It was a perfect weekend for BBL Championship leaders Newcastle Eagles as they continued their push for a fifth regular season title. Fabulous Flournoy’s team won 103-94 at title rivals UCP Marjon Plymouth Raiders on Friday before chalking up a 95-82 success at Cheshire Jets on Sunday, but it wasn’t just their victories which helped…
It was an extra special presentation for Charles Smith and Fab Flournoy last Friday as they received their Player and Coach of the Month Awards for January from Sharon Hodgson MP for Washington and West Sunderland and Chi Onwurah MP for Newcastle Central. The right honourable MPs were at the game to support both Eagles…
Newcastle Eagles 94 (32,48,83) (Chapman 24, Thomson/Defoe 14) Durham Wildcats 69 (11,27,47) (Flaherty 23, Glavin 15, Capocci/Elderkin 8) Newcastle Eagles kept their stranglehold on the top of the BBL Championship table as they enjoyed a comfortable 94-69 victory over the Durham Wildcats at Sport Central on Friday night. The Eagles started off the contest in…
BBL Trophy Final 2012 Plymouth Raiders v Newcastle Eagles 18th and 23rd March 2012 The Newcastle Eagles will face the Plymouth Raiders in the BBL Trophy Final over two legs in March. The first leg will be held on Sunday 18th March, 4pm in Plymouth followed by the second leg at Sport Central on Friday…
It is starting to look a bit like the Joe show as Joe Chapman secures his fourth appearance in a row in the BBL Team of the Week. Joe Chapman (Newcastle Eagles) We’re running out of superlatives for shooting ace Joe Chapman who books his spot in the starting five for the fourth week in…
BBL Trophy Semi-Final (Second Leg) Newcastle Eagles 104 (24,56,81) (Chapman 31, Thomson 19, Gause 15) One Health Sharks Sheffield 84 (23,41,68) (Tuck 28, Babalola 19, Dobbins 17) (Eagles win 220-168 on aggregate) The Newcastle Eagles have reached the BBL Trophy Final by beating the One Health Sharks Sheffield 104-84 (220-168 on aggregate over two legs)…
This week’s BBL Team of the Week Demarius Bolds (Prestige Homes MK Lions) It was a bitter-sweet weekend for Lions’ playmaker Demarius Bolds who was hugely instrumental in handing his team a six point first leg lead in the BBL Trophy semi-final last Friday with a typically impressive performance. However, it ultimately didn’t prove to…
Worcester Wolves 100 (28,55,80) (Prezzie-Blue 27, Freeman/Gordon 22) Newcastle Eagles 102 (21,47,77) (Chapman 39, Smith 28, Thomson 13) In the battle of the top two in the BBL Championship, it was the Newcastle Eagles who extended their lead at the top of the table thanks to a thrilling 100-102 victory over the Worcester Wolves at…
BBL Trophy Semi-Finals, 1st Leg One Health Sharks Sheffield 84 (26,38,56) (Babalola 22, Langhurst 21, Dobbins 16) Newcastle Eagles 116 (29,61,82) (Chapman 37, Gause 26, Smith 22 The Newcastle Eagles have one foot in the BBL Trophy Final after a commanding 84-116 road win over the One Health Sharks Sheffield in the semi-final first leg….
