Over the long weekend Lithgow had six teams travel to venues across NSW to compete in the John Martin Junior Country Championships.

The Under 12 Girls, coached by Krysten Hutchison headed to Terrigal, where they played Illawarra, Maitland and Tumut, winning two of these games.

"This put them into the semi-finals, where they played a strong game but lost to Canberra, who eventually won the grade," Lithgow Basketball's Richard Marjoram said.

The team consisted of Emerson Crowe, Chloe De Losa, Addison Hutchison, Indiana Lee, Lila Moloney, Ruby Moss, Laila Oliver and Orielle Savage.

The Under 12 Boys, coached by David Lincoln played their first tournament for the season at Bathurst.

"As a new team, the boys showed great potential, playing hard and putting in a great effort. Although they did not make the semi-finals the coach was extra pleased with the boys," Marjoram said.

The Under 14 Girls, coached by Shane Lee, played in the strong division two, and put in a solid performance all weekend never giving up.

The Under 14 Boys, coached by Suzy Morris had a very good weekend. They won the division three Championship, something Lithgow has not done for a number of years.

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The boys played strongly in their round games, had a very close game in the semi-finals and went on to win against Bathurst 40 to 17.

Under 16 boys, coached by Scott Simcoe, travelled to Maitland to play in Division two.

After a slow start in a couple of games they hit their straps and started to play entertaining basketball.

After a count back the boys qualified for the semi-finals where they went down to a very tall Queanbeyan team.

The Under 18 Boys, coached by Heidi Inwood, are a very talented group of players.

"They put in strong performances across the weekend," Marjoram said.

They found their strength in the quarterfinals, playing their nemesis Bathurst, winning 45 to 27.

In the semis they won 42 to 30 against Newcastle a team that had beaten them in the rounds, and went on to win the finals by two points in the finals against Illawarra.

"It is a credit to the teams, coaches and parent how the teams performed and especially the two team who came away as champions," Marjoram said.

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