On the back of three away defeats it couldn’t be more important for a big home support for our Esh Group Eagles Newcastle with two games at Sport Central in one week. First up it’s the rearranged fixture against Worcester Wolves unusually a midweek game for our Eagles on the night of Tuesday 3 April,…
Due to our player-coach Fab Flournoy’s recent injury, he has had to receive further treatment from doctors in Newcastle today and so despite his intentions to travel with the team to the Leicester Riders game he has been unable to make the journey. Our Assistant Coach Ian Macleod will be calling the shots from courtside…
This week Jaysean Paige and Jure Gunjina find themselves in the pick from the BBL, both playing off the bench. Congratulations guys! Here’s the full roster: Rob Sandoval (Cheshire Phoenix) With added competition from last week’s arrival of Elvisi Dusha, the Phoenix guard responded in the right way by posting one of his best lines…
Another round of games and another starting place for one of our Eagles as Jaysean Paige now clocks-up eight appearances on the BBL’s pick of players. Congratulations Jaysean! Here’s the full roster this week: Tony Hicks (Surrey Scorchers) Surrey Scorchers completely blew away struggling Leeds Force and Hicks was at the heart of a commanding…
Drew Lasker has pledged to do Newcastle proud as he prepares for the most exciting challenge of his basketball career. The veteran Eagles guard flies out to Australia on Thursday as part of England’s 12-man Commonwealth Games squad. And Lasker has promised to make the most of an unexpected opportunity after grasping the chance to…
Just before the blizzards and high winds hit the North East for the second time this month, our Eagles Community Arena constructors Esh Group managed to get us this fantastic aerial photo of the build so far in an “Eagle’s eye view” of our new home. Find out more about the Eagles Community Arena on…
Basketball England today named their squads who will compete at the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games in Australia next month and we are delighted to share with you that your Eagles guard Drew Lasker has been called up to Team England. Drew tweeted about the news this morning saying how much he appreciated the opportunity: I’m proud…
The BBL’s latest line-up of players sees one of our Eagles make his impressive seventh appearance in the All-Star starting five this season as well as two other players of ours featuring. Congratulations to Jaysean Paige and Zarko Jukic starting this week and Drew Lasker starring off the bench. Here’s the full roster from the…
Tickets are now on sale for our rearranged game against Worcester Wolves which will be on Tuesday 3 April 2018 with doors opening at 6:30pm and tip-off at 7:30pm. Due to limited venue availability at Sport Central, the club has had to take the decision to play this game in a limited capacity format – with only 1,000…
