Karting Canterbury

27/09/2026

It’s great to see some of our drivers on the podium for mainland series, well done to all driver who competed at the several events

27/09/2026

It was a busy weekend for our drivers! Facing all sorts of weather. We hope everyone is nice and warm now!

Well done to all the drivers!

We will see you all at our next club day on October 18th

25/09/2026

Anyone wanting watch the racing this weekend can find the livestream on our YouTube page

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25/09/2026

Practice is all go here at Karting Canterbury with drivers from all across the south island gearing up for the 2026 Wolfbrook Garden City Champs. With over 90 entry’s, its going to be an epic weekend of hard and fast racing 🏁

24/09/2026

The Shop will be open from 7:30am each day, with the following on offer:

Hot Food:
Steak & Cheese
Steak & Double Cheese
Mince & Cheese
Mince & Double Cheese
Steak & Pepper
Steak, Cheese & Jalapeño
Chicken Pie
Beef Sausage Roll
Hot Chips
Bacon & Egg Muffin
Chicken Burger
Ham & Cheese Toastie
Cheese Scone

Fresh Options:
Fruit Salad
Chicken Salad Sandwich
Ham Salad Sandwich
Egg Sandwich
Summer Roll
Chicken Wrap

Sweet Treats
Blueberry Muffin
Chocolate Muffin
Chocolate Cupcake

There will be plenty of food available!! There will be no tabs at the shop, but we should have pay wave available.

23/09/2026

Its race weekend, here is brief outline of the information that you need.

The pre-event briefing: https://www.sporty.co.nz/asset/downloadasset?id=bd63fdc9-8eb9-4574-aebf-fc7e58dba5fa
It is an expectations that drivers have read the briefing, and they will be asked about it at the conformation of entry.

For friday practice you will get approximately five runs in each direction. The morning will be reverse (clockwise), and this will change to normal direction (anti-clockwise) at approximately 12:50pm (after VMR 5th run)

The practice order is:
Briggs All In
Rotax Junior
Cadet
Rotax All In
VMR
NOTE: Live timing will be active but not mandatory.

Pit site information: https://www.sporty.co.nz/asset/downloadasset?id=dfb0351f-ec5c-4701-9a18-946d0b9313ce

Anyone is welcome to use the overflow pit area located by the club rooms.
There is NO parking of vehicles in the pit area, grass area next to the pits, or officals parking. YOU WILL BE ASKED TO MOVE IF YOUR VEHICLE IS PARKED IN THESE AREAS
NOTE: those parked on the grass, we know this area is a bit uneven, if by friday afternoon/saturday morning there is space avalible on the gravel area you are well to pit here.

Prizegiving - Thanks to New World Rangiora there will be a free BBQ after racing on sunday during the prizegiving, so stick around to celebrate a great weekend of racing

For anyone who needs a reminder about the supplementary rules, you can find them here:https://www.sporty.co.nz/asset/downloadasset?id=b2d96b82-24b0-42e0-94ff-b42ee1bf88b6

20/09/2026

Today is the last chance to enter garden cities! Entries close at midnight!

🏎️Entry List For Garden Cities🏎️

The countdown is on for the 2026 Wolfbrook Garden City Championships at Kartsport Canterbury 🏁

📅 Event Dates:

- Friday 25th September – Practice
- Saturday 26th & Sunday 27th September – Racing

Entry list

Cadet (9) - Sponsored by Insight
2 Harry Gradwell
4 Hixon Parkinson
5 Charlie Knight
9 Jack Brooks
10 Maxwell Bird
23 Bentley Hart
30 Harry Tipple
51 Ollie Hendry
68 George Parnham

VMR (21) - Sponsored by KartStore
NS Max Gosling
4 Madeline Brooks
7 Freddy Waller
8 Rowan Lieu
11 Hamish McGrath
16 Cater Smith
17 Cooper Macrae
18 Jett Randall
24 Jett O’Malley
26 Flo Bird
28 Luca Dodd
31 Leo Tipple
33 George Deaker
42 Will Miller
48 Teddy Paterson
64 Theo Toynbee
77 Emma Gallagher
81 Finn Hawke
87 Darcy Hewson
88 Charlie McKay
99 Noah Murray

Junior (16) - Sponsored by Gramado’s Restaurant and Bar
NS Henry Fisher
11 Jack McGrath
13 Ashton Dunn
15 Oliver Dennison
16 Louis Smith
17 Brody Martin
21 Josh Steele
22 Holly Miller
24 Christian Tipple
28 Riley Pringle
38 Magni Whittle
48 Angus Wilton
55 Asher Docherty
61 Fraser Hodges
70 Jossi Weir
75 Ben Hurrell

Rotax Light (18) - Sponsored by Findlay Motorsport
4 Mandela Pluck
6 Myles Findlay
7 Logan Backhouse
9 Ollie Workman
12 Chris Cox
23 Scott Frater
24 Jacob Earley
27 Fletcher Lowe
33 Zach Tucker
51 Layla Nicholson
57 Ryan Jeffries
64 Riley Maxwell
74 Josh Carlisle
77 Koby Weir
81 Charlie Steele
85 Tobey Elvy
88 Jonty Phillips
94 Brody Edwards

Rotax Heavy (7) - Sponsored by New World Ferry Road
8 Ian Carter
15 Kevin Barker
19 Cooper McLeod
28 Derryn French
29 Neil Shearer
42 Simon Hunter
90 Thomas Emmerson

Briggs Light (12) - Sponsored by Oakleys Plumbing
NM Stefan Maynard
4 Mandela Pluck
8 Jonathon Day
11 Hamish Johnston
12 Jamie Mckechnie
15 Jack McLaren
16 Josh James
20 Brett Taylor
23 Oscar Laundry
27 Connor Peel
67 Scott McLaren
92 Jeremy Pluck

Briggs Heavy (12) - Sponsored by Southern Alps Ultra
9 William Ruffle
10 Kevin Barker
11 Jason Jeffs
21 Ian McLeod
32 Mario Cufone
44 Dwayne Southey
53 Shane Jeffs
66 Shane Hayter
74 Bryn Thomas
78 Mat Hillyer
95 Roydon Bonney
98 David Cochrane

19/09/2026

The 2026 Garden Cities sponsored by Wolfbrook are next weekend!

To make the event great we need some help:
2x people to help cook the bbq for prize giving Some people to help out throughout the weekend doing kart recovery.

If you can help out let us know via messenger or email ([email protected])

16/09/2026

🏁 Briggs Light — Oakleys Plumbing
BRIGGS LIGHT IS READY TO RACE! 🏁

We’re excited to have Oakleys Plumbing supporting the Briggs Light class at the Wolfbrook Garden City Champs 2026!

It’s fantastic to have a local business getting behind karting and supporting the competitors who make our events what they are.

A huge thank you to Oakleys Plumbing for their support of Karting Canterbury and for helping us put on another great Garden City Champs. 👏

Now it’s over to the Briggs Light drivers to put on the show! 🏎️💨

16/09/2026

🏁 Rotax Heavy — New World Ferry Road
HEAVY HITTERS, LET'S GO! 💪🏁

The Rotax Heavy field is ready for battle at the Wolfbrook Garden City Champs 2026, proudly sponsored by New World Ferry Road.

We're incredibly grateful to New World Ferry Road for supporting our event and getting behind our competitors.

Local businesses supporting local sport make a huge difference, and we really appreciate having them as part of the Garden City Champs!

Thanks, New World Ferry Road!