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OBO goalkeeping equipment, 2011

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OBO goalkeeping equipment, 2011

The Palmerston North-based company OBO sells leading-edge hockey goalkeeping equipment worldwide. The importance of quality equipment is demonstrated by Wellington goalkeeper Stephanie Roughan, seen here saving a goal from under the boots of a North Harbour player at the National Hockey Stadium in Wellington in August 2011.

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Geoff Watson, Hockey – Recent developments in hockey, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/38929/obo-goalkeeping-equipment-2011 (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Geoff Watson, published 3 December 2012, updated 1 January 2015.

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lee thompson
22 February 2014
what is the actual history of this company OBO? ......who's responsible to have created this company