Esh Group Eagles Newcastle 85 (20,45,66) (Defoe 22, Cooke 18, Martin 18) Durham Wildcats 78 (17,30,54) (Huffor 17, Allison 16, Bucci 11, Attah 11) Esh Group Eagles Newcastle rode out 85-78 winners in the north-east derby on Tyneside, but had to work hard to see off a pesky Durham Wildcats team. In a first quarter when…
Fab Flournoy joined Marco Pierre White this afternoon at the Marco Pierre White Steakhouse at Hotel Indigo in the centre of Newcastle, to celebrate the first birthday of the restaurant. We would like to thank Marco and the staff at Hotel Indigo for their support and well wishes for our opening game of the season tomorrow…
Esh Group Eagles Newcastle will head into their season opener against Durham Wildcats in a better position than previous campaigns, according to coach Fab Flournoy. There have been big changes at Sport Central over the summer with former stars Drew Lasker and Paul Gause among a raft of new recruits. But the new-look Eagles have…
Eagles coach Ian MacLeod is making the move out of the junior coaching ranks this season to step up to the BBL bench alongside head coach Fab Flournoy and assistant Dave Forrester for the start of the 2013-14 season. Macleod, from Newcastle’s East End and a former pupil at Benfield school, is relishing the role…
Newcastle Eagles teamed up with local firm Mears last week, for a charity event with a competitive twist. Mears who provide repairs and maintenance on behalf of The Gateshead Housing Company set up the day to raise money for local charity, the Eagles Community Foundation. Ten teams played a total of 18 games, with teams…
BBL Championship Play-Off Final Jelson Homes DMU Leicester Riders 68 (Sullivan 24, Anderson 13, Couisnard 8, Taylor 8) Newcastle Eagles 57 (Defoe 13, Maddox 12, Smith 12) Jelson Homes DMU Leicester Riders produced a superb defensive performance to win the BBL Play-off Final 68-57 against Newcastle Eagles, completing a treble after lifting the BBL Cup…
Surrey Heat 96 (21, 48, 68) (Holmes F 35, Holmes C 20, Holmes T 20) Newcastle Eagles 92 (34, 50, 74) (Smith 25, Maddox 24, Chapman 16) (Eagles win 202-178 on aggregate) Newcastle Eagles slipped to a 96-92 defeat in the second leg of their BBL Play-off semi-final against Surrey Heat, but will get the…
Marc Steutel has been selected EBL Coach of the Year again, but this time in Division 1! Steutel was selected as Coach of the Year in 2011/12 as he helped lead Team Northumbria to promotion to Division 1, and in his first season at the top level was chosen by his peers for the same…
As the British Basketball League prepares to congregate on Sunday for a the 2013 BBL Play-Off Final, BBL Chairman Paul Blake believes there is cause to celebrate even before the absorbing 2012-13 season reaches a thrilling climax. “Even before this coveted last piece of silverware has been handed out to either the Riders or the…
