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, will be there to see some games and present the trophies.

28 December 2008

Tournament schedule

Saturday, December 27th
1800 Hrs

2000 Hrs

Sunday, December 28th
1100 Hrs

1300 Hrs

1600 Hrs

1800 Hrs

Monday, December 29th
1000 Hrs

1200 Hrs

1400 Hrs

1545 Hrs

1730 Hrs

1900 Hrs
Presentation

4 December 2008

Haris Memorial Junior International Basketball Tournament 2008

The Haris Memorial Junior International Basketball tournament will be held at the Amaechi Basketball Centre, Whalley Range, Manchester again this year.

Haris Charalambous was one of our young local players who began his basketball career with our Club, then going on to represent England in European competition, before taking up a scholarship offer at Toledo University in the USA. Tragically, Haris died of a heart defect in October 2006 whilst doing pre-season training in Toledo to prepare for the 2006/07 season.

We hold this Under 18 Boys Tournament in his honour and have built upon our success of the last 2 years by attracting more International teams of a very high standard. 

The line-up for our Christmas 2008 Tournament is as follows:

Zurich Wildcats (Switzerland)                       England Under 18
Gran Canaria Academy                                 Reading Under 18
Vardar Skopje (Macedonia)                          Manchester Under 18
Kortrijk Basketball Club (Belgium)              Manchester Under 16

The whole event runs from 27 December to 29 December 2008:

Saturday 27 December:         Games at 6pm and 8pm.
Sunday   28 December:         Games at 11am, 1pm, 4pm, 6pm.
Monday  29 December:          Games at 10am, 12noon, 2pm, 3:45pm, with the Final Game at 5:30pm

Venue: Amaechi Basketball Centre, Whalley Range, Manchester. M16 8GW. Tel: 0161-881-0090

Cost: Only £1 per day per person

December 2008

HARIS MEMORIAL TOURNAMENT WINNERS ROLL OF HONOUR

30 December 2007

HARIS MEMORIAL TOURNAMENT 2007

UNDER 18 MEN

The tournament was played from December 27th till December 29th for the 2nd Annual Haris Memorial Tournament the results of it were as follows.

Results

For Mike Arnfield's photos of the tournament, click here

All game results below:

29 December 2006

HARIS MEMORIAL TOURNAMENT 2006

UNDER 18 MEN

The first Annual Haris Memorial Tournament took place from 27th -29th December 2006. CB Granada were the winners with Manchester Red finishing as runners-up. Frederico Orrego from CB Granada won the MVP for the Tournament, trophy presentations were made by Haris' father at the end of the last game. The results of the Tournament were as follows:

"Congratulations to CB Granada who beat Manchester Red in the Final today. Play-offs took place today, and presentations were made at the end of the last game by Haris' father, CB Granada winning the first Haris Memorial Trophy and winners medals, with Manchester Red winning the runners-up medals. Frederico Orrego from CB Granada, won the MVP for the Tournament. " - this will need removing at some stage.

The Club would like to thank Manchester City Council for their support, and the army of volunteers who gave up their holiday and worked so hard to make the tournament a success.

Results of the Haris Memorial Tournament are:

After the Round Robin, the positions were (1) Manchester Red, (2) CB Granada, (3) Scotland, (4) Switzerland, (5) Manchester Blue, (6) Ellesmere Port.