Men
July 12, 2018
Once An Eagle, Always An Eagle
#AlwaysAnEagle
Once An Eagle, Always An Eagle
Men
July 8, 2018
Eagles Flew Into World Streetball Quarter Final
Darius Defoe represented our Eagles at the North East as part of the UK’s team ‘Midnight Madness’ in their annual trip to world streetball tournament Quai 54 in Paris, France over the weekend. The tournament hosts 16 teams competing for the world streetball title with players from all across the world stepping out onto the…
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…
Foundation
June 22, 2018
Our Team Northumbria Head Coach Takes On GB Job
Congratulations to our NBL Division 1 Team Northumbria men’s head coach Marc Steutel who has just been announced in the same job with the Great Britain Under-20 Men’s squad. Coach Steutel takes the reigns from Bristol Flyers and Basketball England men’s Andreas Kapoulas, who had been at the helm of GB over the past two…
Arena
June 20, 2018
Internal Walls Going Up
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…
Men
June 15, 2018
Fab Finder Becomes NBA Head Coach
Perfectly timed as we start our series of stories about faces of British Basketball with Eagles connections we congratulate Nick Nurse, the two-time BBL Coach of the Year who brought our own Fab Flournoy to Britain, on being confirmed as the new head coach of Toronto Raptors in the NBA. It was back in 1996 when…
Arena
June 10, 2018
Over £3,500 Raised By Ben Nevis Challenge
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…
June 4, 2018
Eagles Fan Wins Britain’s Got Talent
A huge well done from everyone at the Eagles to ‘Lost Voice Guy’ Lee Ridley on winning Britain’s Got Talent last night. Lee, from Consett, has followed the club for many years and is a well-known face to fans who attended our games along with him both at the Metro Radio Arena and Sport Central….
Foundation
June 3, 2018
Eagles Victorious In Hoopsfix All-Star Classic
Led by Eagles’ assistant coach Ian Macleod and starring our academy player Tosan Evbuomwan, ‘Team Black’ flew to victory at the 2018 Hoopsfix All-Star Classic Underclassmen’s game yesterday afternoon in Brixton. Underclassmen Team Black Coach @CoachMacleod shares his thoughts on today’s event! #HASC18 pic.twitter.com/FjnYIV5jTQ — Hoopsfix 🇬🇧🏀 (@Hoopsfix) June 2, 2018 “Mac’s Blacks”, as they were…
