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Loreto College and Manchester Mystics' Lina Asobirionwu has been named as the latest Player of the Week in the WEABL after an impressive performance for Loreto Mystics Basketball Academy in Week 4. The 2000-born forward put up 32 points along with 21 rebounds and seven steals to lead her side to a
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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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