Fletcher crowned Molten BBL MVP for 2015-16 Rahmon Fletcher has been recognised by BBL coaches for his outstanding work in pulling the strings for Esh Group Eagles Newcastle by being voted the Molten BBL Most Valuable Player for 2015-16. The playmaker was at the forefront of his team’s quest for silverware and his latest individual…
Molten BBL Team of the Year 2015-16 Great Britain duo Drew Sullivan and Kieron Achara have amassed prestigious hat-tricks in this season’s end of season Molten BBL awards The duo have emerged as big favourites in the voting by BBL coaches after being named in the Molten BBL Team of the Year for 2015-16 off…
Molten BBL All-British Team of the Year 2015-16 The Molten BBL All-British Team of the Year for 2015-16 is headlined by two Great Britain national team veterans who have both enjoyed superb campaigns for their respective clubs. The BBL coaches who voted for the line-up by considering any British qualified player competing in the league,…
40 years a professional franchise, 20 years as The Eagles, it was all celebrated last night at a glittering Eagles Community Foundation Annual Dinner at The Marriott Hotel Gosforth Park. A great night was hosted by Eagles Match Day Co-Hosts Dan Black and Howard Leighton in their own inimitable style. The Eagles under Paul Blake’s…
All Star Five – Week 32 It’s our last line-up of the 2015-16 season and quite a time for one of our fab five to rack up the best performance of the entire campaign! Warren Gillis (Glasgow Rocks) The Rocks’ guard was the driving force of his team’s spectacular Quarter-Final first leg victory against Worcester…
BBL Play-Offs Quarter-Final, second leg Cheshire Phoenix 87 (33,46,72) (Rochford 27, Huffor 16, Aliu/Ellis/Taylor 13) Esh Group Eagles Newcastle 96 (26,50,71) (Defoe 34, Smith 26, Fletcher 17) Phoenix win 191-187 on aggregate. Cheshire Phoenix survived a late surge from Esh Group Eagles Newcastle as they advanced to the BBL Play-Offs Semi-Finals with an overall 191-187…
BBL Play-Off Quarter-Finals, first leg Esh Group Eagles Newcastle 91 (18, 36, 66)(Fletcher 32, Chapman 19, Lasker 16) Cheshire Phoenix 104 (22, 45, 79)(Rochford 34, Huffor 21, Taylor 19) Esh Group Eagles Newcastle have a mountain to climb if they are to defend their BBL Play-Offs crown after falling to a 104-91 Quarter-Final first leg…
Esh Group Eagles Newcastle v Cheshire Phoenix Where and when: First leg: Sport Central, 7.30pm Friday 22 April Second leg: Cheshire Oaks Arena, 5.30pm Sunday 24 April Summary: Esh Group Eagles Newcastle and Cheshire Phoenix meet for the seventh and eighth time this season in the BBL Play-Off Quarter-Finals. Following Friday’s defeat in the BBL…
BBL Championship Cheshire Phoenix 105 (32,53,83) (Rochford 40, Huffor 29, Taylor 15) Esh Group Eagles Newcastle 84 (16,35,60) (Defoe 21, Smith 16, Chapman 14) Cheshire Phoenix warmed up for their Play-Offs encounter with Esh Group Eagles Newcastle next week with a resounding 105-84 victory to conclude the regular season. Kinu Rochford produced a monster double-double…
