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  Gold Rush claims NZ title

  date_range Published 09 Jul 2018

  There is no  substitute for heart in a final. That was evident from the Otago Gold Rush as it won the Women’s Basketball Championship at the Edgar Centre  in Dunedin on Saturday. It beat the Waikato Wizards 62-52, taking the title with its ninth consecutive win. The match was a...
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  Close run thing, but Gold Rush into semis

  date_range Published 09 Jul 2018

  Otago turned a three point deficit into a one point win in just 14 incredible seconds to secure a place in the semifinals of the Women’s Basketball Championships. But Canterbury looked like it was going to prevail after it took the lead late in the game and nursed a three...
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  Buzzer beater sinks resurgent Bombers

  date_range Published 09 Jul 2018

  A buzzer-beater from Hunter Kindley helped the Andy Bay Falcons to a crucial win in Dunedin club basketball. The point guard pulled up from 2m behind the three-point line and banked in the shot to claim a 92-89 win over the City Rise Bombers. The Falcons clawed their way back...
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  Ruske motivated by NZ selection

  date_range Published 29 Jun 2018

  Most of us would settle for a pair of socks. Nicole Ruske did significantly better. The talented guard received the wonderful news she had been named in the Tall Ferns squad on her birthday earlier this month. Had she been called on to extinguish some candles right then, the newly...
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  U15 & U17 Rep. Teams Set for Nationals

  date_range Published 26 Jun 2018

  Otago Representative Teams have finalised their squads for the upcoming Representative National Tournaments during the July School Holidays.  The U17 Nationals are held in Wellington at the ASB Arena and are the 11th-14th of July.  The U15 tournament is held in Auckland at Pulman Arena and is the 18th-21st July....
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  Men's and Women's U19 National Tournament Wrap-up

  date_range Published 26 Jun 2018

  Otago sent two teams away to the U19 National Tournament in Auckland over Queen’s Birthday weekend.  Our U19 men won 4 out of 6 games and finished in 9th place beating Tasman the last day.  The lads had some very close games and despite dealing with injuries and youth all...
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  Gold Rush Regular Season Champions

  date_range Published 25 Jun 2018

  Otago Gold Rush are the Women’s Basketball Championship (WBC) regular season champions after they defeated Taranaki Thunder in Dunedin on Friday night. The Gold Rush needed some help from Power Chill Waikato Country Cannons to claim the title. The Cannons defeat of the Wizards in the Waikato derby meant three...
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  Evenly matched tussle goes Falcons way.

  date_range Published 21 Jun 2018

  The Andy Bay Falcons withstood a huge challenge from Andy Bay Kavanagh in women’s club basketball on Tuesday night. There was nothing between the sides the whole way, but the Falcons emerged 70-66 victors in a thriller down the stretch. It was a near-run thing though for a young and...