Rossendale Raptors represented Blackburn Rovers at the National Premier League for Sport 3 on 3 tournament held at the Ameachi Basketball Centre in Manchester.

Boys teams competed in the U14s and U16s competition, while two teams from Raptors hub club at St Wilfrids competed in the girls U15.

In the U14s, the Raptors team of Nick Yarwood, Dominic Martin, Callum Lawrence and Matthew Fry won all six games to be crowned National Premier League for Sport U14 Champions.

The girls teams, led by coach Mark Reeve finished second and fourth in what was a very high standard girls competition.

And the U16s finished seventh in a very tough age group.

Raptors chairman, Ken Masser, who has forged a partnership with Rovers said: “Its been a pleasure to work with Blackburn Rovers, and the various schools.

“There is a lot of interest in the sport and a lot of talent locally that we can tap into.”