For the first time in forever: Manchester Basketball opener on Tuesday
- Māris Noviks
- Sep 29
- 2 min read
Manchester Basketball enter European North Basketball league action on Tuesday, September 30, hosting Keila Coolbet from Estonia at the National Basketball Performance center.
Series history: Manchester Basketball will face Keila Coolbet for the first time.
Manchester head coach Matthew Oten is awaiting his ENBL debut.
Crew chief Paulina Gajdosz from Poland is the first woman from Europe scheduled to work at the NBA G-league, starting from October 2025.
National championships: Manchester Basketball are 1-1 at the Super League Basketball.
Manchester won the home opener against Cheshire Phoenix, 92-89, in a sellout game on September 19, and lost at Surrey, 80-94, on September 27.
Pjay Smith, Zak Irvin, Max Jones, Cody John and Kaiyem Cleary were Manchester starters on Saturday.
The first round of the Optibet Estonia-Latvia league starts on Tuesday, September 30.
Know your referees
Crew chief: Paulina Gajdosz (Poland) – FIBA referee from 2017, PLK referee from 2015, has worked at many Basket Liga Kobiet finals; a regular EuroLeague Women and EuroCup Women referee; has worked at the EuroBasket Women 2025 and the NBA Summer league 2025; first woman from Europe to work at the G-league.
Umpire 1: Rainis Vārv (Estonia) – KML Meistriliiga and Optibet EST-LAT league referee from 2017, FIBA referee from 2023; has worked at the 2024 Pafbet Final Four and Estonian finals.
Umpire 2: Juris Brūveris (Latvia) – one of the most experienced referees from Latvia, a top Latvian league referee, including Optibet Estonia-Latvia league, for more than 10 years; has worked at the 2021 European Women`s Basketball league final and the 2024 ENBL playoffs.
Observer (at the video): Oskars Lucis (Latvia).
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2025 ENBL classification
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