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!
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
Manchester Mystics U16 duo Ashana Hinds and Khia Lee will attempt to catch the eye of selectors when they attend an England training camp next week.
The talented teenagers will be among 58 players across four age groups taking part in a three-day camp at the National Basketball Performance Centre at Belle Vue.
Next week’s camp is the first of two that will go a long way to determining which girls will be selected for Great Britain’s U16 and U18 squads for next summer’s European Championships.
Manchester Magic players Kaiyem Cleary (U18), Arinze Emeka-Anyakwo (U17), Greg Wild and Saul May (both U15) have been invited to attend the next England camp in April.
All four had a chance to show off their skills during a three-day training session at the National Basketball Performance Centre in Belle Vue.
This week’s training camp was also the first of two for England’s U16s and U18s prior to selection of Great Britain’s men’s squads for the FIBA European Championships next summer.
All the home nations will nominate U16 and U18 players for the first GB camp in June.
GB Women suffered a 71 -52 defeat against Italy in Lucca on Saturday night ending their hopes of a place at this summer’s EuroBasket. Mystics’ Georgia Jones played 20 minutes had 5 points, 3 assists and a steal.
GB finished their schedule of qualifiers with a 55 – 97 victory over Albania in Tirana on Wednesday night to finish 3rd in Group C with 3 wins and 3 losses. Georgia Jones played 17 minutes had 2 points and 2 assists while Dominique Allen played 10 minutes and had 2 points and 2 rebounds.
Mystics’ Dominique Allen and Georgia Jones selected in the final 16 players invited to the GB Women’s training camp for the upcoming EuroBasket Qualifiers in November. The squad also includes former Mystic Mollie Campbell. GB face two away ties against Italy (at Palatagliate, Lucca, Italy on Saturday 19th November) and Albania (at Tirana, Asllan Rusi, Albania, on Wednesday 23rd November), both games are away, needing victory in Italy to keep their hopes alive of making it to EuroBasket in Czech Republic
Full squad here
Manchester Mystics trio Dominique Allen, Rheanne Bailey and Georgia Jones have been selected in GB’s initial squad for November’s EuroBasket qualifiers against Italy and Albania. Both games are away, with GB needing victory in Italy to keep their hopes alive of making it to the finals in Czech Republic
More information here
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 compete at the European Championships as Great Britain. The final selection for Great Britain Youth Teams will be in 2017, with the exact date to be confirmed closer to the day.
The camp in December will help to select 16 players for U16 England National programme who will be considered for the Great Britain U16 programmes and European Championships in 2017.
Arinze Emeka-Anyakwo and Kaiyem Cleary have been selected in the initial England Under 18 Boy’s Squad following the Under 17 Regional Development Tournament.
There is a new development for the 2016/17 season in that all youth national teams will compete at the European Championships as Great Britain. The final selection for Great Britain Youth Teams will be in 2017, with the exact date to be confirmed closer to the day.
The camp in December will help to select 16 players for U18/U16 England National programme who will be considered for the Great Britain U18/U16 programmes and European Championships in 2017.