Sunderland primary school Hoops4Health finalists came to play prior to a Newcastle Eagles game with a guarantee that a new primary school would take the title as current holders Seaburn Dene failed to make it through. 2017 former semi finalists St. Cuthbert’s RC, Barnes Juniors and Farringdon returned with Richard Avenue being the newcomer to…
Last week over 400 young people took part in the second annual Tesco Bank Junior Players tournament which has it’s grand final at half-time during our game this Friday night against the Sheffield Sharks. On the day the team from Tesco Bank were out in force helping to make the whole event possible along with…
This Wednesday saw over 400 primary school pupils from across Newcastle take part in the second annual Tesco Bank Junior Players tournament. Amongst the crowds watching the action on court was our Eagles BBL players and brothers, Jamal and Kai Williams, who stopped by ahead of their much anticipated BBL Championship match against Leicester Riders…
The Eagles Rookie League sponsored by intu is a turn up and play, fun and friendly way for kids in school years 1 through to 5 to get involved in playing basketball, keeping fit and staying healthy. HEALTH, FITNESS AND FUN FOR SCHOOL YEARS 1-5 Head on down to Gateshead Leisure Centre every Sunday 14 January…
At this time of year many people take time to be thankful and that is no different for our Eagles Community Foundation this year. The foundation has so much going as it looks towards the build of the Eagles Community Arena in 2018 and this year they were delighted to receive a huge boost for…
We are pleased to announce that work has begun on a brand new, purpose-built community sports arena as the new multi-million pound home for the Eagles Community Foundation (ECF). The state-of-the-art venue will house our award winning North East charity and host the region’s most successful sports team – our Esh Group Eagles Newcastle. It is anticipated…
This week our Eagles visited Gosforth Junior High Academy for a Hoops 4 Health session for our community foundation in partnership with Northumbrian Water. and BBC Look North went along to see what it was all about. Over the next year thousands of young people across the region will learn the importance of staying hydrated and choosing…
This week Eagles’ guard Drew Lasker joined two North East football legends, Sunderland’s Kevin Ball and Newcastle United’s Bob Moncur, along with pupils from Balliol Primary School to launch year two of Tesco Bank Junior Players community sports programme. Last year the programme saw over 18,500 primary school pupils from across the region get fit…
Today marks 15-years since the first games of the Newcastle Eagles’ Central Venue League (CVL) back on Saturday 2 November 2002. The Eagles’ CVL was born out of a need by the basketball community of the North East with no junior basketball leagues running prior to it’s launch when the only other opportunity for young…
