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The 2009 tournament moved to a new time in the calendar, the Easter Break, and also welcomed a Cadet Boys tournament with three teams playing out to be the inaugural winners. Eventually it was the England Development Squad that raised the trophy after wins against KK Playoff from Bosnia and the Barking Abbey Key Stage 4 Academy. It turned out to be the only trophy that the hosts failed to take after good performances in both the Junior boys and girls finals led them to the other two championships. In the boys final it was a convincing victory over the England Cadet Team and in the Girl's final it was a win over the Manchester Mystics.
The 2009 Interperformances Cup marked the 4th anniversary of the International Junior Tournament at Barking Abbey School. 
In this time, the tournament has seen a transition from an Junior Boys section with just four teams to competitions in three different categories; Junior Boys, Junior Girls and Cadet Boys. Spectators at the Barking Abbey School Leisure Centre have been lucky enough to see club teams from Poland, Serbia, Germany, Italy, Spain, Bosnia and England, as well as National Teams from England and Bulgaria compete in competition.
In this time, the tournament has seen a transition from an Junior Boys section with just four teams to competitions in three different categories; Junior Boys, Junior Girls and Cadet Boys. Spectators at the Barking Abbey School Leisure Centre have been lucky enough to see club teams from Poland, Serbia, Germany, Italy, Spain, Bosnia and England, as well as National Teams from England and Bulgaria compete in competition.For the first three years of its existence the competition was held between the Christmas and New Year period. KK Cerak from Serbia were the original winners of the Barking Abbey International Tournament defeating the Barking Abbey Academy Boys Team in the final.
In 2006, worldwide sports management company Interperformances become the title sponsor of the tournament, which was renamed the Interperformances Cup. With Interperformances came an increased format including a junior girls section and six boys teams playing in two groups. Euroleague participant, Prokom Trefl over came Barking Abbey in the final led by tournament MVP Adam Waczynski. Abbey did however manage to add to the Runners Up trophy in the boys with their first ever championship in the tournament with the girls competition, defeating Sevenoaks Suns in the final.
The 2007 edition welcomed the tournaments first international game with the National Teams of England and Poland facing off in the fifth and sixth place playoff. The final in the boys section was fought out between ACB and Spanish power, Estudiantes from Madrid and TV Langen from Germany. After an impressive performance, it was the German team that came out on top, led by tournament MVP and 2009 Eurobasket participant, Robin Benzing. In the girls competition, another individual performance, this time by Natalia Hernandez-Sito who scored a tournament record 34 points, helped Madajahonda from Spain to lift the championship trophy over reigning champions Barking Abbey.
The 2009 tournament moved to a new time in the calendar, the Easter Break, and also welcomed a Cadet Boys tournament with three teams playing out to be the inaugural winners. Eventually it was the England Development Squad that raised the trophy after wins against KK Playoff from Bosnia and the Barking Abbey Key Stage 4 Academy. It turned out to be the only trophy that the hosts failed to take after good performances in both the Junior boys and girls finals led them to the other two championships. In the boys final it was a convincing victory over the England Cadet Team and in the Girl's final it was a win over the Manchester Mystics.The fifth anniversary of the tournament, due to be held from the 18th to the 20th of February 2010, will see more changes to the format. A press release is expected at the start of the 2009/10 season to outline major changes in the competition.
