Esh Group Eagles Newcastle v Plymouth University Raiders Friday 24 January 2014 Sport Central (19:30) Fab Flournoy Fab Flournoy could barely have asked for any more in response to his teams’ bitterly disappointing finish to the BBL Cup Final. His players could easily have flopped again in their first game after the Final, when they…
St Albans Primary lifted the Newcastle Hoops4Health crown on Friday 17th January. Four Newcastle schools were hoping it would be them on the night. In the first semifinal prior to the Eagles game St. Albans squeezed out a 4 – 2 victory over Cragside primary who were making their first appearance in the semifinals. Next…
The line-up for the 2014 BBL Trophy quarter-finals is complete as eight teams including current holders One Health Sharks Sheffield, bid to make it to the second BBL showpiece final of the season. The big game will once again take place at the Emirates Arena in Glasgow, a venue which proved to be a stunning…
BBL Championship Newcastle Eagles 103 (Smith 37, Defoe 25, Cooke 18) Cheshire Phoenix 100 (Middleton 39, Coleman 26, Moses 23) Reggie Middleton won the scoring battle but Charles Smith and Newcastle Eagles won the match with a thrilling victory over Cheshire Phoenix. Smith (pictured) scored 37 points, pulled down 10 rebounds and dished out six…
BBL Cup Final Leicester Riders 72 (14,32,58) (Couisnard 18, Sullivan 16, Calvo 13) Esh Group Eagles Newcastle 69 (20,37,49) (Smith 27, Cooke 13, Martin 12) A packed 9,000 fans at the National Indoor Arena were treated to another BBL Cup classic as holders Leicester Riders retained their trophy after Drew Sullivan inspired a thrilling 72-69…
Stuart Thomson and Esh Group Eagles Newcastle can complete a special double if they claim the season’s first piece of silverware in the BBL Cup Final against Leicester Riders on Sunday. Thomson joined Eagles in the summer to offer some strength from the bench after impressing against the North East club while playing for Manchester…
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…
