ST MARY’S basketball club couldn’t fail in the Hamilton basketball Association women’s division one grand final on Wednesday night, as the club had two teams competing for the premiership: Orange and Black, with Orange winning 34-26.

BARBER Boys White has convincingly defeated St Mary’s Orange, 50-32 to begin its reign as the kings of the Hamilton Basketball Association division one men’s competition.

IT was the penultimate week of the Hamilton Basketball Association senior season with preliminary finals setting up next week’s grand final match-ups.

THE first week of junior finals were played last week across all age groups.

HAMILTON has a new national champion in its midst, with Emily Iredell grabbing a gold medal as part of the School Sports Victoria Under-12 basketball team at the national championships in Perth last week

BARBER Babes has finished its Hamilton Basketball Association (HBA) women’s division one winter season on Tuesday with a huge upset of Minders in the final round of the season, 36-30.

LOCAL basketballer Tyleah Barr was a part of Big V basketball history on Saturday night when her Warrnambool Mermaids team won back-to-back division one titles in the grand final clash against Bellarine.

ST MARY’S ORANGE has moved to within striking distance of the ladder lead in the Hamilton Basketball Association women’s division one competition with a 31-29 victory over Barber Babes on Tuesday night as Grace Cleaver stamped her authority on the game.

WITH less than a month until Hamilton Basketball Association finals get underway, the Women’s Division 1 games saw two teams flex their muscles with comfortable wins on Tuesday night.

ST MARY’S BLACK has cemented its place atop Hamilton Basketball Association Women’s Division 1 ladder, with a resounding defeat of Barber Babes, 43-28 on Tuesday night.