The Maggie Forber Invitational Basketball Tournament takes place at the Manchester Basketball Centre in late June or early July, as an eight-team competition for under-18 girls, hosted by the Manchester Mystics.
Named in honour of Maggie Forber, co-founder of the Manchester Mystics, organisers hope the event will help raise the profile of the women’s game. All money we generate will be ploughed back into women’s basketball in Manchester.
Contact the club via email at info@manchestermagicandmystics.co.uk for an entry form and information pack.
Tournament History
Maggie Forber Invitational Basketball Tournament 2019
Tournament Schedule
Tournament rules: Normal FIBA rules, 4 x 8 minute quarters, 5 minutes half-time, 2 minutes between quarters.
Pools
| Pool A | Pool B |
| Sevenoaks Suns | Team Solent Kestrels |
| West Lothian Wolves | Sheffield Hatters |
| Great Britain U16 Blue | Nottingham Wildcats |
| Manchester Mystics | Great Britain U16 White |
Tournament Schedule
| Saturday 29th June | |||
| 10:00 | |||
| C1 (G1) | Sevenoaks | 58-54 | West Lothian |
| C3 (G2) | Manchester | 36-42 | GB U16 Blue |
| 11:45 | |||
| C1 (G3) | Solent | 48-31 | Sheffield |
| C3 (G4) | Nottingham | 37-57 | GB U16 White |
| 13:30 | |||
| C1 (G5) | Sevenoaks | 38-79 | GB U16 Blue |
| C3 (G6) | Manchester | 49-34 | West Lothian |
| 15:15 | |||
| C1 (G7) | Solent | 39-48 | Nottingham |
| C3 (G8) | Sheffield | 45-65 | GB U16 White |
| 17:00 | |||
| C1 (G9) | Manchester | 65-36 | Sevenoaks |
| C3 (G10) | West Lothian | 39-75 | GB U16 Blue |
| 18:45 | |||
| C1 (G11) | Solent | 37-68 | GB U16 White |
| C2 (G12) | Sheffield | 34-54 | Nottingham |
| Sunday 30th June | |||
| 9:30 | |||
| C1 5th-8th (G13) | Sevenoaks | 40-46 | Sheffield |
| C3 5th-8th (G14) | West Lothian | 52-66 | Solent |
| 11:00 | |||
| C1 Semi-Final (G15) | GB U16 Blue | 43-55 | Nottingham |
| C3 Semi-Final (G16) | Manchester | 44-52 | GB U16 White |
| 12:30 | |||
| C1 5th-6th (G17) | Sheffield | 67-42 | Solent |
| C3 7th-8th (G18) | Sevenoaks | Abandoned* | West Lothian |
| 14:00 | |||
| C1 Final (G19) | Nottingham | 47-54 | GB U16 White |
| C3 3rd-4th (G20) | GB U16 Blue | 38-22 | Manchester |
| 15:15 | Presentations |
*Played injured during first quarter of game, both teams finish 7th.
Maggie Forber Invitational Basketball Tournament Schedule (4×7-minute quarters)
The top two teams in Pool A and Pool B will move forward to the semi-finals on Sunday. The teams finishing 3rd in Pool A and 3rd and 4th in Pool B will play a round robin schedule on Sunday to decide who finishes 5th, 6th and 7th.
Pools
| Pool A | Pool B |
| Myerscough | Mystics U18 |
| Mystics U16 | Sevenoaks |
| Sheffield | Southend |
| Vixens |
Tournament Schedule
| Saturday 30th June | |||
| 10:00 | |||
| C1 (G1) | Mystics U16 | 53-33 | Sheffield |
| C3 | |||
| 11:20 | |||
| C1 (G2) | Sevenoaks | 60-35 | Southend |
| C3 (G3) | Myerscough | 52-42 | Sheffield |
| 12:40 | |||
| C1 (G4) | Mystic U18 | 57-19 | Vixens |
| C3 | |||
| 14:00 | |||
| C1 (G5) | Myerscough | 48-41 | Mystics U16 |
| C3 (G6) | Sevenoaks | 57-26 | Vixens |
| 15:20 | |||
| C1 (G7) | Southend | 37-51 | Mystics U18 |
| 16:40 | |||
| C1 (G8) | Mystics U18 | 39-44 | Sevenoaks |
| C3 (G9) | Southend | 49-43 | Vixens |
| Sunday 1st July | |||
| 10:00 | |||
| C1 5th-7th (G10) | Sheffield | 62-24 | Vixens |
| C3 | |||
| 11:15 | |||
| C1 Semi-Final (G11) | Myerscough | 48-39 | Mystics U18 |
| C3 5th-7th (G12) | Southend | 44-40 | Vixens |
| 12:30 | |||
| C1 Semi-Final (G13) | Sevenoaks | 43-26 | Mystics U16 |
| 13:45 | |||
| C1 3rd-4th (G14) | Mystics U18 | 58-36 | Mystics U16 |
| C3 5th-7th (G15) | Sheffield | 59-49 | Southend |
| 15:00 | |||
| C1 Final (G16) | Myerscough | 36-43 | Sevenoaks |
| 16:15 | Presentations | ||
| 17:00 | Finish |
Final Table
1. Sevenoaks
2. Myerscough
3. Mystics U18
4. Mystics U16
5. Sheffield
6. Southend
7. Vixens
Tournament Champions: Sevenoaks Suns
Georgia Jones MVP Sevenoaks’s Katie Richards