All Star Five – Week 2 Our second All Star Five line-up of the 2015-16 campaign sees A British player retain a perfect record. Neil Watson (Leicester Riders) A regular in last year’s line-up, Watson announced his return in 2015-16 with a typically influential effort for Leicester Riders as they opened up the season by…
BBL Championship Esh Group Eagles Newcastle 91 (26,50,69) (Defoe 18, Smith 15, A Thomson 14) Leeds Force 63 (20,38,51) (Harris 14, Bethune 13, Wells 12) Esh Group Eagles Newcastle continued their unbeaten start to the season after claiming a 91-63 win over Leeds Force in their first home game. Darius Defoe led the way with…
The Eagles Community Foundation and Esh Group Eagles Newcastle would like to send congratulations to two of this season’s School of Excellence players who have recently been called up to their respective England squads. Beth Wilson is one of the mainstays of The Ladies under 18’s team despite being a year young and is the…
BBL Championship Surrey Scorchers 65 (20,42,49) (Neighbour 16, Lee 13, Ogedengbe 9) Esh Group Eagles Newcastle 98 (21,47,75) (Martin 24, A Thomson 19, Chapman/Lasker 12) Esh Group Eagles Newcastle overcame a slow start before powering towards a 65-98 victory away at Surrey Scorchers. The defending champions used a strong third period as platform for their…
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…
