Sunday 12 January 2014 National Indoor Arena, Birmingham (15:30) It is perhaps fitting that this season’s maiden meeting between 2012/13’s top two, Esh Group Eagles Newcastle and Leicester Riders, comes in the BBL’s first showpiece event of the season, the BBL Cup Final this Sunday. The teams met on five occasions last term and Leicester…
Whatever happens at the BBL Cup Final on Sunday, the next few weeks will see Fab Flournoy further cement his legendary status. Pitched against a classy and talented opponent like Leicester Riders, it’s a brave person who would bet against the phenomenal Esh Group Eagles Newcastle player-coach from adding another piece of silverware to his…
Press Call, Sport Central, 11am, Tuesday 7th January 2014 The Eagles are looking forward to this Sunday 12th January 2014 as they get ready to play in the BBL Cup Final for the third successive season. The previous two finals have seen a win and a loss at the Birmingham NIA event and Fab and…
The Newcastle Eagles players started 2014 by spending time at Benfield Centre for Sporting Excellence coaching the Newcastle Eagles Junior National League Players. Boys and girls from the Under 18, Under 16 and Under 15 teams got the opportunity to work on court with the Cup bound Esh Group Eagles. The junior players also got…
London Lions 96 (Brown 21, Sturt 19, Marks 17) Esh Group Eagles Newcastle 82 (Martin 17, Cooke 16, Gause 15) London Lions, currently fifth in the BBL Championship, closed the gap on the top four with a crucial 96-82 defeat of Esh Group Eagles Newcastle, the team they are pursuing, at the Copperbox. A return…
London Lions v Esh Group Eagles Newcastle Sunday 29 December 2013 Copper Box Arena (16:00) Fab Flournoy hopes to be able to share the minutes – as well as the ball – between his full roster when Esh Group Eagles Newcastle travel to London Lions on Sunday. Flournoy and guard Drew Lasker have been out…
The Eagles Central Venue League runs in two ten week blocks for players in under 12, under 14, under 16 and under18. The league has been running for more than 10 years. For the second consecutive year the league’s all star game took place prior to a Newcastle Eagles game. The selected players were split…
BBL Championship Esh Group Eagles Newcastle 111 (23,56,81) (Defoe 21, Cooke/Gause/Martin 20) Birmingham Knights 75 (17,38,56) (Hopkins 20, Martyn Gayle 18, Michael Gayle 8) Esh Group Eagles Newcastle have made it three straight league wins and went through the century for the seventh time this season in beating Birmingham Knights 111-75. The win sees the…
Newcastle Eagles players visited Percy Hedley Secondary School on Wednesday 18th December. The players worked with 30 young people on the Healthy Hearts programme which is sponsored by Heart Research UK and Subway. The players delivered sessions on healthy eating, no smoking, effect of exercise on the heart and basketball. The programme looks at how…
