Birmingham Mets put their winning streak on the line at Division 2 league leaders Team Northumbria, at Sport Central this Saturday night at 6pm, tickets available at Sport Cerntral reception. After losing their first four league fixtures on the season – including a 77-72 reverse at home to Northumbria – Mets have reeled off eight…
Even for a BBL veteran who has enjoyed so much success down the years, January 2012 was a truly special month for the swashbuckling ‘Prince’ Charles Smith. The Newcastle Eagles forward produced one of the most dazzling performances in British Basketball League history with his record breaking display in the BBL Cup Final which helped…
Newcastle Eagles’ player coach Fab Flournoy has been awarded the accolade of Molten BBL Coach Of The Month For January after a sensational start to the new calendar year. The north-east club has been in superb form of late and are unbeaten during 2012 after winning all six games during the period. This has ensured…
There are no fewer than three debutantes in the BBL line-up this week as the north of the UK completes a clean sweep. Joe Chapman (Newcastle Eagles) The influential Joe Chapman is in a rich vein of form and this is highlighted by him claiming successive appearances in our starting five. The guard also led…
BBL Championship Newcastle Eagles 94 (25,38,67) (Smith 22, Chapman 20, Thomson 19) Mersey Tigers 77 (7,37,61) (Aliu 22, Hesson 20, Otten 10) Newcastle Eagles capitalised on the Worcester Wolves defeat to the One Health Sharks Sheffield to open up a four point lead at the top of the BBL Championship table thanks to a somewhat…
This week five players from five different teams make up the BBL Team of the Week, including one Eagle Jeremy Bell (UCP Marjon Plymouth Raiders) After their catastrophic BBL Cup Final performance, Raiders needed to get back their shattered confidence and return to winning ways in the BBL Championship. It was Bell who led the…
BBL Championship Newcastle Eagles 86 (27,47,65) (Gause 18, Smith 15, Defoe/Thomson 14) One Health Sharks Sheffield 67 (15,30,51) (Reinking 18, Tuck 12, Babalola 11) Newcastle Eagles kept their impressive run of form in the BBL Championship as they enjoyed a comfortable 86-67 victory over the One Health Sharks Sheffield at Sport Central on Friday evening…
It was a great weekend for the Newcastle Eagles with plenty of great performances so it is no surprise that there three Eagles in the BBL Team of the Week. Paul Gause (Newcastle Eagles) It’s been a stop-start season for BBL rookie Paul Gaus who has had some injury issues but the playmaker showed just…
BBL Cup Final, NIA Birmingham Newcastle Eagles 115 (35,63,94) (Smith 39, Gause 24, Bridge 16) UCP Marjon Plymouth Raiders 94 (20,46,74) (Colbert 25, Bell 23, Rowe 20) An astonishing record-breaking performance by “Prince” Charles Smith (pictured) and Newcastle Eagles lit up the National Indoor Arena in Birmingham as they were crowned 2012 BBL Cup winners….
