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  Basketball Otago Golf Tournament Fundraiser

  date_range Published 06 Nov 2018

    IMPORTANT UPDATE: This event has been postponed until a date to be confirmed in March. More details will follow in the coming weeks. Basketball Otago are excited to announce that we will be hosting our first fundraising golf tournament with the good folk from Chisholm Links golf club on...
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  U13 Representative Prize Giving Wrap-Up

  date_range Published 02 Nov 2018

  The Otago Under 13 teams had their season Prize Giving the 1st of November at the Edgar Centre.  Thank you to all our sponsors; and to Dayna Turnbull, our guest speaker for the evening. A list of players can be found below and photos can be found HERE.  Thanks to...
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  Applications open for Otago Gold Rush Head Coach position

  date_range Published 01 Oct 2018

  Basketball Otago are seeking expressions of interest from suitably qualified individuals for the role of Head Coach of the Otago Gold Rush. This role will be for the 2019 Women’s Basketball Championship (WBC) season which takes place during the months of May to July (TBC). The Otago Gold Rush are...
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  Let Them Play

  date_range Published 27 Sep 2018

  Basketball New Zealand has created courtside signage to help promote positive support from the sidelines. Basketball New Zealand Chief Executive, Iain Potter, says the organisation has experienced a few examples of poor behaviour that takes away from what is largely a positive grassroots experience for the players and volunteers.“Poor sideline...
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  Otago clinches tertiary title

  date_range Published 25 Sep 2018

  A lights-out shooting performance  helped Otago University to a national title yesterday. It beat Lincoln University in the national tertiary championships men’s final 109-102 in Auckland, coming from behind in the finalquarter. Josh Aitcheson showed his class as he scored 38 points, going 14/18 from the field, including 6/8 from...
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  Hayman secures pro spot in Swiss league

  date_range Published 19 Sep 2018

  A quick switch from backpacking to basketball has proven successful for Benoit Hayman. The 21-year-old former Otago Nuggets guard has landed a contract with Switzerland professional team BBC Nyon. He had been travelling around Europe and spending time with his mother’s family - who are Swiss - and had a...
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  Olivia O'Neil named in AON Junior Tall Ferns for FIBA U18 Asian Championships

  date_range Published 12 Sep 2018

  The Aon Junior Tall Ferns team has been announced ahead of contesting the FIBA U18 Asian Championships in Bengaluru India, 28 October to 3 November. This team sees the admission of younger than usual talent, including three Under 17 National team representatives who have been selected after winning Silver at...
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  Female teams to fore with success in South

  date_range Published 11 Sep 2018

  We have only won the Super Rugby title once and the Chatham Cup last visited these shores nigh on 20 years ago. So thank goodness for the women. Female teams have been on fire in the South this year. Well, more specifically, women’s teams which play with a round ball....