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’…
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…
Tonight’s BBL Championship clash sees Esh Group Eagles going in to battle against The BBL’s bottom of the league side, Worcester Wolves. The Wolves have a 1 – 7 record compared to Newcastle’s 5 – 2 so on paper this looks like a home banker. But, those 2 losses came last weekend so the Eagles…
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…
The unbeaten start to the season through October as well as consistently strong performances on court have netted Fab Flournoy and Rahmon Fletcher accolades this week. Our player/coach Fab Flournoy led our Eagles through flawless first five games of the new season to take home the first Molten Kevin Cadle BBL Coach of the Month…
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…
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…
Impressive displays by Rahmon Fletcher and Victor Moses in last week’s games home and away earned them places in the starting line-up of the BBL’s All-Star Five for week 4 of the season. Fletcher is a former two-time BBL MVP and he has wasted no time in reminding everyone of his quality with 13 assists…
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…
