Euroleague Tournament Countdown Begins....

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Barking Abbey Alumni - Joe Ikhinmwin

Joe Ikhinmwin was part of the first recruiting class of Barking Abbey Basketball Academy in September 2006.  He went on to represent Great Britain at U20 level and was a successful player with the London Leopards before finishing his studies and securing a scholarship to the USA.

Three years after leaving Barking Abbey with a BTEC National Diploma in Business, we managed to catch up with Joe to find out how life has been for him in America and what his plans are for the future.

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Euroleague Comes to Barking Abbey
Taken from www.euroleague.net   
The Euroleague is proud to announce that for the eighth edition of the Nike International Junior Tournament, to be held in Paris next May, a total of four classification tournaments will be held across Europe -- in Rome, L'Hospitalet, Belgrade and London -- as Europe's elite youngsters fight for the right to play on the biggest stage of all, the Final Four.

Following the successful introduction of two classification tournaments in 2008 (L'Hospitalet and Belgrade) and a third in 2009 (Rome), the Euroleague has decided to add one more this season, in London. With these changes, Europe's best under-18 players will be present in Paris, and the team winning the tournament in May will be crowned the undisputed European Junior Club Champion.
Taken from gameongb.com
 
The pathway for talented young British basketball players has taken a step forward with the announcement of Barking Abbey School as the first pilot Regional Institute of Basketball.
 
Regional Institutes of Basketball (RIB) are a new initiative, created from collaborative work between British Basketball, Basketball Wales, England Basketball and Basketball Scotland.