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EAST LOTHIAN NEWS ARTICLE

Peregrines fly high after triumph

Published on Thursday 28 April 2005 12:55

The East Lothian U-12 boys basketball team has won the Peregrines primary inter area basketball tournament.
The East Lothian girls came second in the same event. This is the first time that an East Lothian team has won a national tournament at any age group.



The boys section was competed for by three groups of three teams in the nine team tournament.



Teams from Edinburgh, Tayside, Glasgow West, East Lothian, Glasgow City, North Ayrshire, Falkirk, Grampian and West Lothian competed in the boys section while the same teams, bar Glasgow West, competed in the eight team girls section.



In the girls section East Lothian opened with a 14-6 win over Tayside. They went on to beat North Ayrshire 25-2 and finished their group stage with a 26-5 win over West Lothian.



Edinburgh also made it through the group stages unscathed and the two east coast rivals met in the final. After a hard fought match, Edinburgh won through in the end 23-13.



Full report in the East Lothian News of April 29, 2005

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