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- ↑ "Cronulla Shark Island Challenge 1999" . Retrieved 2005-10-22.
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- ↑ "Cronulla Shark Island Challenge 2002" . Retrieved 2005-10-29.
- ↑ "Cronulla Shark Island Challenge 2003" . Retrieved 2006-09-27.
- ↑ "Cronulla Shark Island Challenge 2004" . Retrieved 2007-03-14.
- ↑ "Cronulla Shark Island Challenge 2005" . Retrieved 2007-03-14.
- ↑ "Cronulla Shark Island Challenge 2006" . Retrieved 2007-03-14.
- ↑ "Ryan Hardy wins the CSIC 2006" . Retrieved 2007-03-14.