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Lancashire Spinners could be a reasonable name for a NW folk group as well as a thriving basketball club. Thankfully. there was no such music playing last Sunday when we arrived at Elton High School's pristine new sports hall where it is twice as warm as the old one which doubled as an igloo.
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A last second three from Herman Senor II handed the Manchester Magic their seventh league defeat of the season, with Team Solent Kestrels picking up a one point victory, 84-83. In a game that was close for the majority, it was looking like it would come down to the wire, and it did. Kestrel's Herma
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Manchester Mystics trio Dominique Allen, Georgia Jones and Samantha Roscoe have been selected in the 16-strong Great Britain Women's Squad for the upcoming FIBA EuroBasket Qualifiers. The team will congregate for a short preparation camp on 4 February and then will depart for Faro on 8 February, a
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Manchester Magic dropped out of the National Trophy at the Semi-Final stage after a 74-91 home loss to Team Northumbria. In a scrappy affair, it was Northumbria's superior long range shooting that did the damage, making 12 from 24 from beyond the arc, where Magic made just 4 from 23. Five of those
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The Manchester Magic and Manchester Mystics will be holding a five-day basketball camp this February half-term. The camp will run from Monday 19th February to Friday 23rd February. It's for children in aged 5 - 16 years old and will run from 9:30am to 3:30pm each day. All abilities welcome. You'll
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I've gone for a slightly different approach for this week's report on Mystics U14 at Tameside Royals. Instead of labelling players by name, I'm using letters. This means that instead of doing housework, DIY or gardening, you can spend your valuable leisure time matching the letter to a player. If th
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The Manchester Magic were second best to Hemel Storm in the National Cup Final at the University of East London Sports Dock on Sunday where they lost 94-77. Magic came out the blocks strong with a 31-11 first quarter, the Storm fought back to make it 47-45 at the half, a slender lead for the Magic.
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Sometimes stating the obvious makes the person who stated it easy to ridicule. For example, when a Dutch former manager of Manchester United made the deeply profound comment that whoever scores the most goals wins the game, most people who heard him must have wondered why no one else had ever though
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Manchester Magic suffered an 80-85 defeat at the talented but young side of Kent Crusaders on Saturday afternoon. With the Magic without the services of big-man Lee Goldsbrough and with usual starter Ryan Lewis coming off the bench, it meant that there was rare starting spots for Tyme Regent-Bascom
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