BBL Championship Cheshire Phoenix 73 (Marks 20, Bland 16, Myers 13) Newcastle Eagles 96 (Maddox 27, Smith 17, Huffman 15, Defoe 15) A huge double-double of 27 points and 11 rebounds by Kareem Maddox (pictured) powered Newcastle Eagles to a convincing 96-73 success at Northgate Arena as Cheshire Phoenix felt the full backlash of an…
BBL Cup, Semi-Final Second Leg Newcastle Eagles 83 (Huffman 15, Smith 15, Chapman 13) UCP Marjon Plymouth Raiders 91 (Schneck 28, O’Reilly 24, Bell 14) (Eagles win 190-181 on aggregate) The Newcastle Eagles, defending BBL Cup winners, have made it through to the final once more after a pulsating overtime victory in their semi-final second…
Last weekend witnessed Newcastle Eagles’ star ‘Prince’ Charles Smith pass a magical milestone. For the veteran forward became only the seventeenth player in history to surpass 5,000 points in the BBL Championship. Recognised as one of the best scorers of the modern era, Smith is not only a bona-fide Newcastle Eagles legend, but also a…
Newcastle Eagles v UCP Marjon Plymouth Raiders Friday 30 November 2012 Sport Central (19:30) The first 2013 BBL Cup finalist will be decided at Sport Central on Friday evening as Newcastle Eagles host UCP Marjon Plymouth Raiders. A dominant performance in the West Country on Sunday evening saw Eagles take a 107-90 lead into the…
BBL Team of the Week – Week 10 It was a great weekend for Newcastle Eagles and they see three players make our starting five this week. Damon Huffman (Newcastle Eagles) The playmaker showed his versatility with an outstanding shooting performance for the Eagles as they jumped a sizeable distance towards the BBL Cup Final,…
BBL Cup Semi-Final First Leg UCP Marjon Plymouth Raiders 90 (Bell 29, Schneck 18, O’Reilly 18) Newcastle Eagles 107 (Huffman 29, Smith 29, Maddox 16) It’s advantage to BBL Cup holders Newcastle Eagles after they shot down last year’s Final opponent UCP Marjon Plymouth Raiders to move to within touching distance of another appearance in…
Newcastle Eagles 95 (Defoe 19, Smith 18, Maddox 14) Cheshire 69 (Marks 17, Myers 13, Bland/Haskins 12) Newcastle Eagles closed the gap on the Jelson Homes DMU Leicester Riders to two points at the top of the BBL Championship thanks to an impressive 95-69 victory over Cheshire at Sport Central on Friday night. A 10-2…
The Newcastle Eagles are putting part of their success down to good night sleep courtesy of 1907 Beds. The North-East firm and its sister company, Palatine Beds, have produced 7ft beds to accommodate the Newcastle Eagles players who hail from all over the world including Bulgaria, the USA, Lithuania, and the UK. In an interview…
The first Newcastle Eagles Hoops4Health Tournament took place on Wednesday 14th November at Northumberland Church of England Academy. NCEAsport sixth formers took the role of team managers, officials and scorers with great success demonstrating excellent leadership skills. All NCEA primary sites were represented and played some super basketball following their training with Newcastle Eagles coach…
