SOUTHEND Swifts girls have repeated their 2007 performance after all three of their age group teams won through to the national final fours at RAF Cosford.
While the under-14s and 18s got through their quarter-finals by securing away wins on Saturday, the all-conquering under-16s - already league champions and national cup winners - triumphed at home on Sunday.
The under-14s travelled to meet the Northern League champs Doncaster Panthers and pulled off a hard-fought 57-52 win.
Katie Holland (24) and Beth Robson (12) led the visiting scorers for a Swifts side who were 25-19 down at the halfway point and 36-33 in arrears going into the final stanza.
It was a particular triumph for captain Holland as the England development squad member had to be nursed through the contest due to a twisted ankle.
The under-18s quarter-final was at Birmingham Force and Swifts, third in the southern section of the national league, took on the northern runners-up and returned with an 88-72 success.
Christina Gaskin was the scoring star here with 25 points, while skipper Emma Hart contributed a best of the season performance with 23.
Francesca Whitby had 16 and Rebecca Brough 10.
Swifts under-16s won 79-40 with Gaskin again the top scorer with 20 points followed by Jennie Rodgers and Francesca Whitby, both on 18.
The final fours will be staged on the weekend of April 19 and 20.
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