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- ↑ Jeff Cheshire (21 November 2020). "Long build-up finally over for Gold Rush". Otago Daily Times . Retrieved 17 December 2024.
- ↑ "2011 Results Annual" (PDF). Basketball New Zealand. Retrieved 20 January 2023.
- ↑ "2011 CHAMPIONS: OTAGO GOLD RUSH". tauihi.basketball. Retrieved 20 January 2023.
- ↑ "National Womens Basketball Championships Finals Tip Off Thursday". The New Zealand Herald . 3 July 2018. Retrieved 17 December 2024.
- ↑ Jeff Cheshire (9 July 2018). "Gold Rush claims NZ title". Otago Daily Times . Retrieved 17 December 2024.
