Esh Group Eagles Newcastle are delighted to announce their first signing for the forthcoming 2017/18 British Basketball Season, writes Jeff King. And whilst the player flying in is a first-time Eagle, his face will be familiar to their fans as well as the rest of The BBL. Kai Williams is a 29-year old 6’ 6”…
Well, we already knew that OJ was gone and now we’ve had it confirmed that Scott is too and whilst I mean no disrespect to Orlan who gave us a solid season, the loss of Scott Martin will be felt and it’s left a big hole to fill. When Scott first signed for The Eagles…
After four seasons as an Eagle, Scott Martin leaves Newcastle and the UK this summer to play in European competition as he heads to the Czech Republic. The 6’8″ forward will play in both the Czech National Basketball League and the FIBA Europe Cup with his new club BK JIP Pardubice for the 2017-18 season. As…
Our Newcastle Eagles Community Foundation is proud to announce its coaching lineup for the 2017-18 season. This year, the ECF will be entering five teams into Basketball England National League competitions, and this is an exciting time for the club moving forward. This last year has seen a real focus on our performance pathway and…
To celebrate the unveiling of our 2017-18 BBL fixtures we are excited to be able to announce that you can now purchase tickets for the All-Stars Championship on Sunday 24th September 2017 at The O2 direct from us and at an exclusively discounted special offer price. Before the tip-off of the new BBL campaign, the…
The 2017-18 schedule for our Esh Group Eagles’s British Basketball League season has just been announced and after starting with an away game in Leeds our first home game will be against our old rivals the Glasgow Rocks at Sport Central on Friday 6th October with a 7:30pm tip-off. You can download a full list…
“Mighty” Joe Chapman or “Geordie” Joe as we prefer to call him has called time on a glittering professional career that took in six different countries in 12 successful years and saw him win awards and trophies across the globe. We, of course, remember him with particular affection for his two spells with The Eagles…
The BBL will host a testimonial event at Leicester Arena on July 22nd to celebrate the career of Drew Sullivan in the British Basketball league that culminated in 20 pieces of silverware, across 12 seasons registered in the league. The Great Britain Olympic Captain, who totalled 100 caps in his international career, helped bring silverware…
Many of our Eagles fly away home for the summer break between seasons while work continues behind the scenes at the club preparing for the next BBL campaign and this season has been no different, except that one of our Eagles coaching staff, Ian Macleod, has also been flying out of the North East to…
