Eagles swoop to back Morpeth to Newcastle races Newcastle’s most successful sports team is backing a brand new event set to put the city centre stage this summer. Newcastle Eagles basketball club extended their 27-game winning streak by retaining their BBL Cup in front of 10,000 fans in Birmingham last weekend. But Fabulous Flournoy’s men…
All Star Five – Week 18 This week’s line-up includes the BBL Cup MVP who is also now streaking away at the top of our leaderboard after securing a stunning seventh starting berth of the campaign. Rahmon Fletcher (Esh Group Newcastle Eagles) Yes, man of the moment ‘Fletch’ scooped successive BBL Cup Final MVP accolades…
Relive all the drama from BBL Cup Final day 2016 as Esh Group Eagles Newcastle came from behind to beat Leicester Riders and retain the Cup after Westfield Health Sheffield Hatters claimed their second straight WBBL Trophy title, at a packed Barclaycard Arena. Read the match report from the main event.
BBL Cup Final Esh Group Eagles Newcastle 94 (25,41,66) (Fletcher 18, Chapman 17, Smith 15) Leicester Riders 82 (28,50,76) (Wright/Sullivan 14, Gruis 12) Esh Group Eagles Newcastle pulled off a remarkable comeback from 14 points down in the third to defeat Leicester Riders 94-82, and retain their BBL Cup title. Riders looked in the ascendancy…
Comments from Fab Flournoy, Rahmon Fletcher, Drew Lasker, Rob Paternostro and Drew Sullivan after Esh Group Eagles Newcastle beat Leicester Riders 94-82 in the 2016 BBL Cup Final at Barclaycard Arena in Birmingham on Sunday. Eagles player-coach Fab Flournoy: “It’s what everyone wanted, regardless of the win, everyone wanted to see what would happen between…
Esh Group Eagles Newcastle v Leicester Riders Where and when: Barclaycard Arena, Birmingham, 3.30pm, Sunday 17 January Summary: A packed Barclaycard Arena will provide the backdrop to a BBL Cup Final with a familiar feel on Sunday. Between them, Esh Group Eagles Newcastle and Leicester Riders have won each of the last four Cup Finals…
As you may already be aware, this Friday’s scheduled home game against Bristol Flyers has been postponed, as the Eagles prepare for the BBL Cup Final against Leicester Riders in Birmingham this Sunday. If you are not attending the game you can see it free of charge in a webcast partnership between BBL and Sky…
All Star Five – Week 17 Our second line up of 2016 sees one of our starters posting the second best display of the entire BBL season, we also have two debutantes and someone becoming the first player to take his sixth starting slot. Rahmon Fletcher (Esh Group Eagles Newcastle) Yes, the Eagles’ point guard…
BBL Trophy, First Round Manchester Giants 75 (27,44,58) (Bankevics 25, Jones 21, Attah 10) Esh Group Eagles Newcastle 91 (27,50,68) (A Thomson 21, Martin 18, Smith 16) Esh Group Eagles Newcastle began the defence of their BBL Trophy title with a 91-75 victory away at Manchester Giants. Andy Thomson scored all of his 21 points…
