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October 4, 2016
Drew Makes The Bench In Team of The Week #2

BBL All-Star Five – Week 2 It’s our second line-up of the new season and there’s a nice mixture of new and more familiar faces in our starting five this week. Rhys Carter (Plymouth Raiders) The veteran playmaker gets his first ever place in our All-Star Five after leading Plymouth Raiders to an outstanding road…

October 3, 2016
17 And Counting As Rocks Are Rolled Again

BBL Championship Glasgow Rocks 74 (17,35,50) (Elechi 20, Watson 18, Achara 15) Esh Group Eagles Newcastle 82 (16,42,63) (Martin 16, Parks 15, Defoe/Fletcher 14) Esh Group Eagles Newcastle prevailed through a tense game in front of more than 3,000 fans at the Emirates Arena to overcome Glasgow Rocks 82-74 on Sunday night. Eagles are now…

September 30, 2016
Giants Felled By Flying Eagles

BBL Championship Esh Group Eagles Newcastle 102 (37,61,85) (Parks 19, Martin 18, Lasker 17) Manchester Giants 55 (10,28,43) (Jones/Traianos 13, Goffen 6) Esh Group Eagles Newcastle made it 14 straight victories against Manchester Giants after recording an emphatic 102-55 win at Sport Central, on Friday night. Fab Flournoy’s side did the damage early on with…

September 30, 2016
BBL and Perform Sign Major Media Deal

The British Basketball League has agreed a six-year deal with Perform, the leading digital sports content and media group, for the distribution and sale of all global media-related rights. Perform will manage the broadcast and digital rights for all BBL games, including exclusive streaming and data rights for Perform’s Watch&Bet and RunningBall products. The long-term…

September 29, 2016
intu Takes Centre Court

intu Metrocentre and intu Eldon Square have been announced as our latest sponsors for the 2016-17 season, ahead of our opening home game against the Manchester Giants on Friday 30th September. In addition to sponsoring court-side advertising boards, intu Metrocentre and intu Eldon Square are providing the prizes for our famous ‘Chuck A Duck’ game…

September 28, 2016
Double Weekend with Giants to Fell and Rocks to Roll

Esh Group Eagles Newcastle v Manchester Giants   Details: Friday 30 September, Sport Central, 7:30pm – BBL Championship Summary: Contrasting starts to the season at the weekend as the Eagles won by 14 at Cheshire, while the Giants fell to an opening 34-point defeat at home. Fab Flournoy’s side have won all 13 meetings between the two…

September 27, 2016
All Star Start for Scott

All-Star Five – Week 1 It’s our first line-up of the brand new 2016-17 BBL season and opening weekend saw a number of rookies announce their arrival in style. Jack Isenbarger (Leeds Force) It was quite a debut for the Force guard as he posted the best performance of the entire weekend. His his 28…

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September 25, 2016
Eagles Off and Running

BBL Championship Cheshire Phoenix 85 (18,35,59) (Brown 27, Anderson 21, Wilcher 12) Esh Group Eagles Newcastle 99 (20,42,72) (Martin 28, Defoe 16, Parks 15) Esh Group Eagles Newcastle pulled away from Cheshire Phoenix to record an 85-99 road victory, on Sunday evening. Scott Martin led the way with a 28-point haul to help his team…

September 24, 2016
Revenge Mission Opens The Season

The last competitive game your Esh Group Eagles Newcastle played in the 2015/16 season was at the same venue that the 2016/17 season will start. That night although we took the win on the night, the damage had been done in the home leg and we crashed out of the Play-Offs at the first hurdle….