All Star Five – Week 16 It’s our first line-up of the new calendar year and we have one debutante who arrives in style with the joint-best BBL performance of the week. Ashton Khan (Worcester Wolves) It’s a third appearance of the campaign in our fantastic five for the Wolves’ guard after he played a…
Basketball fans can enjoy live coverage of the British Basketball League in January for FREEwith four BBL events to be streamed live WORLDWIDE in a pilot scheme on SkySports.com. Following a pioneering collaboration between SkySports.com, Hawk-Eye Innovations, WebcastSport and the BBL, the coverage will start on January 8 at The Copper Box, where the London Lions…
A sold-out home crowd at the Emirates in Glasgow sees the visiting Eagles cruise to victory and extend their club record winning streak a little further to sign off a stunning calendar year. BBL Championship Glasgow Rocks 72 (18,42,56) (Hall 24,Achara 10,Gillis 10) Esh Group Eagles Newcastle 104 (25,48,79) (Chapman 24, Thomson 23, Smith 18)…
Glasgow Rocks v Esh Group Eagles Newcastle Where and when: Emirates Arena, 5.00pm Wednesday 30 December Summary: The last obstacle between Esh Group Eagles Newcastle and heading into 2016 unbeaten is an in-form Glasgow Rocks. Sterling Davis’ side have begun to really show what they are capable of in recent weeks, after getting players…
TIME TO MEET – ANDY THOMSON This week we feature Esh Group Eagles Newcastle forward Andy Thomson, whose side is off to a record-breaking start this season. Name: Andy Thomson Team: Esh Group Eagles Newcastle Age: 31 Position: Power Forward Signature Play: If I had to say one, it would be my three-point shot! Twitter…
All Star Five – Week 14 There are a trio of debutantes in our line-up this week, including a pair of British stars in what is our penultimate All Star Five of the calendar year! Stefan Gill (Manchester Giants) The first of our newcomers is the Giants’ guard who gets his first spot of the…
Due to our success in getting through to The 2016 BBL Cup Final v Leicester Riders on Sunday 17th January 2016 at The BarclayCard Arena, Birmingham, our home fixture against Bristol Flyers has been postponed with a new date to be confirmed in the future. Please note that The Office is taking bookings for The…
Esh Group Eagles have booked their place in the BBL Cup Final on January 17th at the Barclaycard Arena against arch rivals Leicester Riders. The Eagles will return to the Final for the fifth time in five years in an attempt to bring back the BBL Cup! Eagles fans can now purchase their tickets and…
BBL Championship Cheshire Phoenix 91 (22,38,66) (Rochford 27, Huffor 23, Williams 21) Esh Group Eagles Newcastle 98 (22,47,71) (Smith 26, Martin 22, A Thomson 19) Esh Group Eagles Newcastle were made to work hard to make it a 16-0 start in the BBL Championship as they defeated Cheshire Phoenix The victory was Newcastle’s third over…
