As the return of BBL and WBBL action approaches, along with the new NBL and CVL seasons for our academy and junior club players, preparations are taking place both in and outside our Eagles Community Arena. Last month our Eagles Community Foundation, the charity who own and operate the ECA, appealed to Eagles basketball fans…
Two Eagles have flown to to the FIBA Under-18 Men’s European Championships with our national team this summer and produced a stunning 87-85 overtime win against over reigning champions Serbia yesterday. Our Eagles Academy star Tosan Evbuomwan (pictured wearing jersey number 11) finished as the second-top-scorer of the clash, in part from his lay-up with…
We have been in our new Eagles Community Arena home since the start of the year and as a venue owned and operated by our foundation, in keeping with its core values, we are very keen that the arena is both part of the local community and adds to it. As summer is now upon us…
Former Team Northumbria coach Deirdre Tozer-Hayes has paid tribute to North East basketball’s most successful export after hailing Chantelle Handy’s immense contribution to Great Britain’s biggest success. The national team were beaten by Serbia in Sunday’s bronze medal play-off match. But Handy, from Consett, County Durham won her 127th GB cap as part of the…
Esh Group today renewed their sponsorship of Newcastle Eagles Basketball for a 10th consecutive year in a deal which also includes support of our Eagles Community Foundation. In January this year the group’s Esh Build division completed their transformation of a derelict parcel of land on Scotswood Road, in the West End of Newcastle, into our new purpose-built…
British Basketball League stars Matthew Bryan-Amaning, Conner Washington, Josh Ward Hibbert, Josh Steel, Jordan Spencer and our very own Darius Defoe headline rosters in this Sunday’s ‘Jump 10’ event at Loughborough University. The club is dispatching it’s very own team for the one-day tournament, which will be led by BBL team assistant coach Ian Macleod….
This July we have lots going on to keep you active at our Eagles Community Arena. In conjunction with Newcastle College, the Lawn Tennis Association and North East Dance, our Eagles Community Foundation are pleased to announce the following taster courses, which are all available free of charge across July 2019. Sessions are open to…
Eagles BBL team sponsors Vertu Honda Newcastle have been keeping our players on the road with a fleet of Honda cars for the last five years and the dealership is now extending its support to North East basketball by sponsoring one of our Eagles Community Foundation’s junior clubs for the second successive season. The aspiring…
This July and August our Eagles Community Foundation have a huge Summer Basketball Camp taking place for young players to get on court in the school holidays. Eagles camps are a great way to keep the kids active in the break. The young players will develop their basketball, learn new skills, play competitions and have…
