match at the Queenstown Events Centre.

May 13 2010

Oliver

Oliver Showbiz Queenstown celebrates 50 years of this classic stage show with a dazzling new production of the world’s most loved musical.

May 22 2010

Cadbury Crunchie Comedy Convoy

Cadbury Crunchie Comedy Convoy 5 comedians, 13 cities... 1 hell of a road trip!

June 25 2010

American Express Queenstown Winter Festival

Join New Zealand’s biggest winter party - the American Express Queenstown Winter Festival