Live stream: Livestream: Junior basketball, Under 14 Australian Club Championships, finals fixture, schedule (U14 Basketball Club Championships)

Nunawading put the seal on a spectacular year of boys and girls U14 results by winning the Australian Club Championship double in emphatic fashion. Relive the action from our LIVESTREAM.

The champions have been decided after an exciting final day of the U14 Australian Basketball Club Championships at Hills Basketball Courts in Sydney.

And - to no-one’s surprise - Victorian powerhouse Nunawading took home the boys/girls double.

Read on for the grand final match reports and replays.

Fast start powers Nunawading to big boys win

Nunawading have run out 88-54 winners against Rockhampton to finish the week as national boys champions.

Nunawading raced out of the blocks and simply couldn’t be caught, with familiar names Charlie Wilson and Tom Dammers doing some of the early damage.

Despite Rockhampton working back into the game with a strong second quarter, the Spectres kicked it up a gear after the break and won comfortably.

Nunawading coach Rick Vos said he was proud of his group.

The Spectres didn’t lose a game under his tenure in the last year.

“I’m so excited for these boys, they’ve worked really hard for 12 months to get to this point,” Vos said.

“This is just the start of their basketball careers and that’s one of the most exciting things.

“There’s 12 players there who are going to have long careers.

“We’re really proud of our club. We received tremendous support across the whole campaign.”

Nunawading’s brilliant start was something it had targeted in its pre-match planning.

The early margin was built on defensive pressure.

“We really focused on the first three minutes of the game,” Vos said.

“We wanted to get out to a strong lead and it was important we held that.

“We were able to rotate guys through and still build on it which was really important.

“They did challenge us but we knew what would happen. I was happy with how the boys responded to that.”

Depth key behind Spectres win in girls decider

Nunawading Spectres have been crowned U14 girls club champions after a 56-37 grand final victory over Mackay Meteorettes put the seal on an excellent week.

The Spectres only led 25-17 at halftime lead before taking total control in the second half.

The Queensland v Victoria girls battle had been brewing since the semifinals, which featured two teams from each state.

It has now been settled.

The Meteorettes, who knocked out the Melbourne Tigers in the semifinals, found the Spectres a different class and were never really in the hunt.

The impressive accuracy of Nunwading’s shots was all too much.

Coach Jaysn Harvey sung the praises of his players for their development throughout the week.

He said it was simply taking it day by day.

“It’s been a long 12 months, we set ourselves up at the start of that period with the goals of getting to this point,” Harvey said.

Mackay v Nunawading (Girls Champ, Gold Medal)

“The girls have worked hard to make sure they’ve done everything right during the week to have that happen.”

Harvey praised his team’s depth with everyone able to contribute when they stepped onto the court.

“That’s one of the big things we’ve worked on, that everyone needs to play their role,” he said.

“One goes down we need the next step up and play exactly the same.

“That’s probably our strength over some of the other teams, we can just go which allows us to play up pressure defensively the whole time.”

The gold medal capped a brilliant year of basketball for the Spectres.

They didn’t lose a game - at any tournament or competition.

“It’s been pretty incredible,” Harvey said.

“The former director of coaching Tammy Harvey built this team two or three years ago when these girls were nine and 10.

“This has been a long process and the aim back then was to get them to win this championship.”

REPLAYS AND REPORTS

Southern Districts v Kilsyth (Boys Champ, Bronze)

Kilsyth has clung on to claim the boys bronze medal after holding off a fast-finishing Southern Disricts Spartans.

After trailing by 21 midway through the third, the Spartans threatened to complete what appeared to be the unlikeliest of comebacks.

But eventually Kilsyth regained their composure in a frantic last quarter to come away with the win.

Zane Miller hit a massive three late in the third to keep the Cobras with the momentum, it followed his sublime buzzer beater from deep to end the first.

Liam Keogh was brilliant for the victors while Bailey Puyk-George also impressed.

For the Spartans, Karter Iva showed his class while Michael Andrew had a big part in the comeback after getting himself in early foul trouble.

Norwood v Bendigo (Boys Shield, Gold)

Southern Districts v Melbourne (Girls Champ, Bronze)

Southern District Spartans have claimed third place in the girls U14 basketball Club Championship after demolishing Melbourne Tigers 77-41.

The energy at Hills Sports Stadium was electric as the girls brought the fire to their last game of the campaign.

Though winning by a large margin, the scoring frenzy nature of the game kept both the girls and the audience on their toes.

While leading 44-18 at half time, the Spartans did not get complacent and continued to pile on another 33 points until the final whistle.

The Victorian side never gave up and were only beaten by 10 points in the second half.

Willetton v Townsville (Girls Shield, Gold)

Willetton Tigers have taken the Shield division gold medal after beating Townsville Flames 38-27.

Only four points apart at halftime, it was anyone’s game.

But the strength of West Australian team was too much, as they replicated their first-half 19 points in the second.

The Queensland side put in a good performance, chasing down their opposition until the final minutes of the game.

Warwick v North West Tas (Girls Shield, Bronze)

Sydney v Gold Coast (Boys Shield, Bronze)

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