An acute awareness of the past and a keen sense of pride is driving Fabulous Flournoy to write the next chapter in Newcastle Eagles’ storied history. With the new BBL season just 10 days away – the men in black tip-off a pivotal campaign at home to Cheshire Phoenix on September 21 – basketball is…
Chris Bunten has set his sights on bagging more silverware after the highly rated playcaller was confirmed as the new head coach of Newcastle Eagles WBBL. The man who led Team Northumbria to playoff final glory in 2016 was widely tipped to remain on Tyneside. And Bunten will lead Newcastle into action against Leicester Riders…
The 2018-19 British Basketball League season will be a monumental one for the Esh Group Eagles Newcastle with the opening of our new Eagles Community Arena home marking the biggest move in the club’s history since the franchise became the Eagles after relocating to the city over 20 years ago. A legacy of silverware success…
After last night’s 100-point in over USA Select in our first of two home pre-season games, let’s put the “meat on the bones” so to speak and see how we go there – seeing as we don’t have the BBL website to break it down in pre-season. Scoring Sequence: 1st Quarter – After 5 minutes 11 –…
At the fourth time of asking, Esh Group Eagles Newcastle picked up their first pre-season win and it was made all the sweeter as it was in front of their faithful fans at Sport Central. The Eagles who will continue to play out of Sport Central for the commencement of the 2018/19 as they await…
The cameras were rolling at our Eagles Community Arena this week where our constructors Esh Group are working hard to meet the December deadline for our monumental move. Thanks to ITV Tyne Tees for this great report on the progress of our new ‘nest’ build so far and talking to our managing director Paul Blake…
It may be 0 – 3 so far in 2018/19 for the guys but it’s not doom and gloom and remember last season we started in spectacular style and looked like world-beaters. Obviously, one does not mean the other will happen so what does it mean at this stage? Well, we’re still unbeaten in the…
Newcastle Eagles WBBL have gone back to the future after netting one of North East basketball’s most familiar faces. Returning favourite Rachael Bland is ready to kickstart her hoops career after a year away from competitive action. And the former joint-captain of Team Northumbria can’t wait to see what Newcastle’s rapidly expanding roster can bring…
So, we’re back on UK soil and have been since Sunday and after almost a week’s solid practice we get to let off some steam and see what improvements we’ve made since the Belgium trip by visiting one of our biggest rivals over the years, Sheffield Sharks. It’ll be interesting to see how the likes…
