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The new-look Manchester Mystics opened up with a win and a loss at the Betty Codona Classic in Nottingham at the weekend. Competing in the plate competition, they beat Sevenoaks Suns 81-49 in Saturday's semi-final before narrowly losing out 66-63 to Leicester Riders in Sunday's final. Great Britai
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Manchester Magic booked their place in the semi-finals of the National Trophy with a hard-fought 75-67 win over Team Northumbria to complete a perfect three wins out of three in pool play. Paul Middleton’s side had to dig deep to overcome an impressive performance from Northumbria’s Sim
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Manchester Mystics have boosted their WBBL squad with a deal for point guard Rachel James.The former Sevenoaks Suns star is known for her tenacity and leadership, while racking up an impressive five rebounds per game last season despite her 5ft 3in frame.“Rachel will add quickness and is anoth
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Shomari Simmonds has been officially confirmed as a Manchester Magic player for the 2016/17 season.The 6ft 7in small forward is a former Magic junior who has had spells at the Canarias Basketball Academy in Spain as well as with BBL duo Manchester Giants and Leeds Force."Shomari is another one of my
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Mystics U14s began the 2016-17 season with an emphatic 133-18 away win at Lancashire Spinners last Sunday. (I was going to call it the 2016-17 campaign but that makes it sound like part of a war and this game was anything but as brutal as the scoreline suggests. It was played and officiated in treme
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Magic's Aaron Martin, Josh Grant, Saul May and Greg Wild and Mystics' Ashana Hinds and Khia Lee have been selected in the initial England Under 15/16 Squads following the Under 15 Regional Development Tournament. There is a new development for the 2016/17 season in that all youth national teams will
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As the WBBL season draws closer and the Mystics roster nears completion, I caught up with returning stalwarts Jade Lucas and Nicola Welling to gauge their thoughts ahead of the new campaign. MM: You've been part of the set-up here for a long time now. What is it that keeps you coming back year after
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Manchester Mystics have added experienced guards Rheanne Bailey and Joanna Clayden to their WBBL squad for the 2016/17 season.Bailey, 24, is a former Great Britain Under-20 international, while Clayden, 32, has appeared for the senior GB side."Both players bring much needed skills to the squad," sai
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Manchester Mystics welcomed Nottingham Wildcats to ABC as both teams opened the league campaign for 2016/17. Following a summer of tireless work, the home team were raring to go, and got of to a strong start, scoring straight off the tip. Strong defence by the Mystics was causing the visitors to co
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