This week is the tip-off of the 2017-18 BBL season coverage on BBC Sport with our game against Leicester Riders on Friday night. Ahead of our BBL Championship tip-off at Sport Central, Team Northumbria, our Women’s British Basketball League side, take on Caledonia Pride in a game which will also be show live on the BBC…
This Friday night the BBL Championship’s top two teams finally face-off in what is going to be the biggest game of the season so far. Hurry and book your tickets now before this huge clash between our top of the table Eagles and last year’s champions sells-out.
Every Christmas our Esh Group Eagles Newcastle squad take time out to visit the Children’s Heart Unit at the Freeman Hospital in Newcastle to meet the patients and staff, and drop off some early presents from Santa. The Freeman Hospital is one of only two hospitals in the UK performing heart transplants for babies and…
Eagles game nights are a great fun night out for adults and kids alike and on Friday 10th November when the Surrey Scorchers visited Sport Central so did Chloe McGuirk better known as the North East blogger New Girl In Toon. Chloe is the latest guest blogger we are featuring this season and here is…
Wednesday 29 November 2017 will go down in the club’s history as literally a ground breaking day with work beginning at Riverside Dene in Elswick for our year-long build of the Eagles Community Arena (ECA). The brand new, multi-million pound, purpose-built community sports arena will house our Eagles Community Foundation (ECF), top-flight British basketball with…
We are pleased to announce that work has begun on a brand new, purpose-built community sports arena as the new multi-million pound home for the Eagles Community Foundation (ECF). The state-of-the-art venue will house our award winning North East charity and host the region’s most successful sports team – our Esh Group Eagles Newcastle. It is anticipated…
Saah Nimley joins Jaysean Paige as the second only player in the BBL to record a fourth starting appearance in the league’s line-up this week with Drew Laker starring off the bench. Here’s the full week 9 All-Star roster: Saah Nimley (Esh Group Eagles Newcastle) The Eagles’ playmaker joins his team-mate Jaysean Paige on four…
Many items in our club shop have been re-stocked for Christmas including lots of 2017-18 replica kit. Browse the online club shop or visit us on a game night in the North East corner of Sport Central.
Three of our Eagles took part in Team England’s 4-day camp in Manchester last week in preparation for next year’s Commonwealth Games, with Darius Defoe, Drew Lasker and Kai Williams joining many more BBL ballers as well as those who are based overseas. In total there were 23 players attended the sessions at the National…
