From today, Friday 17 May 2019, the Eagles Community Arena (ECA) car parking charges are in effect. The ECA is owned and operated by our Eagles Community Foundation, a registered charity, and so in using the car park you are supporting the future of both our arena and all the people who benefit from our…
This week Basketball England launched a new initiative that aims to put 1,000 basketball nets on outdoor hoops across the country. We want as many basketball players from across the North East to get involved with ‘Project Swish’, as it is called, to get missing or broken nets replaced on courts across our region. The project will not…
The 2018-19 basketball season represented a year of huge growth for Newcastle Eagles and their Academy. The latest addition to the clubs growing provision is an academic/sporting hybrid programme, with the target of providing an elite level experience for 16-19 years old players, on and off the court. 14 young athletes were selected to be…
Walking Basketball will taking place at the Eagles Community Arena starting from Friday 17 May. The walking game is aimed at the over 55 age range as part of our growing Active Ageing programme, but everyone is welcome. The sessions run most Fridays from 12-noon until 1pm and are just £2 per person paid on the…
Our Academy star Tosan Evbuomwan has enrolled with Princeton University to begin his 4-year college career. Signing proudly watched his Eagles EABL teammates and coach at our Eagles Community Arena this week. Princeton are part of the famed ‘Ivy League’ in the United States of America, a small group of elite level academic institutions. The…
Congratulations to our rising Academy star Theo Riley who has received the Week 19 EABL Player of the Week award. The guard picked up a double-double with 31 points and 11 rebounds, as well as 5 assists, 5 steals and 2 blocks in our EABL team’s road win at SGS College last week. EABL team…
This morning CIPD North East of England announced their 2019 HR&D Awards is set to take place at our Eagles Community Arena on Thursday 20 June and that the night will also raise funds for our foundation. The event is the region’s most prestigious ceremony for the best human resources and people management teams, recognising and celebrating outstanding achievements…
We are proud to announce our Wall of Fame is now up in our Eagles Community Arena foyer. Thank you to all the fans, sponsors and supporters of our foundation who have donated to purchase a brick so far. The donations to our Eagles Community Foundation for each one have been a big help to…
Anyone attending last Friday’s sparkling opening night of the new Eagles Nest couldn’t have failed to have been impressed by the new arena and what it can offer to basketball in the region. The real proof of that pudding though really hit home less than 12 hours later in the very same space. Saturday morning…
