The Australian Under 14 Club Championships finished on Saturday at Kalamunda (boys) and Morphette Vale, SA (girls). 

Right here in WA the Under 14 Boys had some great results with Perry Lakes Hawks finishing sixth and Lakeside Lightning seventh in the Championship Division of the tournament. 

Perry Lakes convincingly beat Lakeside in the 5-8 classification game on Friday night, avenging the Lightnings one point win in the WABL Grand Finals. The result saw the Hawks take on Eltham for positions 5/6 and the Lightning tackle Canberra for positions 7/8. 

In the Shield Division the Rockingham Flames and Willetton Tigers fought for positions 9-12 with Rockingham going down to Bengigo 72-43 to play for positions 11/12. Willetton managed a 85-53 win over Alice Springs to fight for positions 9/10. 

Saturday started with Rockingham facing Alice Springs for positions 11/12 in the Shield, the Flames came out on top 92-31 with Thomas Pratt scoring 24 points to lead the charge. In support Christian Lamers (13), Fraser Robinson (11) and Bradley Houghton (10) were also strong. 

Willetton took on Bendigo, in a close game the Tigers went down 65-58 to claime tenth in the Shield. Mitch Davies (14 points) and Sam Cannell (12 points) led the way for the Tigers as they rounded out their tough draw. 

Lakeside were up next and managed to survive a spirited finish from Canberra to claim position seven in the Championship division with a 61-51 win. Tommy Kennedy led the charge with 19 points while Isaac Jones (13) and Brodee Knight (10) were solid in support. 

The day was rounded out with the Hawks going down to Eltham in their playoff for positions five and six. In a close game, Eltham got up 52-43 with Jhonny Lutula scoring 22 for the Hawks. 

In Morphette Vale the girls finished their shield play with Wanneroo going down to Alice Springs for positions 11/12 44-36. The Wolves had defeated Alice Springs earlier in the tournament, however were unable to get over the line on the last day despite 11 points from Briana Chambers. 

Willetton went down in their fight for positions 9/10 against the Sydney Comets. Rebecca Thomson had an impressive 22 points for the Tigers, however it was not enough to stop Sydney registering a 71-49 win. 

Fighting for positions five and six in the Shield, Rockingham pulled off a 55-49 win over North West Tasmania. The Flames were led by Ariana Herrington and Ariana Wheki who both had 14 points, while Olivia Lewis had ten points. 

Basketball WA would like to congratulate all seven teams for their hard work and dedication over the week. Thanks must also go to the volunteers and staff at Kalamunda who hosted the Under 14 Boys Club Championships. The KDBA team won the tender and presented the tournament in a professional manner, representing the WA basketball family in outstanding fashion. 

Photo by Grant Lauterbach (www.carstereo.com.au)