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- ↑ "Ross Geange". New Zealand Olympic Committee. Retrieved 18 January 2015.
- ↑ "New Zealand champion shot / Ballinger Belt winners". National Rifle Association of New Zealand. Archived from the original on 25 January 2015. Retrieved 18 January 2015.
- ↑ Crayton-Brown, Blake (21 January 2015). "Geange claims the Ballinger Belt". Upper Hutt Leader. p. 47.
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