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Report: Betway British Basketball All-Stars Championship

Newcastle Eagles/Articles by: Jeff King
Men
September 24, 2017
Report: Betway British Basketball All-Stars Championship

Basketball’s equivalent of Cricket’s T20 blast arrived in The UK yesterday with Barry Hearn’s Matchroom Productions bringing their heavy metal support to British Basketball, writes Jeff King. The competition featured the top eight from last season’s BBL Championship table was uncharted territory that featured golden buzzer power-plays, 12-minute games, 5 point shooting lines, running clocks…

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British Basketball All-Stars Championship
Men
September 23, 2017
Dane Adds Different Dimension

It’s not often you can sign a foreign international player to complete your roster as you prepare for another tough season but in Denmark’s 6’ 7” Zarko Jukic that’s exactly what Esh Group Eagles Newcastle achieved, writes Jeff King. The immensely athletic and talented forward is only 23-years old but has already seen action in…

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Interview
Men
September 22, 2017
Excited Rookie Ready For Funky Town

After a stellar five-year college career at the University of Manitoba, Canadian AJ Basi was ready to turn from senior Bison to fledgling Eagle as the Winnipeg native signed on the dotted line for Esh Group Eagles Newcastle, writes Jeff King. Upon signing that contract, he made no secret of the fact that he felt…

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AJ Basi
Men
September 20, 2017
Steutel Speaks About Sunday And Beyond

Team Northumbria Men’s basketball are going in to the 2017/18 season as reigning English Basketball League Division One Champions. Given that it’s a position only one-off the top flight British Basketball League it was some achievement last year by Head Coach Marc Steutel and his roster. The Championship has given them an opportunity to play…

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Interview
Blogs
September 19, 2017
Salou To Benfield And Next Stop London

Well that was a good weekend, now wasn’t it? The Rocks were well and truly rolled and Team Northumbria were blown away in the second half after a tight first half where they showed they have a really good squad. I interviewed TN Coach Marc Steutel after the game so won’t give too much away…

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Foundation
September 12, 2017
Preparing For Excellence

It’s not just the BBL Eagles that are preparing for the season ahead, our School of Excellence, which is the cornerstone of our Eagles Community Foundation, just launched their 12th season of competition. This season the SoE to give it its abbreviated title will run teams at Under-18 women’s, Under-14 and Under-16 boys, Under-18 and…

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School of Excellence
Blogs
September 12, 2017
First Question Answered Tougher Ones To Come

Mmmmm not sure about the title of this one? I mean I kept telling you all to be excited, very excited and then we came out Friday night and bombed the **** out of Team USA Select displaying a style of basketball that was, well…… exciting! But and with the greatest respect to Team USA…

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Men
September 11, 2017
Now On The Other Side of The Eagles

They will certainly face tougher tests this season and as they say one swallow doesn’t make a summer but the new-look Esh Group Eagles Newcastle were certainly impressive on Friday night, writes Jeff King. In their first competitive outing, together they hit no less than 19 three-point shots from beyond the arc and dished out…

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Featured
Men
September 5, 2017
Lasker Points The Way

Excited or excitement or even exciting, these seem to be the buzz words about the new-look Esh Group Eagles Newcastle roster that will contest the British basketball season, writes Jeff King. Even though Head Coach Fab Flournoy has already stated that what’s on paper doesn’t always translate to what you get on court, there’s a…

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Drew Lasker