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The Manchester Magic Under 12s took part in the Leeds Basketball Tournament this past weekend at Leeds Beckett University, taking home the trophy after being crowned Tournament champions. The team played four games on each day, against teams from around the Country; the Magic side remained the only
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Manchester Magic Juniors Ceejay Hanson and Zeki Cavli have been selected in the England U15 development squad for the Copenhagen Invitational Tournament next weekend. The squad of 16 were put through their paces this past weekend at a training camp before being cut to the final 12 selected for the T
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Michael Anumba's swansong on British soil before heading to Winthrop University in the United States was described as being "like a man amongst the boys" by Manchester Magic's new Division One head coach Aurimas Verbukas. Anumba had 19 points, 10 rebounds, 4 assists and 3 steals in the Class of 201
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Manchester Magic and Loreto College's Michael Anumba has been selected to suit up for Team Black at the 2018 Hoopsfix All-Star Classic Graduating Class game on Saturday 2nd June at 4:00pm at Brixton Recreation Centre. The Winthrop commit, Anumba, is a six-time National Champion, four-time Finals MV
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Manchester Magic and Loreto College's Arinze Emeka-Anyakwo has been selected to suit up for Team White at the 2018 Hoopsfix All-Star Classic Underclassmen game on Saturday 2nd June at 2:00pm at Brixton Recreation Centre. The Under-18 NBL National Champion, Emeka-Anyakwo, is also in contention to be
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Aurimas Verbukas has been appointed as the new head coach of Manchester Magic's NBL Division One team. The Lithuanian replaces Paul Middleton and Toloe Bagheri Danaei, who have decided to step down after several successful seasons at the helm. Aurimas, 33, has been with the club for four seasons,
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Former Manchester Magic and Loreto College player Aaron Menzies has announced that he will declare for the 2018 NBA Draft. The 7ft 3in star only started playing basketball at 16 after being spotted walking down a corridor at Loreto Sixth Form College by Magic senior head coach Paul Middleton. Now
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Kaiyem Cleary is the latest Manchester Magic player to secure his place in the NCAA, this time with Division Two college Florida Southern. The 19-year-old guard and former Loreto College student left the Magic a year ago to attend Redemption Christian Academy in Northfield, Massachusetts Now, aft
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We have been given a fantastic opportunity to catch up with Andrew Lovedale, a former Manchester Magic and Loreto Basketball Academy player. He will be talking about his life at the ABC on Tuesday 24th April from 8:15pm. For those that may not know who Andrew is, here's a quick summary... Andrew vi
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