THE school break meant a chance for the younger members of Ayr Storm Basketball club to take part in a three-day holiday basketball camp run by coaches Chris Morrison and Laura Nisbet and in the mornings helped by members of the clubs U16 squads.

Each morning, boys and girls from the U8, U10 and U12 sections worked on their basketball skills and then played four-a-side games to put what they learned into practice

The afternoons were then taken over by the U14 and U16 girls and boys - but the objectives were just the same: improve basketball skills, work on team building and start preparing for the 2018-19 season that starts in August when the teams will again be playing in both the Scottish National League and the Strathclyde local League competitions.

Meanwhile, there are still though a couple of games remaining in the 2017-18 season and it was heartache for the U16 men when they fell at the semi-final stage to Glasgow Rocks in the SLBA Cup.

It was a really tight game with Ayr edging the first period 13-12 but Rocks took period two 14-10 to lead by three at the half-time break.

Period three was another where neither team could be separated but a final shot gave it to Rocks 17:18. The Ayr side suddenly found themselves 12 behind in the final quarter but with a minute to go rallied and put the pressure on Rocks but it turned out to be too late with the period finishing 18:19 and a FT Ayr Storm 58 Glasgow Rocks 63.

Ayr Storm squad v Glasgow Rocks: Paul Gibbons (16pts) Cammy Lang (2) Isaac Tomba (4) Ben Wheeler Gabriel Lorimer (2) Matthew Morrison 14) Isaac Femi (2) Darren Pirrie Dylan Martin Harrison Smith Mathew Keegan (18)

The Men's first team continued their improved end of season form when Lockerbie Tornadoes visited for an SLBA Division One fixture. Led by 32 points from Dan Bajwoluk the Ayr men ran out comfortable winners against a team that in the earlier away game they had been badly beaten by. FT: Ayr Storm 82 Lockerbie Tornadoes 69

Ayr Squad v Lockerbie Tornadoes: Dan Bajwoluk (32pts) Saw Wallace Jordi Sergio (8) Filip Dijordivic (8) Ash Lamari (7) Connor McQuade 6) Jack Dewey (3) Stevie Moug (2) Euan Geddes (2) Mark Farren.