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…
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…
Lineker and Beardsley. Torvill and Dean. Molinari and Fleetwood. Sports fans love a good partnership. Whisper it quietly, but Newcastle Eagles might just have landed a great one. Victor Moses and Rahmon Fletcher have only been on court together for a matter of weeks and yet the best of Friday night’s intuitive interplay was bordering on the…
Esh Group Eagles Newcastle go in to action tonight at Northumbria University Sport Central looking for their 4th consecutive BBL Championship win. If they achieve that objective against Surrey Scorchers they’ll maintain their 100% league record intact and remain on their perch atop The BBL. On paper it should be a comfortable night for Head…
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…
After the disappointment of losing out on the chance of landing the season’s first silverware in last Sunday’s British Basketball All-Stars Championship, Esh Group Eagles Newcastle turn their attention back to the BBL Championship this coming Friday at Northumbria University Sport Central. The Eagles have made a great start to their Championship campaign and are…
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…
As a thank you for all the support our BBL fans have given to our WBBL team since their first home game earlier this month, we are pleased to be give all BBL season ticket holders FREE ENTRY into all the women’s remaining games at Sport Central. This Saturday our WBBL team are back in…
The first piece of silverware of the BBL season slipped out of Esh Group Eagles Newcastle’s grasp at the semi-final stage of the British Basketball All-Stars Tournament at The Copper Box, London yesterday afternoon. In what is effectively basketball’s version of cricket’s T20 with innovative rule changes including double-point golden buzzers, 12-minute games and a…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Over the last few of weeks on site at the Eagles Community Arena build the internal walls have started going up, which is giving the building a real sense of it’s completed form. Meanwhile in the arena our constructors Esh Group continue the groundwork in the latest phase leading up to eventually laying the court…
On Saturday 9th June club and foundation staff were joined by some of our sponsors on a trek to the summit of the highest mountain in the British Isles to raise much needed additional funds for our Eagles Community Arena. After an early start around 7:45am ‘Team Eagles’ took on their Ben Nevis Challenge in…
Lineker and Beardsley. Torvill and Dean. Molinari and Fleetwood. Sports fans love a good partnership. Whisper it quietly, but Newcastle Eagles might just have landed a great one. Victor Moses and Rahmon Fletcher have only been on court together for a matter of weeks and yet the best of Friday night’s intuitive interplay was bordering on the…
Esh Group Eagles Newcastle go in to action tonight at Northumbria University Sport Central looking for their 4th consecutive BBL Championship win. If they achieve that objective against Surrey Scorchers they’ll maintain their 100% league record intact and remain on their perch atop The BBL. On paper it should be a comfortable night for Head…
After the disappointment of losing out on the chance of landing the season’s first silverware in last Sunday’s British Basketball All-Stars Championship, Esh Group Eagles Newcastle turn their attention back to the BBL Championship this coming Friday at Northumbria University Sport Central. The Eagles have made a great start to their Championship campaign and are…
The first piece of silverware of the BBL season slipped out of Esh Group Eagles Newcastle’s grasp at the semi-final stage of the British Basketball All-Stars Tournament at The Copper Box, London yesterday afternoon. In what is effectively basketball’s version of cricket’s T20 with innovative rule changes including double-point golden buzzers, 12-minute games and a…
This weekend sees Esh Group Eagles Newcastle take a break from BBL Championship action as they fly down to London to take part in the Annual All-Stars Basketball Tournament at The Copper Box Arena, London tomorrow afternoon. The competition which will be shown live on Sky Sports from 1:00pm, is in its second year and…
This Sunday it’s the return of the British Basketball All-Stars Championship at London’s Copper Box and with so many rules changes in a very different format of games to the BBL we’ve pulled together the low-down for you to follow the action. The games take place across a five-hour session the eight teams playing in…
After week 3 of the BBL and week 2 of the WBBL the leagues have made their picks of players and three of our Eagles have made the cut in the teams of the week. Making a fantastic first impression in game number one as an Eagle, our latest signing Jeremy Smith has been given…
There are just 6 days to go until the 2018 British Basketball All-Stars Championship and today we found out the games that last season’s top eight BBL finishers will face-off in from the live draw by Sky Sports News. In the first round our Eagles will tip-off against Glasgow Rocks in the third game of…
As Tony Garbelotto watched on in despair it was easy to feel a pang of sympathy for the man who brought Fabulous Flournoy to Newcastle 17 years ago. The coach many credit for ushering in a decade of unparalleled success on Tyneside returned to the North East in a ‘consulting’ role with new club London…
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…
In the October half-term for Gateshead we have two days of fun with our Basketball Coaching Camps for boys and girls in school years 1 to 7. Players will learn fundamental drills, take part in lots of competitions and some games too! Participants will be grouped by age and work with our Eagles Community Foundation…
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…
Don’t miss our half-term basketball coaching camps this October with limited places available – book today to avoid disappointment! There’s an under-12s camp for young players looking to get active, make some new friends and have loads of fun over half-term and for our CVL players we have three masterclass sessions with competitions and lots…
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…
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…
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…
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….
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…
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…
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…
As a thank you for all the support our BBL fans have given to our WBBL team since their first home game earlier this month, we are pleased to be give all BBL season ticket holders FREE ENTRY into all the women’s remaining games at Sport Central. This Saturday our WBBL team are back in…
Rachael Bland is relishing the chance to go head to head with friend and one-time team-mate Diana Voynova when Newcastle Eagles WBBL hit the cup trail later this month. But the experienced guard insisted Chris Bunten’s side need to do a better job shutting down the BA London Lions forward than they managed against another…
After week 3 of the BBL and week 2 of the WBBL the leagues have made their picks of players and three of our Eagles have made the cut in the teams of the week. Making a fantastic first impression in game number one as an Eagle, our latest signing Jeremy Smith has been given…
A bruising battle between two of the WBBL’s northern heavyweights became a stifling war of attrition as Sheffield Hatters squeaked a 78-73 win against Newcastle Eagles. Great Britain international Steph Gandy led the hosts with 21 points while Kara Bonenberger bagged a colossal double double of 18 points and 16 rebounds. But it was Ali…
Steph Gandy considered calling time on her stellar career this summer – before Newcastle Eagles stepped in to reignite the Great Britain forward’s passion for top flight hoops. In the WBBL’s game of the weekend, the 36-year-old faces former club Sheffield Hatters after seven seasons with the Steel City side. And Gandy admitted her move…
Congratulations to Kara Bonenberger, Rahmon Fletcher and Victor Moses who all received starting places in the All-Star Fives this week. It was the start of a new chapter for women’s basketball as our Newcastle Eagles WBBL team chalked an opening weekend win and Kara Bonenberger stood out with a super line of 21 points, 12 rebounds,…
Newcastle Eagles WBBL tipped off their season in style with an 86-74 win against Caledonia Pride in Edinburgh. Buoyed by the arrival of veteran Great Britain international Steph Gandy in the off-season, Chris Bunten’s side dominated the opening two quarters and found themselves with a 15-point lead heading into half time. But the second half…
