The annual contest, which adopts the three-on-three player format on court, saw a total of 355 athletes from 77 teams compete in male and female categories across four separate age groups of under-12 years of age, under-14, under-16 and under-18.
The winners of the female under-12 class was KS Club, while Kajonkietsuksa School were runners up and Phuket Thai Hua School finished third.
Kajonkietpattana School came out on top in the male under-12’s, with the runners up and third place teams both from Kajonkietsuksa School.
Kajonkietpattana School also finished in first place in the female under-14 age group, with Phuket Thai Hua School runners up and Kajonkietsuksa School third, while KS Club B won the male under 14’s, with teams from Kajonkietsuksa School finishing second and third.
Phuket Wittayalai School won the female under-16 age class, while teams from Phuket Women’s School finished in second and third.
Phuket Wittayalai School also triumphed in the male under-16 age group, while KS Club saw teams finish second and third.
In the femal under-18 age group first place went to Team Boy Band, with Boy Band B in second and Phuket Wittayalai School in third place.
KS Club won the same age class in the male category, with Phuket Wittayalai School finishing second and Kajonkietsuksa School in third.
Once play had concluded at 6pm there was an official closing ceremony overseen by Thammawat Wongcharoenyot, President of the Phuket Sports Association, Damrong Chaisena, Director of the Phuket office of the Sports Authority of Thailand, and Rewat Areerob, President of the Phuket Provincial Administrative Organization (PPAO).
Mr Rewat and Prasit Sinsaowaphak, Deputy Mayor of Phuket Town, distributed medals and prizes to the winning teams as part of the closing ceremony.
The annual competition is organised by the PPAO to encourage a more active and healthy lifestyle for juniors, while allowing athletes to develop their potential and possibly forge a career in the sport of basketball.
The competition is also seen as a constructive means to desuade youngsters from becoming involved in illegal drug use while learning the values of sportsmanship in regards to developing humility and respect by undersanding the dynamics of winning and losing.