Newcastle Eagles captain Andrew Bridge has admitted crunch time is approaching for the club as they try to show their resolve in the wake of losing Fab Flournoy to illness. At least boosted by the news he has been discharged from hospital, the players must now focus on a mouth-watering double-header against two fellow title…
Newcastle Eagles player coach Fabulous Flournoy was discharged from hospital late Wednesday afternoon, following improvements to his health over recent days. The club would like to thank everyone that has shown support for Fab over the last week and gave him their best wishes in his return to full health. The Eagles coach will continue…
It’s only happened once all season, way back during week 8. Now it’s happened again and after a 12 week wait, we finally see five players from five different BBL clubs take their place in our starting line-up. As well as two debutantes this week, two other players (both guards) make their fifth appearances of…
Essex Pirates 74 (17,33,57) (Adu 15, Sturt 14, Sing 11) Newcastle Eagles 91 (20,48,66) (Chapman 29, Smith 22, Moore 12) The Newcastle Eagles kept up their impressive run of form in the BBL Championship and moved level on points with the Mersey Tigers at the top of the table thanks to a 74-91 victory over…
Report by the Benfield School Sports Enterprise Challenge Media Team. The Eagles played without their coach Fab Flournoy. The first half was close but then the Eagles picked up the pace and won. The first quarter was quite tight with only a few points separating the teams, with the score ending at 18-23 to Guildford…
Newcastle Eagles will look to continue their fine BBL Championship form when they host Guildford Heat on Friday evening. The Eagles have won their last ten Championship games to move up to third in the table with an 11-3 record, but will aim to bounce back after their BBL Trophy exit at the hands of…
Newcastle Eagles guard Trey Moore has been named Molten Player of the month for January after an excellent few weeks for the north east club. The 35-year-old averaged 20.71 points per game as the Eagles reeled off five straight BBL Championship wins to up to third in the table after a quiet start to the…
In a thrilling contest over the two legs, it was eventually the Mersey Tigers who secured the remaining BBL Trophy Final berth after they defeated the Newcastle Eagles 74-77 at near 3,000 capacity Sport Central on Friday evening to win 156-159 on aggregate. The Tigers will now face the Guildford Heat at the O2 Arena…
They are the form team of the new calendar year and most definitely turning the screw in their pursuit to successfully defend their BBL Championship title. With this in mind, maybe it’s not too surprising the red-hot form of Newcastle Eagles means their players dominate the BBL line-up this week as the Tyneside team grab…
