Esh Group Eagles Newcastle marched on in The BBL Championship with their eight-straight victory on Friday night over DBL Sharks Sheffield whom many consider to be a major rival for the Championship, writes Jeff King. But, as always seems the case these days, their 100 – 93 victory was not achieved without fourth quarter thrills…
Following our huge win over third-placed DBL Sharks Sheffield last night in front of a fantastic crowd supporting us at Northumbria University Sport Central, our Esh Group Eagles Newcastle threw their support behind fellow North East sports team Sunderland AFC’s fundraising campaign ‘For Bradley’ to create a holiday home for sick children and their families. The ‘For…
Forget the Williams sisters. Newcastle have netted the Williams brothers. And if a packed Sport Central only witnessed a brief glimpse of what brothers Kai and Jamal can do together as a doubles partnership then there’s no doubt the Eagles are suddenly stronger with two genuine BBL aces in their pack. Or so it seemed…
An in-form Darius Defoe believes his Esh Group Eagles Newcastle have what it takes to keep The BBL League Leaders on their unbeaten Championship run against a tough DBL Sharks Sheffield tonight at Northumbria University Sport Central, writes Jeff King. Defoe who has been an inspirational figure for The Eagles this season so far, averaging…
Esh Group Eagles Newcastle have taken the opportunity to strength their roster further and to address any potential issues in the future by signing 6’ 5” forward Jamal Williams. If the name’s familiar so will be the face as it’s none other than current Eagles player, Kai Williams’ brother who played alongside Kai for London…
The BBL have released their dream-roster of the All-Star Five after last weekend’s performances and once again there’s a double showing from our Eagles with Jaysean Paige and Darius Defoe both starting. Paige has become only the second player in the BBL this season so far to book a third appearance. Here’s the full line-up…
Our Esh Group Eagles Newcastle managing director Paul Blake has welcomed the inclusion of three Eagles stars in England’s training squad ahead of the Commonwealth Games. Darius Defoe, Drew Lasker and Kai Williams have all been invited to next week’s first camp where coach Andreas Kapoulas will begin the process of selecting his Gold Cast…
Esh Group Eagles Newcastle maintained their 100% BBL Championship record with a tough, hared earned road win at Cheshire last night writes Jeff King. Whilst it was a modicum of revenge for the cup defeat in Newcastle just over a week ago, more importantly it was another step forward for Fab Flournoy’s team. The undoubted…
After the surprise loss to Cheshire Phoenix in The BBL Cup last weekend, Esh Group Eagles Newcastle bounced back to winning ways on Friday night with a 103 – 80 defeat of Surrey Scorchers in a BBL Championship clash, writes Jeff King. The win maintained The Eagles’ 100% record in league play and as veteran…
