BBL All-Star Five – Week 20 There’s a debutante in our line-up and a player with the best display of the 2016-17 season so far and one of the best in All-Star Five history. Quincy Taylor (Surrey Scorchers) It was a brilliant night for Scorchers in front of the BBC Sport cameras last Friday as…
Next week our player-coach Fabulous Fournoy receives his MBE for services to basketball and the North East community in a ceremony at Buckingham Palace. Earlier this month Fab spoke to Ex Newcastle United goalkeeper Steve Harper for The North East Times Magazine. Here’s a little except: Steve: “You’re renowned for your high standards…” Fab: I…
BBL Championship Esh Group Eagles Newcastle 108 (28,60,84) (Martin 41, Fletcher 19, Jackman/Parks 16) Bristol Flyers 94 (25,46,76) (Cosby 28, Boggs 21, Ali 16) Scott Martin turned in one of the performances of the season as Esh Group Eagles Newcastle beat Bristol Flyers 108-94 to maintain the pressure at the top of the BBL Championship…
Esh Group Eagles Newcastle v Bristol Flyers Details: Friday 17 February, Sport Central, 7:30pm – BBL Championship Summary: The Eagles bounced back from a crushing Trophy defeat with a convincing home win against Leeds Force last week. Bristol remain in the top eight, but were beaten by Glasgow Rocks last time out and have never…
BBL All-Star Five – Week 19 We have a debutante, a Great Britain favourite and the reigning BBL MVP in our line-up this week. Rahmon Fletcher (Esh Group Eagles Newcastle) While the form of the Eagles has been up and down during recent weeks, the play of the point guard and league’s MVP has remained…
BBL Championship Esh Group Eagles Newcastle 90 (27,50,67) (Fletcher 24, Parks 20, Hart 12) Leeds Force 65 (12,28,48) (Sanders 19, Isenbarger/Marsden 9) Esh Group Eagles Newcastle avenged their recent defeat to Leeds Force with a dominant 90-65 victory at Sport Central. The North-East side were without captain Darius Defoe for the clash, but came out…
BBL All-Star Five – Week 18 We have got another debutante in our line-up this week and a player in such a rich vein of form, he posted two performances good enough for our fab five. Zaire Taylor (London Lions) The Lions’ playmaker was the central orchestrator of his team’s vital and impressive victory at…
BBL Trophy, Quarter Final Leicester Riders 104 (21,49,78) (Clark 23, Sullivan 14, Walker 13) Esh Group Eagles Newcastle 69 (26,43,60) (Fletcher 20, Parks 16, Martin 13) Leicester Riders scored a record victory, 104-69, over Esh Group Eagles Newcastle to reach the BBL Trophy semi-finals on Tuesday night. It is their biggest winning margin over the…
Congratulations to the Team Northumbria men on last nights win over Newcastle University in a game which also won them the BUCS Premier North League title. In the 2017 Stan Calvert Memorial Cup launch event an 88-62 victory over the Team Newcastle Knights also meant that Durham University now can’t catch Northumbria, winning Coach Marc Steutel’s squad the British Universities…
