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  Ex Wildcats captain to play for Otago Gold Rush in 2019

  date_range Published 11 Feb 2019

  The Otago Gold Rush are thrilled to announce that former Canterbury Wildcats captain Hayley Gray will be joining the Otago Gold Rush for their Women’s Basketball Championship title defense in 2019.  Basketball Otago General Manager Justin Ludlow says Gray has been an instrumental figure in Canterbury women’s basketball since her...
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  Basketball the big mover in 2018 school sports census.

  date_range Published 11 Feb 2019

  While the top 10 sports in terms of students representing their school remains unchanged from 2017, the School Sport NZ Census released today shows that Basketball continued its growth in the sector to now be the second most popular sport in our secondary schools. Up by just over 800 students...
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  BBO to be well represented at 2019 BBNZ Coaches Conference

  date_range Published 15 Jan 2019

  This Friday Basketball New Zealand will host its second annual National Coaches Conference. The invitation only event will see some of New Zealand’s most experienced coaches sharing knowledge, discussing good-practice and learning from international industry leaders.Basketball New Zealand High Performance Manager, Leonard King, says the Conference is designed to provide...
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  Happy Holidays

  date_range Published 21 Dec 2018

  Basketball Otago’s Board and staff would like to extend our best wishes to our players, coaches, volunteers, parents, sponsors, funders, administrators and officials over the festive season. We are thankful to each of you who play a special part in making up our vibrant basketball community.Have a safe and restful...
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  U13-U19 Otago Representative Coaches Named

  date_range Published 13 Dec 2018

  The BBO Representative Head Coaches have been appointed for 2019 for the U13-U19 age groups.  Additional staff will be appointed in 2019 after trials, depending on the number of teams per age group that we have in Otago. Thanks to all coaches who have applied and already put in many...
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  NZ U15s eager to experience FIBA tournament

  date_range Published 03 Dec 2018

  PAPUA NEW GUINEA (FIBA U15 Oceania Championship) - New Zealand U15 Head Coach Natalie Visger is looking forward to instilling the NZ style of play to the team competing in the FIBA U15 Oceania Championship on December 4-8 in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea. Visger shared that, like most of...
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  Brockbank announced Gold Rush coach for 2019

  date_range Published 28 Nov 2018

  The Otago Gold Rush are delighted to announce that Greg Brockbank has been named head coach for the 2019 Women’s Basketball Championship (WBC) season, replacing Todd Marshall who stood down at the completion of the successful 2018 campaign.  Brockbank was an integral member of Marshall’s coaching team this season which...
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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...