Darius Defoe is determined to put a summer of serious soul searching behind him and right the wrongs of a frustrating season for Newcastle Eagles. The fan favourite is one of just three returning players as a revamped roster looks to put the men in black back where they belong – at the BBL summit….
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…
This has been a week of arrivals for Esh Group Eagles Newcastle as their new-look roster has flown in from all over the globe to prepare for the 2017/18 British Basketball League season, wrote Jeff King for the Sunday Sun newspaper yesterday. From Zagreb to Winnipeg, from Copenhagen to New York and from Toronto to…
As your Esh Group Eagles Newcastle build-up to pre-season we are pleased to announce that MKM Building Supplies, one of our loyal corporate partners for a number of years, has joined the team as our pre-season games sponsor. Esh Group Eagles Newcastle Managing Director Paul Blake thanked MKM Building Supplies for their support, saying “We…
In the biggest rebuild of recent seasons a total of seven new Eagles fly in over the next seven days in preparation for our pre-season schedule, the British Basketball All-Stars Championship and of course the 2017/18 British Basketball League campaign. Earlier this week, upon the announcement of our final new signing, our commentator and press…
Esh Group Eagles Newcastle have continued the international recruitment theme as they complete their 2017/18 roster with Danish National Team player Zarko Jukic, writes Jeff King. The 6’ 7” forward despite being only 23-year-old already has a wealth of European experience to bring to Tyneside. He started in the senior basketball ranks as a teenager…
Our recently announced squad of Eagles will be flying out on-court together for the first time in our pre-season schedule on Friday 8th, Saturday 16th and Sunday 17th September. See our new and returning players suit-up against the international visitors of Team USA Select, the 2016-17 NBL Division 1 and Play-Off Champions of Team Northumbria,…
