The Newcastle Eagles are putting part of their success down to good night sleep courtesy of 1907 Beds. The North-East firm and its sister company, Palatine Beds, have produced 7ft beds to accommodate the Newcastle Eagles players who hail from all over the world including Bulgaria, the USA, Lithuania, and the UK. In an interview…
The first Newcastle Eagles Hoops4Health Tournament took place on Wednesday 14th November at Northumberland Church of England Academy. NCEAsport sixth formers took the role of team managers, officials and scorers with great success demonstrating excellent leadership skills. All NCEA primary sites were represented and played some super basketball following their training with Newcastle Eagles coach…
BBL Team of the Week: Week 8 Statistically, Week 8 witnessed the best collective performance of the season. Three players grab second appearances, and two others make their debut. Jeremy Bell (UCP Marjon Plymouth Raiders; pictured) It’s a second spot of the season for former MVP Jeremy Bell after the playmaker helped UCP Marjon Plymouth…
Newcastle Eagles 96 (Smith 21, Defoe 18, Chapman 18) Manchester Giants 76 (Gill 23, Eaves 13, Aliu 11) Reigning champions Newcastle Eagles showed their class to ease past Manchester Giants in the north-east. The experienced trio of Charles Smith, Darius Defoe and Joe Chapman led the scoring for the home team as they cruised to…
BBL Team of the Week – Week 7 A trio of debutantes and Newcastle Eagles’ players dominate our line-up this week. Damon Huffman (Newcastle Eagles) It’s a long overdue debut for the Eagles’ playmaker who has been excellent ever since he arrived on Tyneside during the summer. He has fitted seamlessly into the team and…
We take a look at who has been hot since the season tipped-off during late September. Scoring machines Former British Basketball League MVP Jeremy Bell (UCP Marjon Plymouth Raiders; pictured) is way out in front when it comes to scoring so far this season. He is one of five players currently averaging over 19 points…
BBL Cup Quarter-Final Newcastle Eagles 107 (29, 62, 84) (Huffman 25, Chapman 23, Maddox 19) Worcester Wolves 85 (19, 38, 48) (Owumi 24, Ocitti 21, Kazlauskas 16) Defending BBL Cup champions Newcastle Eagles reached the semi-finals of this year’s competition with a dominant 107-85 victory over Worcester Wolves in a game that saw some excellent…
Newcastle Eagles 63 (Smith 17, Chapman 11, Huffman 10) Jelson Homes DMU Leicester Riders 75 (Couisnard 27, Losonsky 15, Anderson/Sullivan 9) In the battle of the undefeated starts, the Jelson Homes DMU Leicester Riders came out on top to maintain their 100% start to the BBL Championship campaign thanks to an impressive 63-75 victory over…
Newcastle Eagles have announced the signing of 25 year old England International Joe Ikhimnwin. The new recruit grew up around the site of the 2012 games in Stratford and played his first basketball at Barking Academy. The young star made his first appearance with London Leopards in EBL Division 1 at the age of 18….
