Red hot rookie Georgia Ohrdorf is relishing a return to WBBL action after revealing Newcastle Eagles’ punishing December schedule holds no fears for a team in transition. The all-action Aussie has burst onto the British basketball scene after signing for Chris Bunten’s side during the summer. And Ohrdorf insisted the Eagles will be ready for…
Newcastle Eagles Academy star Tosan Evboumwan continues to make a name for himself, having picked up a duo of awards this month. Tosan has represented both England and Great Britain, and now competes in the Elite Academy Basketball League (EABL) for the Eagles newly formed Under-19 side. The 6’8″ forward was recently voted EABL player…
Yesterday afternoon the Eagles found out their reward for Saturday night’s stunning road victory in the BBL Cup Quarter-Final at Leicester when they were paired with London Lions in the semi-final draw. That will be a blockbuster of a tie when it comes around in early December when it pits the current BBL League leaders…
Esh Group Eagles Newcastle powered through to the BBL Cup semi-finals last night at The Morningside Arena, Leicester against deadly rivals Riders. Stand-out forward Victor Moses was the star of the show but once again he got great support from his team-mates and in particular Jeremy Smith and the emerging flourishing talented Kyle Williams. It…
Newcastle Eagles edged an absorbing end-to-end encounter with the Cheshire Phoenix to record back-to-back victories in the BBL Championship. Kyle Williams top scored for Fab Flournoy’s side as the hosts secured a narrow 96-94 victory at Sport Central on Friday night. Both sides entered the match-up in good form. The Eagles snapped a two-game losing…
Esh Group Eagles Newcastle face the old maxim of “one game at a time” as they go in to another tough weekend of BBL basketball action. They face two games in 24 hours for the second time in little over two weeks with the outcome seemingly crucial to their season even at this early stage….
The Swiss national basketball team will benefit from a vocal North East following this weekend with Newcastle Eagles’ WBBL skipper Giulia Simioni taking centre stage for the hosts. Chris Bunten, his assistant and six members of his Sport Central roster are flying out to Fribourg tomorrow ahead of Switzerland’s Eurobasket qualifier against the Czech Republic…
The British Basketball League is set to lead the way in automated TV production in the UK starting with an Eagles game next month. Should the tests and December pilot game be successful, the League will be the first professional sports league in the UK to employ the technology for TV broadcast purposes. Over the…
Esh Group Eagles Newcastle face yet another tough and crucial week in their quest to fashion a position from where they could bring silverware back to basketball’s most successful franchise, writes Jeff King. On Friday night at Northumbria University Sport Central they face Cheshire Phoenix in a BBL Championship clash and then the following night…
