A typically powerful offensive display carried Esh Group Eagles Newcastle to a win against Giants and to successive BBL titles. BBL Championship Esh Group Eagles Newcastle 107 (32,62,81) (Smith 27, Thomson S 23, Thomson A 22) Manchester Giants 97 (21,51,73) (Gill 25, Jones 22, Marsden 20) There were few signs of nerves at Sport Central…
EMOTIONAL FLOURNOY REACTS TO EAGLES’ TITLE SUCCESS An emotional Fab Flournoy has expressed his delight at landing another piece of silverware after his Esh Group Eagles Newcastle side retained their BBL Championship crown on Wednesday night. Speaking after the 107-97 success against Manchester Giants which sealed another title for the north-east powerhouse, the play-caller paid…
Esh Group Eagles Newcastle v Manchester Giants – Wednesday 15 April 2015 – Sport Central – 7:30pm The task is simple for Newcastle Eagles going into Wednesday’s clash with Manchester Giants, one more win and they retain the BBL Championship title. The dominant force throughout the season, it had long seemed a question of when, not if,…
BBL Team of the Week – Week 29 It’s the penultimate line-up of the regular season and we still have space for a debutante and a trio of players who all rack up their fifth appearance of the campaign. Chavis Holmes (Worcester Wolves) The Wolves’ guard posted a classy display to lead his team to…
BBL Championship (OT) Newcastle Eagles 98 (31, 42, 60, 81) (Smith 29, Martin 21, Fletcher 19) Leeds Force 91 (25, 49, 58, 81) (McCann 22, Hall 19, Anebo 18) Newcastle Eagles demonstrated their championship quality once more with a battling 98-91 overtime triumph against Leeds Force on Friday to close within one win of the…
The 2015 School of Excellence Awards evening was held at The Marriott Hotel in Gosforth, compaired by Howard Leighton and Coach Graham Heath. David Halfacre, chairman of the Esh Property Services and Paul Blake, managing director of the Newcastle Eagles were the guests of honours who took care of the presentations. The night started with…
BBL Team of the Week – Week 28 Yet another debutante this week and one of the best displays of the entire season from a BBL veteran. Tyler Bernardini (Leicester Riders) It’s a third appearance in our starting five during the last five weeks for the Riders’ guard, whose rich vein of form continued…
BBL Championship Plymouth University Raiders 90 (11,47,69) (Smith 38, Martin 20, Thomson 20) Esh Group Eagles Newcastle 101 (31,55,77) (Hampton 32, Murray 16, Elston 13) Charles Smith hit a massive 38 points to ensure Esh Group Eagles Newcastle bounced back from their first defeat in three months to beat Plymouth University Raiders 90-101, beating the…
BBL Championship Worcester Wolves 88 (24,40,62) (Owumi 25, Holmes 16, Guede 15) Esh Group Eagles Newcastle 81 (23,38,59) (Smith 22, Thomson 16, Lasker 14) In one of the games of the season, Worcester Wolves completed a sweep of Esh Group Eagles Newcastle, winning 88-81 for their third victory over their title rivals as they remain…
