Everyone loves winning but there were was something else that had other players wishing they were part of the successful group.

The shiny NBA-style championship rings.

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More players are going to get the chance to battle for the coveted prize later this year when the inaugural under 23 Seahawks Championship League is up-and-running.

Archie Stevens, 18, can't wait to get involved because he saw how much his younger brother George, who played for Tikis, enjoyed the under 18 competition.

"George was lucky enough to win that and the whole celebrations through that, getting the ring and stuff, made me excited," he said.

Championship leagues general manager Adrian Morley said the under 23 rings had come via Canada through the United States.

The 3XL rings are bigger and a slightly different version to the under 18s ones.

Dailin Toone was impressed when trying on one of the new rings.

"They're unreal, just the logo and everything, they're a lot heavier than I thought," he said.

"When Adrian pulled them out it was like 'we've got something to play for now', instead of just getting back on the court, which is good.

"I dare say a lot of people are going to want to win now."

Mojwok Akoch is thrilled to have another opportunity to compete.

"Just playing competitive basketball, we've missed out on a lot of competitive sport this year. So fingers-crossed just to get a full season of something would be good," he said.

Tom Sell is excited to be back on court as it's been two or three years since he played any form of high-level basketball.

The competition starts on October 28 and will played be mostly on Thursday nights at The Arc. There will also be some weeks with games on Thursdays and Fridays.

There are currently six teams and five rounds. The hope is play finals in December.

"The league was really designed to help fill the gap from when the kids leave squad and being eligible for the Country Basketball League," Morley said.

"Generally speaking there's a fairly big gap so this league is going to behave like a reserves for CBL.

"All the kids under 23 and non-squad playing players will be eligible to be selected at CBL level as well."

Morley said the recent under 18 championship was a winner.

"It was a massive success, the coaches loved it, Trevor Gleeson got behind it and posted a video for us," he said.

The hope is to get female competitions up-and-going too.

"We're still in talks with the Mermaids about facilitating something for the girls, our biggest problem with the girls is they just don't have the numbers," he said.

Morley said one idea was having an open grade female league with a minimum age.

"It's still in the pipework, we've just to work out how to do it," he said.

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