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Magic and Mystics Great Britain

Summer of International Basketball Schedule and Results

Great Britain Summer Schedule:

GB Senior Men – EuroBasket – 31st August – 17th September – Group D in Istanbul, Turkey

Fri 1st at 12:15pm GB 90 – 103 Belgium

Sat 2nd at 7:00pm GB 70 – 84 Turkey

Mon 4th at 12:15pm GB 92 – 97 Latvia

Tue 5th at 3:00pm GB 68 – 82 Serbia

Thu 7th at 12:30pm GB 70 – 82 Russia

GB finish bottom of Group D, missing out on a place in the Round of 16.

All of GB Senior Men’s games available to watch LIVE over at https://www.facebook.com/FIBA/

All GB games for U20, U18 and U16 Men and Women will be Live Streamed on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/fiba

GB Under 20 Men – Division B – 14th – 23rd July – Group B in Oradea, Romania

Fri 14th at 6:45pm GB 65 – 74 Netherlands

Sat 15th at 6:45pm GB 64 – 57 Russia

Sun 16th at 2:15pm GB 67 – 53 Slovak Republic

Tue 18th at 2:15pm GB 111 – 68 Azerbaijan

Fri 21st at 12:00noon GB 71 – 69 Poland Quarter Finals

Sat 22nd at 6:45pm GB 69 – 79 Croatia Semi-Finals

Sun 23rd at 4:15pm GB 81 – 65 Russia 3rd/4th Classification Games

GB Under 20 Men finished 3rd and gained promotion to Division A for next year

GB Under 20 Women – Division B – 8th – 16th July – Group B in Eilat, Israel (Mystics’ Alumni Gina Brierley)

Sat 8th at 6:30pm GB 69 – 46 Ireland Gina played 9 minutes, 1 rebound, 1 steal

Sun 9th at 4:15pm GB 74 – 48 Romania Gina played 7 minutes, 2 points, 1 steal

Mon 10th at 4:15pm GB 50 – 88 Israel Gina played 18 minutes, 5 points, 1 rebound

Wed 12th at 2:00pm GB 58 – 70 Belarus Gina did not play

Thu 13th at 6:30pm GB 38 – 72 Croatia Gina played 21 minutes, 1 point, 1 rebound, 2 assists 

Sat 15th at 2:00pm GB 71 – 77 Czech Republic 5-8 Classification Games, Gina played 3 minutes 

Sun 16th at 1:30pm GB 49 – 77 Israel 7th/8th Classification Games, Gina played 18 minutes, 2 points, 1 rebound 

GB Under 20 Women finished 8th

GB Under 18 Men – Division B – 28th July – 6th August – Group A in Tallinn, Estonia (Magic’s Kaiyem Cleary)

Fri 28th at 11:45am GB 84 – 55 Czech Republic Kaiyem played 16 minutes, 5 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists

Sat 29th at 6:30pm GB 87 – 76 Netherlands Kaiyem played 23 minutes, 7 points, 1 rebound, 2 assists and 2 steals

Sun 30th at 4:15pm GB 67 – 69 Sweden Kaiyem played 22 minutes, 8 points, 5 rebounds and 2 blocks

Tue 1st at 2:00pm GB 91 – 82 Luxembourg Kaiyem played 16 minutes, 2 points, 7 rebounds and 1 steal

Wed 2nd at 11:45am GB 100 – 43 Albania, Kaiyem played 20 minutes, 9 points, 4 rebounds, 1 assist and 2 steals

Fri 4th at 11:45am GB 76 – 73 Bulgaria Quarter Finals, Kaiyem played 7 minutes, 3 points and 1 assist

Sat 5th at 4:15pm GB 75 – 61 Estonia Semi Final, Kaiyem played 7 minutes, 3 points, 3 rebounds and 1 assist

Sun 6th at 6:30pm GB 84 – 90* Croatia Final *Overtime, Kaiyem played 8 minutes, 7 points, 1 rebound and 1 steal

GB Under 18 Men finished 2nd and gained promotion to Division A

GB Under 18 Women – Division B – 4th – 13th August – Group D in Dublin, Ireland

Fri 4th at 6:15pm GB 80 – 63 Ukraine

Sat 5th at 4:00pm GB 148 – 28 Moldova

Sun 6th at 6:15pm GB 81 – 46 MKD

Tue 8th at 6:15pm GB 49 – 63 Ireland

Wed 9th at 1:45pm GB 86 – 64 Slovak Republic

Fri 11th at 8:30pm GB 55 – 46 Romania Quarter Finals

Sat 12th at 8:30pm GB 55 – 64 Germany Semi Finals

Sun 13th at 6:15pm GB 50 – 64 Poland 3-4 Classification Games

GB Under 18 Women finished 4th

GB Under 16 Boys – Division B – 10th – 19th August – Group D in Sofia, Bulgaria

Thu 10th at 6:30pm GB 77 – 43 Luxembourg

Fri 11th at 6:30pm GB 85 – 58 Georgia

Sat 12th at 2:00pm GB 94 – 52 MKD

Mon 14th at 6:30pm GB 57 – 35 Kosovo

Tue 15th at 4:15pm GB 64 -54 Portugal

Thu 17th at 2:00pm GB 85 – 54 Hungary Quarter Finals

Fri 18th at 4:15pm GB 52 – 75 Greece Semi Final

Sat 19th at 4:15pm GB 63 – 64 Georgia 3-4 Classification Games

GB Under 16 Boys finished 4th

GB Under 16 Girls – Division B – 17th – 26th August – Group D in Skopje, Republic of Macedonia (Mystics’ Ashana Hinds, Khia Lee and Rebecca Harwood-Bellis)

Thu 17th at 3:30pm GB 53 – 67 Denmark Ashana played 26 minutes, 4 points, 2 rebounds, 2 assists, Khia played 22 minutes, 8 points, 8 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 block, Rebecca played 7 minutes, 3 points, 2 rebounds, 2 assists and 1 steal

Fri 18th at 11:00am GB 68 – 35 Albania Ashana played 22 minutes, 6 points 3 rebounds, 1 assist, Khia played 11 minutes, 1 rebound, 3 assists, 1 steal, Rebecca played 13 minutes, 5 points, 6 rebounds, 1 assist and 1 block

Sat 19th at 11:00am GB 39 – 79 Switzerland Ashana played 18 minutes, 1 rebound, 1 assist, 1 steal, Khia played 15 minutes, 5 rebounds, 1 assist, Rebecca played 13 minutes, 2 points, 2 rebounds, 1 assist and 1 steal

Mon 21st at 1:15pm GB 36 – 47 Slovak Republic Ashana played 28 minutes, 1 point, 4 rebounds, Khia played 18 minutes, 5 points, 4 rebounds, 1 assist, 4 steals and Rebecca played 5 minutes

Tue 22nd at 1:15pm GB 43 – 56 Bosnia and Herzegovina Ashana played 19 minutes, 2 points, 2 rebounds, 3 assists, Khia played 22 minutes, 6 points, 4 rebounds, 1 assist, 3 steals, Rebecca played 3 minutes, 1 rebound

Fri 25th at 11:00am GB 43 – 42 Iceland 17-22 Classification Games, Ashana played 23 minutes, 3 points, 1 rebound 1 steal, Khia played 18 minutes, 3 points, 6 rebounds, 3 steals and Rebecca played 2 minutes, 3 points

Sat 26th at 11:00am GB 50 – 53  MKD 17-18 Classification Games, Ashana played 26 minutes, 9 points, 3 rebounds, Khia played 16 minutes, 2 rebounds and Rebecca played 4 minutes, 1 steal

GB Under 16 Girls finished 18th

Wales Summer Schedule:

Wales Under 16 Boys – Division C – 23rd – 30th July – Group A in Andorra La Vella, Andorra (Magic’s Sion Gordon, Ben Gordos, Luke Gordos and Fredric Rouse, plus Head Coach Aurimas Verbukas aka Coach Ollie)

Sun 23rd at 1:15pm Wales 55 – 64 Moldova Ben played 19 minutes, 10 points, 2 rebounds, 2 assists and 5 steals, Luke played 23 minutes, 7 points, 3 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 steals, Fredric played 9 minutes, 3 points, 1 rebound, 4 assists and 2 steals and Sion played 16 minutes, 2 points, 6 rebounds, 1 assist and 1 steal

Mon 24th at 11:00am Wales 47 – 43 Malta Ben played 19 minutes, 9 points, 6 rebounds, 1 assist and 1 steal, Sion played 20 minutes, 2 points, 10 rebounds, 3 assists, 3 steals and 1 block, Luke played 9 minutes, 5 rebounds and 1 steal and Fredric did not play

Wed 26th at 3:45pm Wales 66 – 81 Gibraltar Ben played 36 minutes, 31 points, 8 rebounds, 5 assists and 1 steal, Sion played 31 minutes, 6 points, 13 rebounds, 4 steals and 4 blocks, Luke played 12 minutes, 2 points, 1 rebound and 2 assists and Fredric played 8 minutes, 2 rebounds

Thu 27th at 1:15pm Wales 53 – 85 Armenia Sion played 24 minutes, 6 points, 10 rebounds, 1 assist and 2 steals, Fredric played 16 minutes, 7 points and 3 rebounds, Luke played 13 minutes, 2 points, 1 assist and 1 steal and Ben played 11 minutes, 1 assist

Sat 29th at 1:15pm Wales 47 – 58 Albania 5-8 Classification Games, Sion played 32 minutes, 6 points, 15 rebounds, 2 assists and 3 steals, Luke played 30 minutes, 15 points, 6 rebounds, 4 steals and 1 block, Ben played 13 minutes, 2 points, 5 rebounds 1 assist, 1 steal and 1 block and Fredric played 6 minutes

Sun 30th at 11:15am Wales 65 – 60 Moldova 7th/8th Classification Games, Sion played 21 minutes, 16 points, 11 rebounds, 1 assist, 3 steals and 4 blocks, Luke played 32 minutes, 11 points, 7 rebounds, 4 assists and 3 steals, Ben played 22 minutes, 8 points, 3 rebounds, 4 assists and 1 steal and Fredric played 14 minutes, 6 points, 1 rebound and 2 steal

Wales Under 16 Boys finished 7th

Wales Under 16 Girls – Division C – 25th – 30th July – Group B in Gibraltar (Mystics’ Beth McLoughlin)

Tue 25th at 5:30pm Wales 48 – 46 Gibraltar Beth played 26 minutes, 7 points, 10 rebounds and 2 steals

Wed 26th at 3:15pm Wales 31 – 63 Armenia, Beth played 29 minutes, 5 points, 8 rebounds and 1 steal

Thu 27th at 3:15pm Wales 47 – 45* Principality of Monaco *Overtime Beth played 36 minutes, 5 points, 6 rebounds and 1 steal

Sat 29th at 3:15pm Wales 33 – 61 Malta Semi-Final, Beth played 30 minutes, 7 points, 10 rebounds and 1 assist

Sun 30th at 3:15pm Wales 45 – 66 Georgia 3rd/4th Classification Games, Beth played 29 minutes, 8 points, 10 rebounds and 3 assists

Wales Under Girls finished 4th

(All times are UK times, follow links for LiveStats)

North West at the Regional Development Tournaments at the National Basketball Performance Centre

U13 Boys 1st- 2nd July Results here

U13 Girls 8th – 9th July Results here

U15 Boys 16th – 17 September

U15 Girls 16th – 17th September

U17 Boys 9th – 10th September

U17 Girls 9th – 10th September

Hinds and Lee

Mystics’ Hinds, Lee and Harwood-Bellis and the GB U16 Girls finish 18th at the European Championships

Manchester Mystics juniors Ashana Hinds, Khia Lee and Rebecca Harwood-Bellis were selected in the final 12 of the GB Under 16 Girls for the FIBA European Championships in Skopje, Republic of Macedonia.

GB U16 Girls Schedule:

Division B – 17th – 26th August – Group D in Skopje, Republic of Macedonia

Thu 17th at 3:30pm GB 53 – 67 Denmark Ashana played 26 minutes, 4 points, 2 rebounds, 2 assists, Khia played 22 minutes, 8 points, 8 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 block, Rebecca played 7 minutes, 3 points, 2 rebounds, 2 assists and 1 steal

Fri 18th at 11:00am GB 68 – 35 Albania Ashana played 22 minutes, 6 points 3 rebounds, 1 assist, Khia played 11 minutes, 1 rebound, 3 assists, 1 steal, Rebecca played 13 minutes, 5 points, 6 rebounds, 1 assist and 1 block

Sat 19th at 11:00am GB 39 – 79 Switzerland Ashana played 18 minutes, 1 rebound, 1 assist, 1 steal, Khia played 15 minutes, 5 rebounds, 1 assist, Rebecca played 13 minutes, 2 points, 2 rebounds, 1 assist and 1 steal

Mon 21st at 1:15pm GB 36 – 47 Slovak Republic Ashana played 28 minutes, 1 point, 4 rebounds, Khia played 18 minutes, 5 points, 4 rebounds, 1 assist, 4 steals and Rebecca played 5 minutes

Tue 22nd at 1:15pm GB 43 – 56 Bosnia and Herzegovina Ashana played 19 minutes, 2 points, 2 rebounds, 3 assists, Khia played 22 minutes, 6 points, 4 rebounds, 1 assist, 3 steals, Rebecca played 3 minutes, 1 rebound

Fri 25th at 11:00am GB 43 – 42 Iceland 17-22 Classification Games, Ashana played 23 minutes, 3 points, 1 rebound 1 steal, Khia played 18 minutes, 3 points, 6 rebounds, 3 steals, Rebecca played 2 minutes, 3 points

Sat 26th at 11:00am GB 50 – 53  MKD 17-18 Classification Games, Ashana played 26 minutes, 9 points, 3 rebounds, Khia played 16 minutes, 2 rebounds and Rebecca played 4 minutes, 1 steal

GB Under 16 Girls finished 18th

(UK times, follow links for LiveStats)

All GB games for U20, U18 and U16 Men and Women will be Live Streamed on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/fiba

Kaiyem Cleary

Silver for Kaiyem Cleary and the GB U18 squad at European Championships

Magic’s Kaiyem Cleary was selected in the final 12 of the GB Under 18 Mens squad for the FIBA Under 18 Mens European Championships in Tallinn, Estonia, where the team claimed the silver medal in the final after going down to Croatia in overtime.

GB U18 Men Results/Stats (Division B – 28th July – 6th August – Group A):

Fri 28th at 11:45am GB 84 – 55 Czech Republic Kaiyem played 16 minutes, 5 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists

Sat 29th at 6:30pm GB 87 – 76 Netherlands Kaiyem played 23 minutes, 7 points, 1 rebound, 2 assists and 2 steals

Sun 30th at 4:15pm GB 67 – 69 Sweden Kaiyem played 22 minutes, 8 points, 5 rebounds and 2 blocks

Tue 1st at 2:00pm GB 91 – 82 Luxembourg Kaiyem played 16 minutes, 2 points, 7 rebounds and 1 steal

Wed 2nd at 11:45am GB 100 – 43 Albania Kaiyem played 20 minutes, 9 points, 4 rebounds, 1 assist and 2 steals

Fri 4th at 11:45am GB 76 – 73 Bulgaria Quarter Finals, Kaiyem played 7 minutes, 3 points and 1 assist

Sat 5th at 4:15pm Gb 75 – 61 Estonia Semi Final, Kaiyem played 7 minutes, 3 points, 3 rebounds and 1 assist

Sun 6th at 6:30pm GB 84 – 90* Croatia Final *Overtime, Kaiyem played 8 minutes, 7 points, 1 rebound and 1 steal

GB U18 Men finished 2nd and gained promotion to Division A

(UK times, follow links for Stats)

All GB games for U20, U18 and U16 Men and Women will be Live Streamed on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/fiba

Gina Brierley

Mystics Alumni Brierley’s progress with GB Under 20s at European Championships

Mystics Alumni Gina Brierley was selected in the final 12 of the GB Under 20 Women’s squad for the FIBA Under 20 Women’s European Championships in Israel.

Gina came through the Manchester Mystics’ junior programme and represented the senior team in the WBBL before heading to the US to attend Saint Leo University as a Freshman last year.

GB Under 20 Women Schedule/Results:

Division B – 8th – 16th July – Group B in Eilat, Israel

Sat 8th at 6:30pm GB 69 – 46 Ireland Gina played 9 minutes, 1 rebound, 1 steal

Sun 9th at 4:15pm GB 74 – 48 Romania Gina played 7 minutes, 2 points, 1 steal

Mon 10th at 4:15pm GB 50 – 88 Israel Gina played 18 minutes, 5 points, 1 rebound

Wed 12th at 2:00pm GB 58 -70 Belarus Gina did not play

Thu 13th at 6:30pm GB 38 – 72 Croatia Gina played 21 minutes, 1 point, 1 rebound, 2 assists 

Sat 15th at 2:00pm GB 71 – 77 Czech Republic 5-8 Classification Games, Gina played 3 minutes

Sun 16th at 1:30pm GB 49 – 77 Israel 7th/8th Classification Games, Gina played 18 minutes, 2 points, 1 rebound

GB Under 20 Women finished 8th

(UK times, follow links for LiveStats)

All GB games for U20, U18 and U16 Men and Women will be Live Streamed on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/fiba

Hinds and Lee

Hinds, Lee and Harwood-Bellis make GB U16 training squad

Congratulations to Manchester Mystics juniors Ashana Hinds, Khia Lee and new recruit Rebecca Harwood-Bellis, who have all been named in Great Britain’s Under 16 training squad ahead of the FIBA European Championships.

The first of the selection camps was held at the National Basketball Performance Centre in Manchester over the weekend of 24-25 June.

After two days of training and team building, GB coaches selected the players they want to make up the boys’ and girls’ ‘training squads, as they prepare for the various FIBA European Championships this summer.

Kaiyem Cleary

Kaiyem Cleary makes GB U18 training squad

Congratulations to Manchester Magic’s Kaiyem Cleary, who has been selected for Great Britain Under 18 Men’s training squad in preparation for this year’s FIBA European Championships.

The first GB Under 18 selection camps were held at the Leicester Sports Arena over the weekend of 17-18 June.

After two days of training and team building, British Basketball announced the list of players selected by the coaching staff for the GB U18 Men’s and Women’s Training Squads, ahead of the various FIBA European Championships this summer.

Jones and Allen GB squad

Mysitcs’ Jones and Allen added to GB squad for second GB camp

Congratulations to Mystics’ Georgia Jones and Dominique Allen who has been added to the GB squad to attend Great Britain Senior Women’s training camp.

Great Britain head coach Jose Maria Buceta has tinkered with his squad and announced five exciting additions for a second preparation camp which started yesterday in Manchester.

The squad will travel to France to continue their preparation ahead of the qualification campaign for the FIBA EuroBasket Women 2019 Qualifiers which starts during November.

Gina Brierley

Mystics Alumni Brierley earns GB U20 squad call up

Congratulations to Mystics Alumni Gina Brierley who has been selected to attend Great Britain Under 20 Women’s training camp in preparation for this year’s FIBA European Championships.

Gina came through the Manchester Mystics’ junior programme and represented the senior team in the WBBL before heading to the US to attend Saint Leo University as a Freshman last year.

Magic and Mystics Great Britain

Talented teenage trio earn GB call-ups

Kaiyem Cleary, Ashana Hinds and Khia Lee have all been nominated to attend Great Britain training camps in preparation for this year’s FIBA European Championships.

Kaiyem played for Manchester Magic’s Senior and Under 18 teams this season, while Manchester Mystics duo Ashana and Khia were key members of the club’s Under 18 and Under 16 teams.

Congratulations and good luck!

Hinds, Lee and Cleary

Hinds, Lee and Cleary selected for GB selection camp in June

Manchester Mystics duo Ashana Hinds, Khia Lee (U16 Girls) and Magic’s Kaiyem Cleary (U18 Boys) have been selected for inaugural Great Britain selection camp in June ahead of the FIBA U16 & U18 European Championships this summer.

Following on from the successful conclusion of the second National Junior Training Camps (NJTCs) in Birmingham, Leicester and Manchester on Wednesday, 68 England players have been selected across four age-group categories: U18 men (18), U18 women (17), U16 boys (17) and U16 girls (16).

They shall now vie with their Scottish and Welsh counterparts for the honour of representing GB later this year.

Full Squads here