All-action Aussie Georgia Ohrdorf already has one eye on her second season in a Newcastle Eagles vest – just weeks after bursting onto the WBBL scene. The versatile forward made her first All-Star Five last month after coming off the bench to sink 15 points in just 16 minutes against London Lions. And Ohrdorf added…
Esh Group Eagles Newcastle’s perfect start to the season came to an end after losing a heated encounter 84-68 to title rivals Leicester Riders. Fab Flournoy’s side were frustrated by the visitors’ combative play in a defeat which gives the Midlands outfit an early advantage in the BBL Championship race. Newcastle remain top of the…
Esh Group Eagles Newcastle face their biggest challenge of the 2018-19 BBL Championship season so far as reigning Champions, Play-Off winners and Trophy holders Leicester ride in to town. It’s an eagerly awaited clash of the two powerhouses of British basketball with the rest of the league looking on. The Eagles are currently flying high…
Esh Group Eagles Newcastle are off to a flying start in The BBL this season going undefeated thus far. On Friday at Sport Central they face their toughest test of the fledgling season as the reigning BBL Champions Leicester Riders are in town. Mercurial Point Guard Rahmon Fletcher is also off to an electric start but…
Captain fantastic Giulia Simioni is convinced December’s move to the Eagles Community Arena will breathe new life into women’s basketball in Newcastle. The Swiss international has made a stunning start to the new WBBL season and already leads the league in assists. And the former Team Northumbria favourite feels Newcastle Eagles’ women are on the…
With a soaring five games, five wins start in The BBL Championship the high-flying Esh Group Eagles Newcastle are sitting pretty on their perch aloft the top of the league. Head Coach Fab Flournoy’s black and white army are starting to look very much like the team to beat this season. Flournoy himself summed up…
In the same week two of our BBL team made the league’s All-Star Five starters, two of our WBBL players fly into the revered roster after stand-out performances in their Cup game on Saturday. Getting her first ever appearance in the All-Stars it’s Georgia Ohrdorf. She excelled against the BA London Lions with 15 points, 10 rebounds…
Our Eagles Community Arena is really starting to look like our new home now with just eight weeks to go until the first BBL game is scheduled for tip-off. There’s still lots to do and that’s no understatement, but at this point as you take a look around the building you can really see just…
Impressive displays by Rahmon Fletcher and Victor Moses in last week’s games home and away earned them places in the starting line-up of the BBL’s All-Star Five for week 4 of the season. Fletcher is a former two-time BBL MVP and he has wasted no time in reminding everyone of his quality with 13 assists…
