intu Metrocentre and intu Eldon Square have been announced as our latest sponsors for the 2016-17 season, ahead of our opening home game against the Manchester Giants on Friday 30th September. In addition to sponsoring court-side advertising boards, intu Metrocentre and intu Eldon Square are providing the prizes for our famous ‘Chuck A Duck’ game…
Esh Group Eagles Newcastle v Manchester Giants Details: Friday 30 September, Sport Central, 7:30pm – BBL Championship Summary: Contrasting starts to the season at the weekend as the Eagles won by 14 at Cheshire, while the Giants fell to an opening 34-point defeat at home. Fab Flournoy’s side have won all 13 meetings between the two…
All-Star Five – Week 1 It’s our first line-up of the brand new 2016-17 BBL season and opening weekend saw a number of rookies announce their arrival in style. Jack Isenbarger (Leeds Force) It was quite a debut for the Force guard as he posted the best performance of the entire weekend. His his 28…
BBL Championship Cheshire Phoenix 85 (18,35,59) (Brown 27, Anderson 21, Wilcher 12) Esh Group Eagles Newcastle 99 (20,42,72) (Martin 28, Defoe 16, Parks 15) Esh Group Eagles Newcastle pulled away from Cheshire Phoenix to record an 85-99 road victory, on Sunday evening. Scott Martin led the way with a 28-point haul to help his team…
The last competitive game your Esh Group Eagles Newcastle played in the 2015/16 season was at the same venue that the 2016/17 season will start. That night although we took the win on the night, the damage had been done in the home leg and we crashed out of the Play-Offs at the first hurdle….
It’s the end of an era for the Esh Group Eagles and the British Basketball League as “Prince” Charles Smith announces his retirement from playing, calling time on his glittering time in British basketball as a player. In a phenomenally successful career that spanned 14 years in The BBL and 3 separate periods at The Eagles, Charles…
Our main sponsor Esh Group has renewed its long-running sponsorship in a three-year deal as we prepare to tip-off for the seventh year in partnership. Chief executive Brian Manning and the Eagles’ managing director Paul Blake, along with a number of players, were on hand to celebrate the deal at the Vueling Quayside Seaside in Newcastle….
Following the U17 boys and girls Regional Development Tournament in Manchester on the 3 / 4 September, the initial rosters for the England U18 Men’s and Women’s National Squad and England U17’s Men’s and Women’s National Development Programme have been announced. 120 boys and 120 girls from each of the 10 Basketball England regions took…
This morning our 2016-17 Esh Group Eagles Newcastle were presented to the media at a launch on the Newcastle Quayside. Look out for some of the first press and TV interviews from our new Eagles over the next few days along with what Fab and some of our returning players have to say as we…
