30/08/07 Great Britain women's coach Mark Clark is hopeful that there will be a big crowd at Manchester's Amaechi Centre for Saturday's key European Championship game against Estonia. "Magic have worked really hard to get a big crowd, and they've done an excellent job to sell a lot of tickets" he said. "It's difficult this time of year, because a lot of people are on holiday, but they expect to sell out against Bosnia on September 11. "British Performance Basketball have done a great job with our on-court preparation, and I hope they are giving Magic plenty of support." Having finished the first half of the competition with two wins and two losses, Britain realistically need to win all four qualifying games during the second half of the competition if they are to reach the play-offs for promotion to the A Division. Saturday's game will see Britain looking for a repeat of last season's 72-66 away win against the Estonians. They will follow that game with a trip to With a trip to winless Luxembourg. Leaders Bosnia and Herzegovina are the visitors to Manchester the following Wednesday before Britain round off the European campaign with a trip to second placed Portugal. Saturday action against Estonia tips-off at 7pm, and tickets are still available by phoning 0161 881 0090 |
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