This July and August our Eagles Community Foundation have a huge Summer Basketball Camp taking place for young players to get on court in the school holidays. Eagles camps are a great way to keep the kids active in the break. The young players will develop their basketball, learn new skills, play competitions and have…
One of North East basketball’s hottest prospects will take on Europe’s biggest names after sealing his place in the national team for a second successive summer. Newcastle Eagles Academy star Tosan Evbuomwan broke into the Great Britain Under 18 squad last season as a raw rookie with bags of potential. And 12 months on the…
More than 1,000 students gained essential career guidance as the Eagles Community Arena hosted the business brains of the future. Young people from across the North East descended on Newcastle to take part in the final Building My Skills session of the academic year. And 180 business guests volunteered their time and expertise to put…
It’s always great to hear about former Eagles and ex-BBL players doing well in their careers after they’ve flown the nest and in Kareem Maddox and Damon Huffman, the Eagles have two ex-players they can feel rightly proud of. They are among four athletes selected for the 2019 USA Basketball Men’s 3×3 World Cup Team….
Selection has taken place for the initial Great Britain Under-18 Men squad with an Eagle on the court and one on the bench. It’s a familiar return to international duty for our Academy star Tosan Evbuomwan and Eagles coach Ian Macleod as they get set to join preparations for the Division A FIBA European Championship with a brief…
On Friday 24 May 2019 we hosted our first ever End of Season Awards Dinner at our new Eagles Community Arena and our first event of its size in our new home. Just two years beforehand the club and foundation told everyone attending the organisation’s 21st birthday party that plans were in motion towards the…
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As we welcome the biggest ever attendee numbers for our trials this weekend it’s time to look back and recognise the Eagles Academy of 2018-19. On the evening of Wednesday 1 May for the first time ever we hosted our Academy’s awards night at our own home, the Eagles Community Arena. Eagles game night commentator…
Following their initial sponsorship of the benecos BBL and WBBL Play-Offs, culminating at The O2 this month, the leading European natural beauty product brand has signed-up to become the exclusive official cosmetics and toiletries partner for both leagues for the next three years. You can read more about the deal on the BBL website.
More than 1,000 students gained essential career guidance as the Eagles Community Arena hosted the business brains of the future. Young people from across the North East descended on Newcastle to take part in the final Building My Skills session of the academic year. And 180 business guests volunteered their time and expertise to put…
On Friday 24 May 2019 we hosted our first ever End of Season Awards Dinner at our new Eagles Community Arena and our first event of its size in our new home. Just two years beforehand the club and foundation told everyone attending the organisation’s 21st birthday party that plans were in motion towards the…
From today, Friday 17 May 2019, the Eagles Community Arena (ECA) car parking charges are in effect. The ECA is owned and operated by our Eagles Community Foundation, a registered charity, and so in using the car park you are supporting the future of both our arena and all the people who benefit from our…
Walking Basketball will taking place at the Eagles Community Arena starting from Friday 17 May. The walking game is aimed at the over 55 age range as part of our growing Active Ageing programme, but everyone is welcome. The sessions run most Fridays from 12-noon until 1pm and are just £2 per person paid on the…
‘Benwell Bomber’ Joe Laws believes the Eagles Community Arena can become a home from home just 48 hours before his first fight at the brand new venue. The 24-year-old shot to fame live on Sky Sports on the Lewis Ritson undercard last autumn – stopping Chris Truman on the back of a powerful array of…
At the final BBL Championship home game of the first season in our new home we were delighted to honour one of our greatest and most loved supporters by naming our main VIP hospitality room as ‘The Brian Manning Suite’. Brian’s support of both the club and our community foundation has been immeasurable over many years…
At the 42nd annual Sport Newcastle dinner on Thursday night we were awarded the title of Team/Club of the Year and in particular for the achievement of building and opening our Eagles Community Arena. The yearly event in the Banqueting Suite of Newcastle’s Civic Centre began as always with fundraising for the charity which supports young…
At half-time this Friday night as our Eagles take on the Bristol Flyers, we have some very special entertainment for fans packing out our Eagles Community Arena as 20-year-old local hip-hop artist Kay Greyson performs live. Kay is from the West End of Newcastle, only steps away from our new home, and has been an…
Proud Newcastle Eagles boss Paul Blake insists the club’s brand new home is ticking all the right boxes. The Eagles Community Arena opened in the West End of the city last month and has already established itself as one of Tyneside’s top sporting destinations. New clubs are moving in every week and Newcastle’s junior players…
On Friday 24 May 2019 we hosted our first ever End of Season Awards Dinner at our new Eagles Community Arena and our first event of its size in our new home. Just two years beforehand the club and foundation told everyone attending the organisation’s 21st birthday party that plans were in motion towards the…
Following their initial sponsorship of the benecos BBL and WBBL Play-Offs, culminating at The O2 this month, the leading European natural beauty product brand has signed-up to become the exclusive official cosmetics and toiletries partner for both leagues for the next three years. You can read more about the deal on the BBL website.
Last summer we told you about the exciting news that Nick Nurse, the former two-time BBL Coach of the Year who brought our head coach Fab Flournoy to the UK, was going to take over the lead role at the Toronto Raptors. Today we join our fellow British Basketball League clubs, officials and fans across…
The BBL have revealed the best five players from this season, as voted for by BBL clubs and in turn, also reveal the leading 2018-19 Molten MVP contenders. We are pleased to share with you that not one, but two Eagles have flown into the five with acknowledgements for both Rahmon Fletcher and Victor Moses….
Join us for the 2019-20 British Basketball League campaign which will be our first full season in our new Eagles Community Arena. We are excited to announce that you can join us for this next chapter in the club’s history at last season’s prices! Plus take advantage of brand new exclusive bolt-on offers! There’s no…
In years to come the 2018-19 season will go down as a game changer in the history of British basketball’s most successful club. But this morning there is very little positive to be said about Newcastle Eagles’ worst campaign for 15 years. A mid-term move to the magnificent Eagles Community Arena will undoubtedly lay the…
If ever the value of Victor Moses and importing the right goods in to the country needed to be emphasised for Esh Group Eagles Newcastle, last night in Sheffield more than confirmed it, writes Jeff King. The Eagles top scorer and big man led his team magnificently top scoring with his fellow Americans Jeremy Smith…
With the regular season done and dusted it’s in to the benecos BBL Play-Offs this weekend for Esh Group Eagles Newcastle, writes Jeff King. After securing a third-place finish in the league, the Eagles will match-up against the sixth-placed Sheffield Sharks over two legs tonight and tomorrow. The first leg tonight will be at the…
The beast will be unleashed in a bid to bolster Newcastle Eagles’ playoff bid after Darius Defoe declared himself fit for the post-season. The shackles will be off the veteran forward with Sheffield Sharks standing between Newcastle and a semi-final spot. And Defoe admitted he’s been like a coiled spring sitting out the regular-season run-in…
This July and August our Eagles Community Foundation have a huge Summer Basketball Camp taking place for young players to get on court in the school holidays. Eagles camps are a great way to keep the kids active in the break. The young players will develop their basketball, learn new skills, play competitions and have…
One of North East basketball’s hottest prospects will take on Europe’s biggest names after sealing his place in the national team for a second successive summer. Newcastle Eagles Academy star Tosan Evbuomwan broke into the Great Britain Under 18 squad last season as a raw rookie with bags of potential. And 12 months on the…
Selection has taken place for the initial Great Britain Under-18 Men squad with an Eagle on the court and one on the bench. It’s a familiar return to international duty for our Academy star Tosan Evbuomwan and Eagles coach Ian Macleod as they get set to join preparations for the Division A FIBA European Championship with a brief…
As we welcome the biggest ever attendee numbers for our trials this weekend it’s time to look back and recognise the Eagles Academy of 2018-19. On the evening of Wednesday 1 May for the first time ever we hosted our Academy’s awards night at our own home, the Eagles Community Arena. Eagles game night commentator…
From today, Friday 17 May 2019, the Eagles Community Arena (ECA) car parking charges are in effect. The ECA is owned and operated by our Eagles Community Foundation, a registered charity, and so in using the car park you are supporting the future of both our arena and all the people who benefit from our…
This week Basketball England launched a new initiative that aims to put 1,000 basketball nets on outdoor hoops across the country. We want as many basketball players from across the North East to get involved with ‘Project Swish’, as it is called, to get missing or broken nets replaced on courts across our region. The project will not…
The 2018-19 basketball season represented a year of huge growth for Newcastle Eagles and their Academy. The latest addition to the clubs growing provision is an academic/sporting hybrid programme, with the target of providing an elite level experience for 16-19 years old players, on and off the court. 14 young athletes were selected to be…
Walking Basketball will taking place at the Eagles Community Arena starting from Friday 17 May. The walking game is aimed at the over 55 age range as part of our growing Active Ageing programme, but everyone is welcome. The sessions run most Fridays from 12-noon until 1pm and are just £2 per person paid on the…
Our Academy star Tosan Evbuomwan has enrolled with Princeton University to begin his 4-year college career. Signing proudly watched his Eagles EABL teammates and coach at our Eagles Community Arena this week. Princeton are part of the famed ‘Ivy League’ in the United States of America, a small group of elite level academic institutions. The…
Following their initial sponsorship of the benecos BBL and WBBL Play-Offs, culminating at The O2 this month, the leading European natural beauty product brand has signed-up to become the exclusive official cosmetics and toiletries partner for both leagues for the next three years. You can read more about the deal on the BBL website.
Bullish playcaller Chris Bunten is convinced Newcastle Eagles can extend their season beyond this weekend – with The Axe back in his black and white attack. Seventh-placed Newcastle travel to league runners-up Leicester Riders in the quarter-finals of the WBBL playoffs tonight. And the Eagles welcome back three-point threat Kalina ‘The Axe’ Axentieva for the…
UPDATED: Tuesday 23 April at 11:30AM The first stop on the road to the benecos British Basketball Play-Offs Final at The O2 in London next month for both our BBL and WBBL teams has now been set. Following the conclusion of the WBBL Championship season this weekend we now know that our Eagles will travel to…
Newcastle Eagles missed the chance to take a four-game winning streak into next weekend’s playoffs. But Chris Bunten’s in-form side came within a whisker of taking another top four scalp following an overtime thriller in Manchester. The homecourt Mystics scraped a last-gasp win to seal a fifth victory in six games. And Newcastle only had…
Chris Bunten is braced to play the waiting game this weekend as he makes late decisions on the fitness of key players and watches this season’s final playoff picture take shape. Win or lose against Manchester Mystics today, Newcastle Eagles will finish seventh in the WBBL Championship table. And the only issue is whether Bunten’s…
Newcastle Eagles WBBL eased to a third win on the bounce on the back of 19 points inside 22 minutes from flying forward Georgia Ohrdorf. Former Team GB star Steph Gandy maintained her impressive burst of late-season form with 15 points. And Newcastle are timing their run to the playoffs to perfection – sealing a…
Chris Bunten is braced for a battle of power versus pace as the WBBL’s playoff picture becomes clearer this weekend. With just two weeks of regular season action remaining, Newcastle Eagles are guaranteed a top eight finish. But Bunten is focused on securing sixth spot – and a possible quarter-final match-up with Sheffield Hatters –…
It has already been a landmark season for the club, with us moving into our new Eagles Community Arena and having our own WBBL team for the first time, yet lines in the history books continue to be written. Home wins for our men and women last week secured them both their places in the…
A dramatic final quarter at the Eagles Community Arena saw Newcastle Eagles take a huge step towards securing their WBBL play-off place as they managed a nail-biting 59-56 win over London Lions. On the back of perhaps their best performance of the season, a 96-87 win over Leicester Riders just a week prior, playcaller Chris…
