Events Programme
The 3 major events which we host annually are the Haris Tournament, the Sureshot Boy's National Cup Finals and Senior Men's and Women's Final Four Championships. Our partnership with Manchester City Council extends to 2012 in hosting these 3 events. We continue to be grateful for the support of Manchester City Council and England Basketball for our programme at ABC.
Haris Tournament
The Haris Memorial Tournament is an annual holiday event which pays tribute to Haris Charalambous, one of the top players to come out of the Magic youth programme. Haris died suddenly while training with his NCAA Division 1 Toledo University team in October 2006. He showed all the qualities we need in a Manchester player, both on and off the floor. Haris' parents, Kypros and Polly, and his sister, Elena, always attend the Tournament to see some games and present the trophies.
The Amaechi Basketball Centre would like to thank Manchester City Council for their support in hosting this event.
3 January 2012
Click here for Tom Platt's Photos of the Haris Tournament
December 2011
HARIS MEMORIAL TOURNAMENT WINNERS ROLL OF HONOUR
Year |
Winners |
Daniel Whelan MVP |
Kornel Tober Coach Award |
Brian Dobson Club Service |
All Star 5 |
2006 |
CB Granada |
Frederico Orrego |
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2007 |
Blair Academy |
Hakeem Harris |
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2008 |
Gran Canaria BA |
Stanley Dubois |
Richard Parker (Solihiull) |
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2009 |
Germany |
Malik Müller |
Filip Vandorpe (Kortrijk) |
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2010 |
England |
Joshua Ward-Hibbert |
Mark van Schutterhoef (Luxembourg) |
Graham Williams |
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2011 |
Breitengüßbach |
Phillip Daubner |
Ulf Schabacker (Breitengüßbach) |
Paul Taylor |
Alejandro Blanco - Cornella Max Hilger - Luxembourg Jordan Whelan - Magic U18 Conor Porter - Magic U18 Johannes Thiemann - Breitengüßbach |
29 December 2011
Haris Memorial Tournament 2011 Final Table
| Pos | Team |
| 1 | Breitengüßbach Germany |
| 2 | Magic U18 |
| 3 | CB Cornella (Spain) |
| 4 | Luxembourg |
| 5 | Scotland |
| 6 | Solent |
| 7 | England U16 |
| 8 | Manchester Magic U16 |
29 December 2011
Haris Tournament 2011 Schedule
Pool A |
Pool B |
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Breitengüßbach |
CB Cornella |
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Scotland |
Solent |
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Magic U18 |
Luxembourg |
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England U16 |
Magic U16 |
For Tournament statistics from Court 1 Click on Scores
(please note there are no statistics for games played on Court 3)
Time |
Game No. |
Court 1 |
Tuesday 27th December |
Game No. |
Court 3 |
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18:00 |
1 |
Magic U18 |
Breitengüßbach |
2 |
Magic U16 |
53 - 103 |
Cornella |
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Top Scorers: Magic U18: Alex Fortnam 11, Jordan Whelan 8, Jack Crook 7 Breitengüßbach: Johannes Thiemann 11, Lucas Wagner 9, Chris Dippold 8
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Top Scorers: Magic U16: Joe Swindells 17, Matt Miles 10, Pharroh Gordon 7 Cornella: Alejandro Blanco 22, Adrian Jimenez 18, Fernando Villalon 16
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20:00 |
3 |
England U16 |
Scotland |
4 |
Luxembourg |
69 - 61 |
Solent |
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Top Scorers: England U16: Sedale Hanson-Young 11, Joe Junior Mvuezovlo 10, Theo Oghide 8 Scotland: Matthew Wilcox 14, Nicky Sim 12, Gregor Gray & Neil Rowan 10
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Top Scorers: Luxembourg: Alain Genger 21, Bob Melcher 14, Pit Schneider 11 Solent: George Beard & Dan Bryan & Adam Wilkinson 13
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11:00 |
5 |
Cornella |
Solent |
Wednesday 28th December |
6 |
Magic U18 |
91 - 45 |
England U16 |
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Top Scorers: Cornella:Oriol Munoz 15, Fernando Villalon & Alejandro Blanco & Adrian Jimenez 10 Solent: Adam Wilkinson 9, George Beard & Shane Massey 8
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Top Scorers: Magic U18: Jack Crook 17, Conor Porter 16, Trevor Samuels 13 England U16: Marko Backovic 11, Josh Steel 7, Joe Junior Mvnezovlo 6
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13:00 |
7 |
Magic U16 |
Luxembourg |
8 |
Breitengüßbach |
66 - 30 |
Scotland |
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Top Scorers: Magic U16: Pharroh Gordon 15, Joe Swindells 11, Danny Walters 9 Luxembourg: Alain Gengler 20, Kevin Moura 15, Bob Melcher 13
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Top Scorers: Breitengüßbach: Johannes Thiemann 13, Phillip Daubner 11, Chris Wolf & Lucas Wagner 8 Scotland: Matthew Wilcox 10, Nicky Sim 4, Tom Company 3
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16:00 |
9 |
Magic U18 |
Scotland |
10 |
Breitengüßbach |
85 - 47 |
England U16 |
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Top Scorers: Magic U18: Jordon Whelan 29, Alex Fortnam 12, Ed Potter 9 Scotland: Matthew Wilcox 16, Nicky Sim 13, Neil Rowan 8
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Top Scorers: Breitengüßbach: Chris Wolf 11, Tim Leonhardt 10, Johannes Thiemann 9 England U16: Liam Carpenter 12, Theo Oghide 9, Dwayne Lautier-Ogunleye 8
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18:00 |
11 |
Cornella |
Luxembourg |
12 |
Magic U16 |
47 - 79 |
Solent |
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Top Scorers: Cornella Alejandro Blanco & Sergi Bosch 13, Oriol Munoz 12 Luxembourg: Alain Gengler 11, Matt Hilger 9, Sven Ehmann 6
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Top Scorers: Magic U16: Danny Walters 17, Joe Swindells 12, Pharroh Gordon 8 Solent: Adam Wilkinson 16, Chris Scarlett 14, Shane Massey 12
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10:00 |
13 |
Scotland |
Magic U16 |
Thursday 29th December |
14 |
Solent |
60 - 55 |
England U16 |
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Top Scorers: Scotland: Matthew Wilcox 16, Jack Nicholson 15, Neil Rowan 7 Magic U16: Pharroh Gordon 14, Nathan Hardacre & Joe Swindells 8 |
Top Scorers: Solent: Dan Bryan 18, Chris Scarlett 15, George Beard 14 England U16: Joe Junior Mvuezovlo 18, Theo Oghide 10, Dwayne Hanson-Ogunleye 7 |
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12:00 |
15 |
Breitengüßbach |
Luxembourg |
16 |
Cornella |
59 - 68 |
Magic U18 |
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Top Scorers: Breitengüßbach: Phillip Daubner 19, Johannes Theimann 16, Tim Leonhardt & Terry Thomas 7 Luxembourg: Alain Gengler & Bob Melcher 12, Kevin Moura 9 |
Top Scorers: Cornella:Fernado Villalon & Ferran Angulo 12, Sergi Bosch 11 Magic U18: Jack Crook 24, Jordan Whelan 13, Loick Pouale & Tom Devitt 11 |
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14:00 |
17 |
Magic U16 |
England U16 |
7th & 8 5th & 6th |
18 |
Scotland |
72 - 46 |
Solent |
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Top Scorers: Magic U16: Danny Walters 12, Pharroh Gordon 8, Joe Swindells 6 England U16: Liam Carpenter 14, Josh Steel 12, Justas Muzukevicius & Theo Oghide 11 |
Top Scorers: Scotland: Joshua McGilvray 19, Jack Nicholson 16, Ryan McKay 9 Elliot Dadds & George Beard & Dan Byan 8 |
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15:45 |
3rd & 4th |
19 |
Luxembourg |
49 - 79 |
Cornella |
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Top Scorers: Luxembourg: Matt Hilger 18, Bob Melcher 9, Sven Ehmann 8 Cornella: Alejandro Blanco & Adrian Jimenez 14, Jaume Pla 13 |
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17:30 |
20 |
Breitengüßbach |
Magic U18 |
1st & 2nd |
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Top Scorers: Breitengüßbach: Phillip Daubner 24, Johannes Thiemann 11, Mark Voelkl 10 Magic U18: Jordan Whelan 17, Jack Crook 12, Conor Porter 9 |
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29 November 2011
Haris Tournament 2011
The 6th Annual Haris Memorial Tournament for Under 18 Boys at the Amaechi Basketball Centrewill be held Tuesday 27 December to Thursday 29 December 2011. The teams have just been finalised and will be put into 2 groups of 4 for the Pool stages.
Teams are:
| Breitengüßbach Germany |
| Luxembourg |
| CB Cornella (Spain) |
| Scotland U18 |
| Solent U18 |
| England U16 |
| Manchester Magic U18 |
| Manchester Magic U16 |
More news to follow.
Haris Tournament 2010
Haris Memorial Tournament photos Click Here (and click on the Haris Memorial Trophy 2010 Link)
The password to view these photos is "amaechi" (all lower case, without quotes).
There is also a discount code which gives a significant discount off the normal internet price for orders of two or more prints it is: Amaechi
Also available are small screen size images for computer wallpaper, phones, Facebook, etc (they are not suitable for printing) at only £1 each.
Hoopsfix.com's Haris Memorial Tournament Review Day 1 Click Here
Hoopsfix.com's Haris Memorial Tournament Review Day 2 Click Here
Hoopsfix.com's Haris Memorial Tournament Review Day 3 Click Here
The Final Stats Click Here
The 5th Annual Haris Memorial Tournament for Under 18 Boys at the Amaechi Basketball Centre from Monday 27 December to Wednesday 29 December has now finshed. It proved to be an exciting, highly competitive Tournament with the European teams competing well. However, for the first time ever, the Final was contested by English players, representing England Under 18 and Manchester Magic Under 18.
In the Final, England gave a superb performance and proved to be too strong for Manchester on the day. Much credit is due to the Manchester boys for their spirited play throughout the 3 days, and to coaches, Paul Middleton and Garry Latham for bringing out the best from the boys over a 5-game span. The Club has now competed in 3 Finals, but has not yet been able to win the Final game. In 2006, we lost to Granada, Spain and in 2007, we lost to Blair Academy USA. We shall try to change this in 2011.
Particular thanks must go to Freda Jones, Jane and Donald Johnson and Matthew Roberts for doing the brunt of the work in the superb organisation of a terrific Tournament.
Competing Teams were:
| Pool A | Pool B |
| Breitengüßbach (Germany) | Cheshire |
| Cyprus National Under 18 | England National Under 18 |
| Magic Under 18 | Luxembourg National Under 18 |
| Solent Kestrels | Magic Under 16 |
All proceeds from the event go to the Haris Memorial Fund which helps individual young players, who may be in need of funding, to pursue their basketball ambitions.
Tournament Results
COURT 1 |
MONDAY 27TH DECEMBER |
COURT 3 |
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Game No. |
Game No. |
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| 1800 Hrs | 1 |
Magic 1 | 61 - 54 |
Cyprus | 2 |
Cheshire | 53 - 73 |
Luxembourg | ||||
| 2000 Hrs | 3 |
Breitengüßbach | 68 - 56 |
Solent | 4 |
Magic 2 | 59 - 119 |
England | ||||
COURT 1 |
TUESDAY 28TH DECEMBER |
COURT 3 |
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| 1100 Hrs | 5 |
Magic 2 | 56 - 129 |
Luxembourg | 6 |
Breitengüßbach | 74 - 64 |
Cyprus | ||||
| 1300 Hrs | 7 |
Cheshire | 72 - 90 |
England | 8 |
Magic 1 | 74 - 47 |
Solent | ||||
| 1600 Hrs | 9 |
Cyprus | 71 - 56 |
Solent | 10 |
Magic 2 | 61 - 64 |
Cheshire | ||||
| 1800 Hrs | 11 |
England | 98 - 96 |
Luxembourg | 12 |
Magic 1 | 56 - 54 |
Breitengüßbach | ||||
COURT 1 |
WEDNESDAY 29TH DECEMBER |
COURT 3 |
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| 1000 Hrs | 13 |
Cyprus | 77 - 57 |
Magic 2 | 14 |
Cheshire | 74 - 67 |
Solent | ||||
| 1200 Hrs | 15 |
Magic 1 | 82 - 76 |
Luxembourg | 16 |
England | 72 - 59 |
Breitengüßbach | ||||
| 1400 Hrs | 17 |
Magic 2 | 96 - 90 |
Solent | 7th & 8th |
5th & 6th |
18 |
Cyprus | 70 - 63 |
Cheshire | ||
| 1545 Hrs | 3rd & 4th |
19 |
Luxembourg | 53 - 84 |
Breitengüßbach | |||||||
| 1730 Hrs | 20 |
Magic 1 | 49 - 73 |
England | 1st & 2nd |
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Final Table 2010
1 |
England |
2 |
Manchester Magic 1 |
3 |
Breitengüßbach |
4 |
Luxembourg |
5 |
Cyprus |
6 |
Cheshire |
7 |
Manchester Magic 2 |
8 |
Solent |
England 2010 Winners
Final Table 2009
1 |
Germany |
2 |
England U18 |
3 |
Manchester Magic 1 |
4 |
Reading Rockets |
5 |
Scotland |
6 |
Kortrijk Sport CB |
7 |
Romania |
8 |
Manchester Magic 2 |
Many thanks to all who helped make the Tournament such a great success.
Special thanks to Brian Dobson without whom it could never have happened.
Final Table 2008
1 |
Gran Canaria B A |
2 |
England U18 |
3 |
Manchester Magic 1 |
4 |
Solihull |
5 |
Zurich Wildcats |
6 |
Reading Rockets |
7 |
Kortrijk Sport CB |
8 |
Manchester Magic 2 |
Gran Canaria 2008 Winners
Final Table 2007
For Mike Arnfield's photos of the tournament, click here
1 |
Blair Academy |
2 |
Manchester Magic 1 |
3 |
Sheffield Sharks |
4 |
Switzerland |
5 |
Kortrijk Sport CB |
6 |
Birmingham |
7 |
Manchester Magic 2 |
8 |
Stol-Grasshoppers |
Blair Academy 2007 Winners
Final Table 2006
1 |
CB Granada |
2 |
Manchester Magic 1 |
3 |
Scotland |
4 |
Switzerland |
5 |
Manchester Magic 2 |
6 |
Ellesmere Port |
