Northumbria University has extended its partnership with the Newcastle Eagles. This new deal marks the start of the Eagles 2013/14 British Basketball League (BBL) season at Sport Central, the University’s flagship 3000-seat arena in the heart of Newcastle. Having collaborated successfully for several years, this new agreement will see Newcastle Eagles continue its support of…
Cheshire Phoenix 65 (9,36,49) (Middleton 27, Doumbe 12, Coleman 11) ESH Group Newcastle Eagles 106 (34,56,89) (Gause 23, Cooke 21, Defoe 19) ESH Group Newcastle Eagles handed out a harsh BBL lesson to Cheshire Phoenix’s new recruits as they returned to the north-east with a 106-65 victory. It’s the second win for Fab Flournoy’s team…
Esh Group Eagles Newcastle 85 (20,45,66) (Defoe 22, Cooke 18, Martin 18) Durham Wildcats 78 (17,30,54) (Huffor 17, Allison 16, Bucci 11, Attah 11) Esh Group Eagles Newcastle rode out 85-78 winners in the north-east derby on Tyneside, but had to work hard to see off a pesky Durham Wildcats team. In a first quarter when…
Fab Flournoy joined Marco Pierre White this afternoon at the Marco Pierre White Steakhouse at Hotel Indigo in the centre of Newcastle, to celebrate the first birthday of the restaurant. We would like to thank Marco and the staff at Hotel Indigo for their support and well wishes for our opening game of the season tomorrow…
Esh Group Eagles Newcastle will head into their season opener against Durham Wildcats in a better position than previous campaigns, according to coach Fab Flournoy. There have been big changes at Sport Central over the summer with former stars Drew Lasker and Paul Gause among a raft of new recruits. But the new-look Eagles have…
Eagles coach Ian MacLeod is making the move out of the junior coaching ranks this season to step up to the BBL bench alongside head coach Fab Flournoy and assistant Dave Forrester for the start of the 2013-14 season. Macleod, from Newcastle’s East End and a former pupil at Benfield school, is relishing the role…
ESH Group Eagles Newcastle 113 Team USA Select 88 Just over 48 hours after their win at Leeds, the Eagles were back on court for what will almost certainly be their last openly competitive pre-season game before the BBL Championship starts on Friday 27th September. The opposition in front of them at Benfield Centre of…
Leeds Carnegie 61 Esh Group Eagles 84 After a solid opening pre-season win over Team Northumbria, The Esh Group Eagles had their first road trip of the season to EBL Division 1 side Leeds Carnegie on Saturday as they continued their build-up to the new campaign. And in a highly competitive encounter, The Eagles came…
Newcastle Eagles, the most successful team in British Basketball history, has launched the 2013-14 season by introducing a new look team and brand new name at a press conference held earlier today at Newcastle upon Tyne’s prestigious Hotel Indigo. Renamed ESH Group Eagles Newcastle – the announcement cements leading construction company ESH Group’s continuing three…
