The Moss Vale District Basketball Association will definitely want to relive the Queen's Birthday weekend again following their strong performances at the John Martin Country Tournament.
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Eight Moss Vale teams took part in the event which featured over 500 games at 187 teams at seven venues across regional NSW.
The u12 division three girls, u16 division two boys and the u18 division 2 girls all won their competitions, while the u16 division two girls were runners up.
The u12 girls looked really good during the pool stages and all the way to the grand final where they beat Albury in a low scoring, but enthralling encounter.
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They finished their tournament undefeated champions following their 21-19 win, with Piper Webb being named the most valuable player.
The u16 boys were equally as impressive, finishing the pool stages undefeated and top of their pool.
That meant they qualified directly into the grand final against Gilgandra where they won 54-43.
Ryder Edwards was named as the tournament MVP.
The other champions, the u18 girls also performed strongly in the group stages to finish top of the ladder, setting up a grand final match against second placed Tamworth.
Moss Vale won 48-28 with Darcy Bull was being named the player of the tournament.
The u16 girls came agonizingly close to following in the footsteps of the other three champions, but fell short following a basket by Dubbo on the siren.
En route to the final where they lost 42-40, they fought hard in the pool rounds and in the semifinals.
The next best side were the u14 girls who made the semifinals.
They had some very strong performances to finish the pool rounds undefeated and progressed to the quarter final.
Another strong win set up their semifinal match with Queanbeyan who pipped the Magic to the post, winning 28-26.
In other results, the u14 and u18 boys were both knocked out in the quarter finals while the u12 boys didn't make it past the group stage.
The u14 boys were knocked out by Newcastle 54-35 while the u18 boys lost to Bellinger 58-28.
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