TEAM NORTHUMBRIA GO BACK TO THE FUTURE WITH VOYNOVA AND CLARK Posted on September 25, 2015 by wbbl Team Northumbria women’s basketball have gone back to the future in their bid to take down the WBBL’s big guns this season. A double swoop for Diana Voynova and Ta’Yani Clark is a massive fillip for Sport…
All Star Five Our first All Star Five line-up of the 2015-16 campaign sees strong British representation and even more home-grown talent on our bench. Elvisi Dusha (Surrey Scorchers) Ahead of the big tip-off, we pinpointed Dusha as the man to watch this season in his role as the only survivor from the pre-Scorcher days…
BBL Championship Sheffield Sharks 78 (24,40,60) (Tuck 21, Odister 18, Brooks 17) Esh Group Eagles Newcastle 85 (24,40,63) (Smith 25, Fletcher 15, Chapman 13) The reigning BBL Champions, Esh Group Eagles Newcastle, started their pursuit of a third consecutive BBL Championship title with a hard fought 78-85 road win at Sheffield Sharks. The Eagles have…
Esh Group Eagles Newcastle are not about one man or three men, they are a team that is filled with veterans and that look out for each other. It’s very rare that a team returns so many of their previous campaign’s players for the new season but when you’ve completed a “Clean Swoop” of all…
Esh Group Eagles Newcastle reflected on the MKM Building Supplies Euro Invitational after three days of fantastic basketball that thrilled North East ball fans and gave Britain’s Premier Basketball Club plenty to build on for the future. Eagles Managing Director Paul Blake commented. “This is something we’ve wanted to try for a long time and…
Danny Horta Darrington has been rewarded for his end of season efforts and all-round potential by being named to the full Esh Group Eagles Newcastle roster for the 2015/16 BBL season. The youngster came in for the last two regular BBL games of the last campaign when Head Coach Fab Flournoy was looking to rest…
Newcastle Eagles are “delighted” to bring back former BBL MVP Joe Chapman to Tyneside as their final import signing of the summer. Chapman, the league’s Most Valuable Player during the 2011/12 season while at the Eagles, rejoins with the Sport Central franchise after two years competing in Japan’s BJ League. It will be the 31-year-old’s…
The Eagles will host two of European basketball’s core teams and the visitors are relishing the opportunity to test themselves against Britain’s best Sodertalje Kings celebrate winning the Swedish national basketball title Sodertalje Kings celebrate winning the Swedish national basketball title Newcastle Eagles are set to host the inaugural MKM Euro Invitational at Northumbria University’s…
The last pieces are slowly being put in to place on the Esh Group Eagles Newcastle Roster for 2015/16 and the latest signing is again no surprise to the Eagles fans and Organisation as hugely popular guard An”Drew” Lasker returns for his 3rd consecutive season to the fold. Lasker, a BBL veteran of over 330…
