All Star Five – Week 4 There are three season debutantes in our five this week and two more familiar faces. Rahmon Fletcher (Esh Group Eagles Newcastle) It’s back-to-back appearances in our line-up for the Eagles’ playmaker after he came up with another masterful display to carry the unbeaten north-east club to a road win…
Esh Group Eagles Newcastle v Cheshire Phoenix Where and when: Sport Central, 7.30pm Friday 16 October Summary: Esh Group Eagles Newcastle will aim to extend the perfect start to their title defence to seven games when they host Cheshire Phoenix on Friday. The reigning champions were made to work for back-to-back road wins against Bristol…
BBL Championship Plymouth University Raiders 93 (29,49,68) (Corletto/Anthony 20, Edwards 19) Esh Group Eagles Newcastle 99 (23,49,74) (Smith 33, Fletcher 19, A Thomson 18) Esh Group Eagles Newcastle extended their unbeaten start to the season to six games after coming from behind early on to beat Plymouth University Raiders 99-93 on the road. Charles Smith…
BBL Championship Bristol Flyers 71 (15,36,55) (Lee 19, McFarland 18, Streete 13) Esh Group Eagles Newcastle 84 (25,50,76) (A. Thomson 19, Fletcher 13, S. Thomson 11) Esh Group Eagles have maintained their perfect start to the BBL Championship campaign with an 84-71 road win at Bristol Flyers, meaning they have started with five victories. Eagles…
All Star Five – Week 3 Our third All Star Five line-up of the 2015-16 campaign sees five players make their first appearances of the season as starters. Rahmon Fletcher (Esh Group Eagles Newcastle) Having pulled the strings with wonderful effect during his debut season last year which culminated in a clean sweep for the…
BBL Championship Esh Group Eagles Newcastle 92 (15,44,76) (Fletcher 21, Chapman 15, Defoe 13) London Lions 84 (12,37,64) (Williams 19, Watt 17, Lewis 15) Esh Group Eagles Newcastle moved to a four-game unbeaten start to the season as Rahmon Fletcher’s 21 points led them to a 92-84 victory over London Lions. The Eagles now hold…
Vertu Honda Keep Eagles On The Road To Success Following the Eagles’ triumphant 2014/2015 season, three North East Vertu Honda dealerships have agreed to renew their support for Newcastle’s basketball team. The support from Vertu Honda Sunderland, Vertu Honda Durham and Vertu Honda Newcastle means that the team will receive a further four vehicles to…
Esh Group Eagles Newcastle v London Lions Where and when: Sport Central, 7.30pm Friday 2 October Summary: Esh Group Eagles Newcastle appear to have picked up where they left off last season, but face their toughest test so far when they host the unbeaten London Lions on Friday. These teams last met in last season’s…
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…
