Esh Group Eagles Newcastle are looking to leave Northumbria University Sport Central tonight on a winning note as they close their tenure on one venue prior to opening the doors to their purpose-built new Arena early next year. Their opposition tonight in a BBL Trophy first round tie is the pride of domestic Scottish basketball,…
Chris Bunten has hailed the outstanding contribution of in-form rookie Maya Price as one of British basketball’s brightest stars continues to fly the flag for homegrown hoops. Newcastle Eagles WBBL snapped up the former GB Under 18 international in the close-season as back up for veteran bigs Kara Bonenberger and Steph Gandy. But Price has…
Amongst a cluster of frustrated and disappointed Esh Group Eagles Newcastle players who went down to their fourth defeat in five games last Friday at Sheffield, one player was perhaps more frustrated than most. That was USA Shooting Guard Jeremy Smith who missed the loss through injury. Smith suffered a concussion sustained in the semi-final…
Our Eagles WBBL team’s Kara Bonenberger has flown into this week’s All Star Five after a huge performance against Cardiff Met Archers on Saturday. Bonenberger was on form in South Wales as she harvested an excellent 26 points and 13 boards. See the full All Stars Five on the WBBL website.
Fatigue finally caught up with an injury-hit Newcastle Eagles as Chris Bunten’s side was given a lesson in WBBL basketball by title challengers Leicester Riders. The hosts ran out 97-57 winners to maintain their position at the top of the championship table. And head coach Bunten cut a frustrated figure as the Eagles failed to…
On Friday afternoon our Eagles Community Foundation took possession of the keys to our Eagles Community Arena as we enter the final stages in the construction of our new home. There’s still much to do, but it was a moment to celebrate how far we’ve come and an opportunity for some of the project team…
Nothing less than victory in Cardiff this afternoon will satisfy Chris Bunten as Newcastle Eagles seek to arrest an alarming four-game losing streak. The upbeat playcaller is confident his players can target the homecourt Archers and pinch a much-needed win before Christmas. But Bunten admitted a mounting injury list means sensible game management is a…
The woes continue for Esh Group Eagles Newcastle as they were unable to stop the red-hot in-form Sheffield Sharks on the road last night, writes Jeff King. The Eagles now fall further behind in the Championship race as their record slips to 7 – 5 whilst the streaking Sharks now move to 9 – 3….
It’s second v fourth in tonight’s crucial BBL Championship game as Esh Group Eagles head down the M1 for the game at the EISS Sheffield against the red-hot in form Sharks, writes Jeff King. Sheffield have won seven straight cumulating in Head Coach Atiba Lyons picking up The BBL Kevin Cadle Coach of the Month…
