EASTSIDE Eagles under-16s girls basketball team have qualified for the semi-finals of the national championships after a superb season.

The girls finished second in the South Division with an impressive record of 18 wins and two defeats.

They booked their place at the finals in Sheffield, to be held on May 1, after victories over the Solent Suns, from Southampton, and the Cheshire Jets in the first rounds of the play-offs.