Returning to the Eagles’ roster for the 2018/19 season is 5’10” point guard Themba Yabantu. The teenager who was a product of our Academy program was promoted to the senior side towards the end of last season. The 2017 Academy Player of the Year had been training full-time with the senior squad throughout last season…
Eddie Matthew has revealed that a desire to buy back into the ethos underpinning Esh Group Eagles Newcastle prompted a welcome return to Tyneside. The club’s youngest BBL star – the guard made his debut for the men in black aged 16 – returns to Sport Central after a three-year absence. And 22-year-old Matthew made…
Basketball England have announced their annual awards which recognise the volunteers doing great things for our game across the country. There are a number of new award categories for 2018 along with existing ones which all be presented at a new Volunteer Awards dinner as part of the new Basketball England Game Conference in September….
Esh Group Eagles Newcastle are hoping that their seventh signing of the summer is the man to take them to the Promised Land and return them to the top of the BBL as they land a player they have coveted in the past. Victor Moses is a 6’7” powerhouse American forward that will bring huge…
The club has agreed to take the city’s WBBL franchise under its wing to secure the future of top flight women’s hoops on Tyneside. Northumbria University’s decision to focus on University Sport had left the future of the Team Northumbria National League team in doubt. But talks between the Eagles and the university concluded this…
Esh Group Eagles Newcastle have swooped into the USA collegiate graduate ranks to pluck their sixth signing of the summer and feather their nest with their second import spot for the 2018/19 season. Coming out of the University of North Carolina-Asheville, where he had an outstanding record-breaking career, 23-year-old Ahmad Thomas is an athletic 6’…
The famous Williams siblings will hit the court together in Newcastle later this year. But it’s brothers in arms Kai and Jamal – rather than swinging sisters Serena and Venus – looking to net silverware on Tyneside. For the second season on the bounce the Esh Group Eagles Newcastle locker room will be a family…
Our Esh Group Eagles Newcastle will fly out to Europe to challenge themselves against Belgian opposition this pre-season before returning home for further tests against US and BBL squads. The new team will leave UK soil on Tuesday 28 August and return home on the Sunday of that week after two games in Belgium, provisionally scheduled…
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…
