The BBL is delighted to announce that the Manchester Giants and East London Royals have joined their ranks ahead of the 2012/13 season. The Royals will be bringing top flight basketball back to the Capital and are owned by a group with in-depth experience of basketball throughout the UK, Europe and the USA. They will…
Newcastle Eagles Head Coach Fabulous Flournoy was looking for stars of the future at Christ Church C of E Primary School in Newcastle this week. The Eagles Community Foundation has teamed up with Greggs and their School Breakfast Clubs to offer a whole day of fun activities for the pupils of 6 schools from across…
BBL MVP and quadruple winning Joe Chapman has pledged his allegiance to Newcastle Eagles for a fourth consecutive season. The 6’4″ Chicago born guard had a remarkable comeback season, following a 90% achilles tear suffered in February 2011, ending his 2010-11 campaign. Chapman joined the Eagles in 2009, and has since won 7 trophies in…
Newcastle Eagles’ assistant coach Dave Forester paid tribute to coach Fabulous Flournoy after the north east side completed a clean sweep with a 71-62 victory against Jelson Homes DMU Leicester Riders in the play-off final. Eagles’ veteran Charles Smith collected the MVP award, but there was little doubt about the influence Flournoy had on the…
BBL Championship Play-off Final Newcastle Eagles 71 (12,31,56) (Smith 21, Gause 13, Defoe 10) Jelson Homes DMU Leicester Riders 62 (21,31,49) (Sullivan 18, Hardy 12, Wierzbicki 11) Newcastle Eagles made it a clean sweep of all four British Basketball League trophies with a 71-62 victory over Jelson Homes DMU Leicester Riders in the play-off final…
The Eagles have secured one clean sweep already this year by winning all three awards in the Basketball Journalists Association’s Awards. Joe Chapman was the first two-time winner of the Player of the Year award whilst Andrew Thomson won the Pete Jacques Award for BBL British Player of the Year for the second consecutive season….
Newcastle Eagles’ guard Joe Chapman has won the Molten BBL Most Valuable Player of the season award after a fine season with the north east club. The 6’4” American guard had an outstanding year for the BBL regular season, Cup and Trophy champions, averaging 20.2 points, 3.8 assists and 3.5 rebounds in a team-high 34.7…
Newcastle Eagles’ coach Fabulous Flournoy has been named Molten BBL Coach of the Year for 2011/12 following a fine season for his team. The Eagles captured the first three pieces of silverware this season and remain on course for a clean sweep as they prepare to face Cheshire Jets in the two-leg semi-final of the…
Joe Chapman was named Newcastle Eagles Players Player of the Season last night at the Eagles Community Foundation Champions Ball. Chapman’s teammates voted the Guard as their player of the season after he returned to the Eagles after a serious injury ended his season early last year. Chapman ruptured his Achilles whilst playing at Sport…
