The club remain bang on course to play BBL basketball at the brand new Eagles Community Arena before Christmas. And following the release of this season’s fixtures, owner Paul Blake admitted the finishing line is in sight following a decade of meticulous planning and tough negotiations. The 2018-19 campaign will see the organisation play in…
It has been a few weeks since we brought you an update from our Eagles Community Arena building site, so we are excited to show you how quickly our constructors Esh Group have got our new ‘nest’ flying-up. If you have passed the venue on Scotswood Road you will have seen a huge amount of progress recently…
Our Newcastle Eagles Academy star Tosan Evbuomwan has been selected for the final 12 to play in Division A of the FIBA Under-18 European Championship in Latvia this week. Tosan will make his FIBA competition debut in Group D this Saturday 28 July against Montenegro, followed by games versus Serbia and Lithuania, before Brtain’s round…
It may be the summer break from the BBL season, but as we all know by now basketball never stops and especially for two familiar faces of the Eagles and our community foundation programmes. Eagles BBL team assistant coach Ian Macleod and our academy star Tosan Evbuomwan are currently in the Spanish city of Melilla for…
Congratulations to our NBL Division 1 Team Northumbria men’s head coach Marc Steutel who has just been announced in the same job with the Great Britain Under-20 Men’s squad. Coach Steutel takes the reigns from Bristol Flyers and Basketball England men’s Andreas Kapoulas, who had been at the helm of GB over the past two…
On Saturday 9th June club and foundation staff were joined by some of our sponsors on a trek to the summit of the highest mountain in the British Isles to raise much needed additional funds for our Eagles Community Arena. After an early start around 7:45am ‘Team Eagles’ took on their Ben Nevis Challenge in…
Led by Eagles’ assistant coach Ian Macleod and starring our academy player Tosan Evbuomwan, ‘Team Black’ flew to victory at the 2018 Hoopsfix All-Star Classic Underclassmen’s game yesterday afternoon in Brixton. Underclassmen Team Black Coach @CoachMacleod shares his thoughts on today’s event! #HASC18 pic.twitter.com/FjnYIV5jTQ — Hoopsfix 🇬🇧🏀 (@Hoopsfix) June 2, 2018 “Mac’s Blacks”, as they were…
On Saturday 9th June our Eagles Community Foundation and club staff will don their hiking boots and set-out on their way to the summit of Ben Nevis to raise funds which will go towards making the Eagles Community Arena into an extraordinary venue. Inspired from their visit to the building site yesterday and knowing first…
The head coaches have been announced for this weekend’s Hoopsfix All-Star Classic tournament and our Esh Group Eagles Newcastle assistant coach Ian Macleod will take to the side-line with ‘Team Black’ in the ‘Underclassmen’ game. The event returns for its fourth year to shine a spotlight on British basketball talent with the rosters selected at two…
