Newcastle Eagles

Report: Eagles at Leicester Riders (BBL Cup Quarter-Final)

November 18, 2018

Esh Group Eagles Newcastle powered through to the BBL Cup semi-finals last night at The Morningside Arena, Leicester against deadly rivals Riders. Stand-out forward Victor Moses was the star of the show but once again he got great support from his team-mates and in particular Jeremy Smith and the emerging flourishing talented Kyle Williams. It…

Report: Eagles vs Cheshire Phoenix

Newcastle Eagles edged an absorbing end-to-end encounter with the Cheshire Phoenix to record back-to-back victories in the BBL Championship. Kyle Williams top scored for Fab Flournoy’s side as the hosts secured a narrow 96-94 victory at Sport Central on Friday night. Both sides entered the match-up in good form. The Eagles snapped a two-game losing…

Cheshire Phoenix

Preview: Eagles vs Cheshire Phoenix

Esh Group Eagles Newcastle face the old maxim of “one game at a time” as they go in to another tough weekend of BBL basketball action. They face two games in 24 hours for the second time in little over two weeks with the outcome seemingly crucial to their season even at this early stage….

Cheshire Phoenix

November 15, 2018

Swiss Skipper Has Our Support

The Swiss national basketball team will benefit from a vocal North East following this weekend with Newcastle Eagles’ WBBL skipper Giulia Simioni taking centre stage for the hosts. Chris Bunten, his assistant and six members of his Sport Central roster are flying out to Fribourg tomorrow ahead of Switzerland’s Eurobasket qualifier against the Czech Republic…

Chris Bunten

Cutting-Edge Tech Coming To The BBL

November 15, 2018

The British Basketball League is set to lead the way in automated TV production in the UK starting with an Eagles game next month. Should the tests and December pilot game be successful, the League will be the first professional sports league in the UK to employ the technology for TV broadcast purposes. Over the…

BBL

November 14, 2018

Forrester Lays Down The Law For Eagles

Esh Group Eagles Newcastle face yet another tough and crucial week in their quest to fashion a position from where they could bring silverware back to basketball’s most successful franchise, writes Jeff King. On Friday night at Northumbria University Sport Central they face Cheshire Phoenix in a BBL Championship clash and then the following night…

Cheshire Phoenix

23,000 Square Feet of Floor In 30 Seconds

November 13, 2018

This month has been one of huge transformations in the Eagles Community Arena as some of the biggest milestones in the development of the court area have been reached. The grand total of 18 baskets are now suspended from their supports in the ceiling and our state of the art LED lighting system is in…

Arena

City of Edinburgh Kings Trophy Test on Tyneside

The City of Edinburgh Kings have been confirmed as our BBL Trophy opening round opposition next month after being given an unexpected opportunity to replace fellow Scottish side St Mirren who have had to withdraw from the competition. “We were delighted to get the invite to take part in this year’s BBL Trophy,” confirmed Kings’…

BBL Trophy

Fletcher Talks To MVP Magazine In Their Latest Podcast

Our very own Rahmon Fletcher is in conversation with MVP Magazine editor and reknowned British Basketball journalist and broadcaster Mark Woods in this week’s edititon of their podcast. Hear Fletch talk to the MVP Cast about turning 30, his Kansas City fraternity of under-sized basketball point guards, politics in America, his musical talents as a…

Mark Woods

23,000 Square Feet of Floor In 30 Seconds

November 13, 2018

Arena

October 23, 2018

18 Baskets Going Up And 8 Weeks To Go

Our Eagles Community Arena is really starting to look like our new home now with just eight weeks to go until the first BBL game is scheduled for tip-off. There’s still lots to do and that’s no understatement, but at this point as you take a look around the building you can really see just…

Arena

October 16, 2018

We’re Preparing A VIP Welcome

When we open our doors on Friday 21 December this year for our first home game at our Eagles Community Arena home our brand new hospitality suite will give a warm welcome to our VIP corporate partners, sponsors and guests. The new facilities at our purpose-build multi-million pound venue will provide a first class pre…

Arena

October 10, 2018

Floor Down and Lights Up

This is just a quick update from our Eagles Community Arena we have much more to share with you over the next couple of weeks as work on-site is now getting very exciting. Over the last few weeks the court floor has started to be laid down in the arena, while up over 10-metres above the…

Arena

September 8, 2018

ITV Tyne Tees Visited Our New Nest

The cameras were rolling at our Eagles Community Arena this week where our constructors Esh Group are working hard to meet the December deadline for our monumental move. Thanks to ITV Tyne Tees for this great report on the progress of our new ‘nest’ build so far and talking to our managing director Paul Blake…

Arena

August 4, 2018

Christmas Will Come Early

The club remain bang on course to play BBL basketball at the brand new Eagles Community Arena before Christmas. And following the release of this season’s fixtures, owner Paul Blake admitted the finishing line is in sight following a decade of meticulous planning and tough negotiations. The 2018-19 campaign will see the organisation play in…

Arena

August 3, 2018

Our New Nest Is Flying-Up

It has been a few weeks since we brought you an update from our Eagles Community Arena building site, so we are excited to show you how quickly our constructors Esh Group have got our new ‘nest’ flying-up. If you have passed the venue on Scotswood Road you will have seen a huge amount of progress recently…

Arena

June 29, 2018

Court Floor Laid By Laser Guided Machine

The final workday of June was today and is recorded as another milestone in the build of our Eagles Community Arena as the court floor was being laid ready to receive the state-of-the-art flooring in the coming months. This part of the process is now almost complete and was all laid by our construction partner…

Arena

June 29, 2018

Dougie Hails New Home

Our switch to the new Eagles Community Arena in November will be ‘massive for basketball in the region’. That’s the verdict of original Eagle Paul ‘Dougie’ Douglas with the Birmingham-based coach keeping a close eye on his former club’s landmark move. BBL stalwart Douglas played for the Eagles in the 1990s – a decade that…

All City Basketball

Report: Eagles at Leicester Riders (BBL Cup Quarter-Final)

November 18, 2018

BBL Cup

Report: Eagles vs Cheshire Phoenix

Cheshire Phoenix

Preview: Eagles vs Cheshire Phoenix

Cheshire Phoenix

Cutting-Edge Tech Coming To The BBL

November 15, 2018

BBL

November 14, 2018

Forrester Lays Down The Law For Eagles

Cheshire Phoenix

City of Edinburgh Kings Trophy Test on Tyneside

BBL Trophy

Fletcher Talks To MVP Magazine In Their Latest Podcast

Mark Woods

Get Tickets Now For The Return of the Phoenix On Friday

November 11, 2018

Next into the nest come the Cheshire Phoenix for their second visit of the season so far. Back in September the Phoenix were our first opposition of the 2018-19 BBL campaign in a thrilling opening encounter which started our 5-0 unbeaten run from the off-set. Now with a few wins under their belt too Cheshire…

Cheshire Phoenix

Moses Helps Eagles Rebound

November 11, 2018

Esh Group Eagles Newcastle needed Friday’s 97 – 89 win at home against Worcester Wolves to put them back on track after the previous weekend’s double reversal at the hands of Leicester and Bristol. It was a timely boost as the Eagles face some tough up and coming games in both The BBL Championship and…

Interview

Club Players Join Us For A Special Game Night

October 19, 2018

At the Esh Group Eagles Newcastle game on Friday 9 November against Worcester Wolves we would like to invite all of our Eagles Community Foundation’s club players, their families and friends for our Club Night. We’re just at the start of an exciting year for our Eagles Community Foundation and all basketball players in the region…

Central Venue League

Eagles Performance Pathway Extended With Winning Start

October 3, 2018

2018 sees the extension of the Eagles performance pathway to include an under 19 team that will compete in the Elite Academy Basketball League (EABL). Entry to the league is by invitation only and is made up of teams from around the country including BBL lead programmes. The team is made up of student-athletes from…

Elite Academy Basketball League

Exciting Year For Eagles CVL Edges Closer

September 24, 2018

As every British Basketball League season begins, so does a new Eagles Central Venue League (CVL) and this one if no exception as the potential stars of tomorrow get to display their potential on court. Last year’s campaign ended with the following teams/clubs celebrating as the respective champions within their divisions: 2017-18 Division Champions Under 12…

Central Venue League

ITV Tyne Tees Visited Our New Nest

September 8, 2018

Arena

Eagles Win Big At Basketball England Awards

September 4, 2018

On Saturday night in Manchester the club, our foundation, its trustees and our volunteers had reason to celebrate as Basketball England revealed the winners of their 2018 national Volunteer Awards. The ceremony was the cornerstone of the Basketball England National Game Conference which took place in the day, covering topics from FIBA rule changes to…

Alan Younger

Eagles Volunteers Lead The Way In National Awards

August 21, 2018

Basketball England have announced their annual awards which recognise the volunteers doing great things for our game across the country. There are a number of new award categories for 2018 along with existing ones which all be presented at a new Volunteer Awards dinner as part of the new Basketball England Game Conference in September….

Basketball England

Christmas Will Come Early

August 4, 2018

Arena

August 3, 2018

Our New Nest Is Flying-Up

Arena

Tosan Makes Mac’s Team GB

July 24, 2018

Our Newcastle Eagles Academy star Tosan Evbuomwan has been selected for the final 12 to play in Division A of the FIBA Under-18 European Championship in Latvia this week. Tosan will make his FIBA competition debut in Group D this Saturday 28 July against Montenegro, followed by games versus Serbia and Lithuania, before Brtain’s round…

Academy

Eagles Fly Into WBBL Week 6 All-Stars

November 7, 2018

Two Eagles have landed in the WBBL’s All-Star side this week with Giulia Simioni in the starting five and Kalina Axetievas getting a nod off the bench. Eagles WBBL team captain Giulia Simioni was on top form at Sport Central last Saturday afternoon against Oaklands Wolves and not far off securing a triple-double. Simioni contributed…

All-Star Five

Report: Eagles WBBL vs Oaklands Wolves

November 3, 2018

Newcastle Eagles got their WBBL campaign back underway this afternoon with a win over Oakland Wolves. Heading into the contest, Oakland were searching for their first win of the WBBL regular season, having lost their previous five league games with their only win this season coming in the WBBL cup. Newcastle meanwhile were without the…

Featured

Preview: Eagles WBBL vs Oaklands Wolves

November 3, 2018

All-action Aussie Georgia Ohrdorf already has one eye on her second season in a Newcastle Eagles vest – just weeks after bursting onto the WBBL scene. The versatile forward made her first All-Star Five last month after coming off the bench to sink 15 points in just 16 minutes against London Lions. And Ohrdorf added…

Featured

Swiss Clocks Opportunity For WBBL

October 28, 2018

Captain fantastic Giulia Simioni is convinced December’s move to the Eagles Community Arena will breathe new life into women’s basketball in Newcastle. The Swiss international has made a stunning start to the new WBBL season and already leads the league in assists. And the former Team Northumbria favourite feels Newcastle Eagles’ women are on the…

Arena

Two Eagles Fly Into The WBBL All-Star Five of Week 4

October 24, 2018

In the same week two of our BBL team made the league’s All-Star Five starters, two of our WBBL players fly into the revered roster after stand-out performances in their Cup game on Saturday. Getting her first ever appearance in the All-Stars it’s Georgia Ohrdorf. She excelled against the BA London Lions with 15 points, 10 rebounds…

All-Star Five

WBBL Cup Quarter-Finals Draw

October 22, 2018

This morning the draw for the Quarter-Finals of the 2019 WBBL Cup took place to decide who plays who from the remaining eight teams including our Newcastle Eagles following their exciting win on Saturday afternoon. We’ll have home court advantage at Sport Central when the Sevenoaks Suns visit looking to complete their silverware set with…

Chris Bunten

Report: Eagles WBBL vs BA London Lions (WBBL Cup)

October 20, 2018

Georgia Ohrdorf came off the bench to grab an impressive double double and lead Newcastle Eagles into the second round of the WBBL Cup. The Aussie rookie bagged 15 points and 10 rebounds in just 16 minutes with an all-action display at both ends of the court. And Ohrdorf somehow found the time to serve…

BA London Lions

Preview: Eagles WBBL vs BA London Lions

October 20, 2018

Diana Voynova was devasted to learn of Northumbria University’s shock decision to ditch top flight women’s basketball this summer. And the Bulgarian international revealed she pleaded with Newcastle Eagles bosses to save the club she loves as Team Northumbria’s future hung in the balance. Voynova studied at the university, played for TN and worked for…

BA London Lions