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Magic and Mystics to feature heavily at Aspire All-Star Tournament

Congratulations to Manchester Magic and Mystics players selected to represent the North at the second annual Aspire All-Star National Tournament at the National Basketball Performance Centre next weekend (8th-9th July).

Manchester Mystics players selected:

Sophie Brittain, Akeala Daniel-Small and Mojan Malek (U13 Girls, coached by Mystics’ Natalie Feurtado), Isabelle Aldcroft, Wayet Gore, Paige Jagger, Sonia Maria Matei, Irene Oboavwoduo, Jane Oboavwoduo, Tiana Walker and Anya Williams (U15 Girls).

Manchester Magic players selected:

Ben Ashraf, Oluwatimileyin Babalola, Ege Cakmakkaya, Dylan Deans, Owen Iguma, Reiley McGlade, Theo Westwood (U13 Boys), David Akhidime, Harley Blake, Rufus Everatt, Dominic Goodwin, Camran Hanson, Jack Odongo and Ayomikum Olofintila (U15 Boys)

Schedule

Saturday 8th July

9:00am

Court 1 U15 Girls North 61-43 London

Court 4 U13 Girls North 47-35 London

10:45am

Court 2 U15 Boys North 60-75 London

Court 3 U13 Boys North 33-69 London

12:30pm

Court 1 U15 Girls North 37-55 Central

Court 4 U13 Girls North 49-39 Central

2:45pm

Court 3 U15 Boys North 72-40 Central

Court 4 U13 Boys North 67-49 Central

4:00pm

Court 2 U15 Girls North 58-38 South

Court 4 U13 Girls North 30-47 South

5:45pm

Court 1 U13 Boys North 52-69 South

Court 2 U15 Boys North 64-67 South

Sunday 9 July

11:45am

Court 2 U15 Girls Final Central 63-72 North

Mystics’ Irene Oboavwoduo was MVP, Sonia Matei won the shooting point contest, plus Irene Oboavwoduo and Anya Williams made the All-Star 5.

Court 4 U13 Girls Final South 63-40 North

Mystics’ Mojan Malek made the All-Star 5.

2:00pm

Court 2 U15 Boys Third Place North 85-47 Central

Court 4 U13 Boys Third Place North 69-60 Central

Magic’s Ege Cakmakkaya made the All-Star 5.

All players receive two tickets each for spectators. Entry for all others is £3 (£1 concessions) per day and can be purchased using the button below.

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Manchester Magic and Mystics lead the way for England U14s at the Tri-Nations in Dundee 2023

Manchester Magic and Mystics lead the way for England U14s at the Tri-Nations in Dundee

Manchester Magic and Mystics lead the way for England U14s at the Tri-Nations in Dundee, as Magic’s David Akhidime (pictured directly below second from right) and Mystics’ Mojan Malek (pictured below second from right) earn All-Star 5 honours.

Magic’s David Akhidime Tri-Nations All-Star 5
Mystics’ Mojan Malek Tri-Nations All-Star 5

In the girls’ standings England 2 finished first, with England 1 as runners up and in the boys’ England 2 remained undefeated to win their crown and Wales took second. 

On hand to present the medals was Scottish and British basketball legend Kieron Achara. 

Manchester Magic players selected were, David Akhidime, Luca Boothe, Ege Cakmakkaya and Camran Hanson. Manchester Mystics players selected were, Mojan Malek, Tiana Walker and Anya Williams. 

Results:

Saturday 27 June

Girls – Court 1
9:00: England 1 113-20 Wales
11:00: Scotland White 29-110 England 2
13:15: Scotland Blue 54-78 England 1
15:15: England 2 103-17 Wales
17:00: Scotland White 23-104 England 1 – Tiana Walker top scored with 22 

Boys – Court 2
9:00: England 1 50-53 Wales
11:00: Scotland White 19-70 England 2 – Camran Hanson scored 34
13:15: Scotland Blue 71-85 England 1
15:15: England 2 83-60 Wales – David Akhidime scored 24
17:00: Scotland White 44-96 England 1

Sunday 28 May

Girls
9:00: Scotland Blue 54-73 England 2 – Mojan Malek scored 26, including 10 field goals
13:00: England 1 39-44 England 2

Boys
9:00: Scotland Blue 61-96 England 2
13:00: England 1 50-56 England 2

Manchester Magic and Mystics England U14 Tri-Nations Tournament 2023

Magic and Mystics selected in England U14 squads for the Tri-Nations tournament this month

Boys and girls teams will travel to Dundee to take on the other home countries – Scotland and Wales – from 26-28 May.  

Dan Petts and Ruth Eytle will lead the boys and girls respectively, as the players continue their England Talent Programme development following their recent trip to Spain for the Globasket tournament. U14 and 15s teams will also travel to Serbia this summer.

Schedule:

Manchester Magic and Mystics players selected:

U14 Boys 
David Akhidime, Luca Boothe, Ege Cakmakkaya and Camran Hanson.
U14 Girls 
Mojan Malek, Tiana Walker and Anya Williams. 

Manchester Magic and Mystics Serbia Tournament England U14 and U15 2023

Magic and Mystics selected for England’s U14 and 15 Boys and Girls squads heading to Serbia

Magic and Mystics selected for England’s U14 and 15 Boys and Girls squads heading to Serbia for the next part of their England Talent Programme (ETP) development.

The U15 Boys and Girls will travel to the Eastern European basketball hotbed for a camp and games between Monday 29th May and Thursday 1st June.

And the U14s will follow suit from Thursday 1st June to Sunday 4th June.

Squads have been named following the recent ETP selection camp and players visiting France and Spain respectively for the Lions Cup and Globasket events.

Activity at the Belgrade camp will consist of practice sessions and informal games against local opposition.

Manchester Magic and Mystics players selected:

U14 Boys

David Akhidime, Luca Boothe, Ege Cakmakkaya and Camran Hanson.

U14 Girls
Mojan Malek, Jane Oboavwoduo, Tiana Walker and Anya Williams.

U15 Boys

Ayomikun Olofintila.

U15 Girls
Wayet Gore, Paige Jagger and Irene Oboavwoduo.

Schedule/results

Tuesday

4pm: England U15 Girls 50-81 Art Basket LiveStream
6pm: England U15 Boys 60-84 Mega Basket LiveStream

Wednesday

4pm: England U15 Girls 64-53 Korac BC LiveStream – Irene Oboanwouduo posted 24 points
6pm: England U15 Boys 58-80 BC Sava LiveStream

Friday

4pm: England U14 Girls 49-83 Ras Basket LiveStream
6pm: England U14 Boys 84-96 Beovuk BC LiveStream

Saturday

4pm: England U14 Girls 41-38 Srem Basket LiveStream
6pm: England U14 Boys 77-52 Quingdao Eagles, China LiveStream

Magic and Mystics Impress with England at Easter Tournaments

Magic and Mystics Impress with England at Easter Tournaments

Numerous Manchester Magic and Mystics juniors have been involved in England duties over the Easter break, with Manchester Mystics’ Elizandra Costa (U16), Maisie Keyes (U16) winning the U16’s Four Nations Tournament last week (as mentioned here), this week it was the turn of the U18s, and there was also Tournaments for the U14 and U15 Boys and Girls all taking place over the course of the past week.

England U15 Boys Select team at the Lions Cup in Paris

Manchester Magic’s Luca Boothe and Dominic Goodwin were chosen from the ETP selection camp in Manchester to represent England at the Lions Cup in Paris.

Schedule/results 

Saturday 8 April 

11:00: JSF Nanterre 46-62 England Select LiveStream

15:45: Union Artois Elite 64-68 England Select LiveStream

Sunday 9 April  

10:00: Zaza Pachulia Academy 77-70 England Select LiveStream

18:00: (Final Fours) Maccabi Tel Aviv 63-55 England Select LiveStream

Monday 10 April

13:15 Poland Select 78-41 England Select LiveStream (4th)

Source: Basketball England

England U14 and U15 Select squads headed to Spain for the Globasket Tournament.

Four boys and girls teams took part in the Globasket Tournament in Lloret de Mar.

Manchester Mystics’ Mojan Malek, Jane Oboavwoduo, Tiana Walker and Anya Williams, were selected for the U14 Girls, and Sonia Matei and Irene Oboavwoduo, were selected for the U15 girls. Manchester Magic’s David Akhidime, Ege Cakmakkaya and Camran Hanson, were selected for the U14 Boys and Rufus Everatt, Jack Odongo and Ayomikun Olofintila, were selected for the U15 Boys.  

Schedule/results

ENGLAND U14 Boys

10 April
15:45 England U14B 90-27 Mercurius Basket

11 April
08:00 England U14B 62-64 Apagebask 1

12 April
08:00 England U14B 64-62 BTM
13:30  England U14B 68-41 Apagebask 2

13 April
11:30 England U14B 43-69 Apagebask 1

14 April
10:30 Third Place Playoff England U14B 63-66 BBC Mambra (4th)

England U14 Girls

10 April
15:45 England U14G 86-22 Mercurius Foxes 2

11 April
09:45 England U14G 48-63 Al Riyadi
13:00 England U14G 68-29 Russell Hoops

12 April
09:45 England U14G 66-42 Mercurius Foxes 1

13 April
13:00 England U14G 67-33 Soraluce Bergara

14 April
11:30 Final England U14G 56-65 Al Riyadi (2nd)

England U15 Boys

11 April
09:45 England U15B 79-19 Al Riyadi

12 April
20:00 England U15B 64-79 Basquet Girona

13 April 
09:45 England U15B 54-65 Soraluce Bergara

14 April
11:30 Final England U15B 55-56 Soraluce Bergara (2nd)

England U15 Girls

10 April
15:45 England U15G 53-64 Beat BK

11 April
09:45 England U15G 61-32 Soraluce Bergara

12 April
09:45 England U15G 80-33 KFUM Blackebergs 2

13 April
09:45 England U15G 89-45 Mercurius Foxes

14 April
08:00 Final England U15G 70-49 Beat BK (WINNERS)
Source: Basketball England

U18 Four Nations Tournament in Cardiff

Manchester Mystics’ Alexandra Hernandez (U18), and former Mystic’ Olivia Forster (U18), and Manchester Magic’s Matthew Goodwin (U18), selected to represent England at the Four Nations Tournament in Cardiff (U18s).

England U18 women

12 April 
15:00: Scotland 33-60 England LIVE STATS / LiveStream

Alexandra Hernandez played 7 minutes, had 2 points and a rebound, Olivia Forster started, played 26 minutes, had 26 points, 2 rebounds, an assist, 4 steals and a block.

13 April 
15:00: Ireland 60-53 England LIVE STATS / LiveStream

Alexandra Hernandez didn’t play, Olivia Forster started, played 16 minutes, had 6 points, 2 rebounds, 2 assists and a block.
19:00: Wales 64-78 England LIVE STATS / LiveStream

Alexandra Hernandez played 3 minutes, had 2 rebounds, Olivia Forster started, played 27 minutes, had 8 points, 4 rebounds, an assist a steal and a block.

(Finished 2nd)

England U18 Men

12 April
09:00: Wales 65-109 England LIVE STATS / LiveStream

Matthew Goodwin started, played 25 minutes, had 11 points, 2 rebounds, 5 assists and 3 steals

13 April
09:00: Ireland 62-73 England LIVE STATS / LiveStream

Matthew Goodwin started, played 21 minutes, had 10 points, 5 rebounds, 4 assists and a steal.
13:00: Scotland 36-76 England LIVE STATS / LiveStream

Matthew Goodwin played 21 minutes, had 14 points, 3 assists and 3 steals.

(WINNERS)

Source: Basketball England

Manchester Magic and Mystics selected for Lions Cup and Globasket Tournament 2023

Magic and Mystics selected in England U14 and U15 squads for Lions Cup and Globasket Tournament

An England U15 Boys Select team are taking part in the Lions Cup in Paris this weekend against international opposition. 

Manchester Magic’s Luca Boothe and Dominic Goodwin were chosen from the ETP selection camp in Manchester to represent England at the Lions Cup in Paris. See below for Magic and Mystics selected in squads for U14 and U15 Boys and Girls squads for the trip to the Globasket Tournament in Costa Brava, Spain next week. 

In Paris, the England U15 Boys will be led by head coach Sterling Muschett and face a selection of club, academy and national teams between 8-10 April. 

The teams entered are: 

Group A: CTC Centre Essonne (France), Maccabi Tel Aviv (Israel), Poland Select, Saint Charles Basket (France). 

Group B: England Select, JSF Nanterre (France), Union Artois Elite (France), Zaza Pachulia Academy (Georgia). 

Schedule/results 

Saturday 8 April 

11:00: JSF Nanterre 46-62 England Select LiveStream

15:45: Union Artois Elite 64-68 England Select LiveStream

Sunday 9 April  

10:00: Zaza Pachulia Academy 77-70 England Select LiveStream

18:00: (Final Fours) Maccabi Tel Aviv 63-55 England Select LiveStream

Monday 10 April

13:15 Poland Select 78-41 England Select LiveStream

Source: Basketball England

England U14 and U15 Select squads head to Spain for their latest challenge.

Four boys and girls teams will take part in the in the Globasket Tournament in Lloret de Mar between 10 and 14 April.

Manchester Mystics’ Mojan Malek, Jane Oboavwoduo, Tiana Walker and Anya Williams, were selected for the U14 Girls, and Sonia Matei and Irene Oboavwoduo, were selected for the U15 girls. Manchester Magic’s David Akhidime, Ege Cakmakkaya and Camran Hanson, were selected for the U14 Boys and Rufus Everatt, Jack Odongo and Ayomikun Olofintila, were selected for the U15 Boys.  

The girls will be led by Ruth Eytle (U14s) and Maialen Zilbeti (U15s), while the boys’ head coaches are Dan Petts (U14s) and Billy Beddow (U15s).

Schedule/results

ENGLAND U14 Boys

10 April
15:45 England U14B 90-27 Mercurius Basket

11 April
08:00 England U14B 62-64 Apagebask 1

12 April
08:00 England U14B 64-62 BTM
13:30  England U14B 68-41 Apagebask 2

13 April
11:30 England U14B 43-69 Apagebask 1

14 April
10:30 Third Place Playoff England U14B 63-66 BBC Mambra

England U14 Girls

10 April
15:45 England U14G 86-22 Mercurius Foxes 2

11 April
09:45 England U14G 48-63 Al Riyadi
13:00 England U14G 68-29 Russell Hoops

12 April
09:45 England U14G 66-42 Mercurius Foxes 1

13 April
13:00 England U14G 67-33 Soraluce Bergara

14 April
11:30 Final England U14G 56-65 Al Riyadi

England U15 Boys

11 April
09:45 England U15B 79-19 Al Riyadi

12 April
20:00 England U15B 64-79 Basquet Girona

13 April 
09:45 England U15B 54-65 Soraluce Bergara

14 April
11:30 Final England U15B 55-56 Soraluce Bergara

England U15 Girls

10 April
15:45 England U15G 53-64 Beat BK

11 April
09:45 England U15G 61-32 Soraluce Bergara

12 April
09:45 England U15G 80-33 KFUM Blackebergs 2

13 April
09:45 England U15G 89-45 Mercurius Foxes

14 April
08:00 Final England U15G 70-49 Beat BK


Source: Basketball England

Manchester Magic and Mystics England U14 and U15 Selection Camps 2023

Magic and Mystics selected for England U14 and U15 selection camps

Congratulations to Manchester Mystics’ Mojan Malek, Jane Oboavwoduo, Tiana Walker, Anya Williams (U15), Wayet Gore, Paige Jagger, Sonia Matei, Irene Oboavwoduo (U14), and Manchester Magic’s Rufus Everatt, Dominic Goodwin, Jack Odongo, Ayomikun Olofintila (U15) David Akhidime, Luca Boothe, Ege Cakmakkaya, Camran Hanson (U14), who have all been selected for England Selection Camps ahead of a busy few months of the England Talent Programme.

Groups of U14 and U15 boys and girls have been invited to attend the camp at the National Basketball Performance Centre in Manchester. 

From the camp, squads will be selected for a range of ETP tournaments and games across the spring and summer, with all players attending featuring in at least one squad.  

Schedules 

U14 BOYS AND GIRLS

Sun 2 April: Player Screening, Manchester   
Mon 3 Apr-Wed 5 Apr: Manchester Selection Camp   
Mon 10 Apr-Fri 14 Apr: Globasket tournament, Costa Brava, Spain   
Fri 26 May-Sun 28 May: Four-Nations Tournament, Dundee Scotland   
Thurs 1 Jun-Sun 4 Jun: Serbia (camp and games)   

U15 BOYS AND GIRLS

Sun 2 April: Player Screening, Manchester   
Mon 3 Apr-Wed 5 Apr: Manchester Selection Camp   
Fri 7 Apr – Mon 10 Apr: Lions Cup, Paris (U15 Boys only) 
Mon 10 Apr-Fri 14 Apr: Globasket Tournament, Costa Brava, Spain   
Mon 29 May-Thu 1 Jun: Serbia (camp and games)