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Manchester Magic suffered a double defeat at the weekend as illness and suspension left the squad short of numbers. They put in a fighting performance at Team Northumbria on Saturday night, going down 83-71 despite 26 points for Donte Gittens ans 23 for Michael Anumba. Then, with Gittens missing b
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During my frustrating 2 and a half hour 60 mile journey to our home game against Hatfield Fliers, arriving 5 minutes before tip-off to find all of my pre-game jobs/routines all covered perfectly, it struck me that I am in the privileged position of being around two wonderful teams- players and paren
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Manchester Magic booked their place in the semi-finals of the National Cup with a 67-57 win over Team Newcastle University on Sunday. Less than 24 hours after a home defeat to Hemel Storm in the National League, the Magic bounced back strongly, shooting out to a 16-0 lead thanks largely to three th
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One venue, four courses, 24 Level 1 qualified referees. It's been a successful year at the Amaechi Basketball Centre. Under the expert guidance of Rick Dell, our referees manager, we have made it a priority to develop the next generation of referees. And Rick's hard work is paying off. We r
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Manchester Magic recorded a double victory at the weekend to remain in the hunt at the top of National League Division One – but there was controversy to go with it. After digging deep to win at Team Newcastle University 81-78 on Saturday, the Magic overcame visitors Team Northumbria 81-76 in
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Our visitors for last Saturday's War of the Roses (red is so much more colourful than white!), Leeds had made a promising start to the season, beating a strong Hatfield side and pushing league leaders Sheffield all the way. We expected a tough contest and for large portions of the game we got it. Fo
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Manchester Magic claimed a major win by ending the unbeaten record of Division One rivals Reading Rockets on Saturday. In a battle between two top sides, the Magic took control of the game towards the end of the third quarter, when they built up a 14-point lead. They went on to seal a 93-88 victor
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In just our third Northern Conference fixture so far, as well as being a group who would be hard to beat at Scrabble (check out the surnames!), Mystics U14 1 showed great togetherness and teamwork to record an emphatic 98-29 victory over a battling Lancashire Spinners last Sunday. The bulk of the sc
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Manchester Mystics have added Australian/British forward Samantha Roscoe for the remainder of the 2017-18 WBBL season and she will make her debut this weekend. Graduating from the University of North Dakota earlier this year, she averaged a double-digit scoring return during her senior year with
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