On the 4^th and 5^th of December the Grade 3-4 boy’s basketball team of Cooper, Ryan, Hudson, Elijah, Louis, Sashan, Lucas, Archie and Bentley went to Launceston to represent Burnie Primary School in the State Championships.

We were all feeling very nervous and excited about the weekend. On Saturday we played two pool games and lost them both by only one and two points – we collaborated well as a team but just fell short. During our games on Saturday Bentley suffered a knee injury as he had a crash with Hudson when they were rebounding. He went to the hospital and he couldn’t play any more however was there cheering us on.

On Sunday we played two further games and we won both games comfortably. This put us in 5^th place in the whole of Tasmania which is an amazing effort.

We want to thank Stephen Gillam for coaching us through three tournaments we had great fun, it was a great time and we really enjoyed ourselves.

By Ryan and Cooper