Newcastle Eagles are thrilled to announce the appointment of 3 new coaches to the School of Excellence Junior National League programme. The three coaches will be joining long serving coach Graham Heath who will take the reigns of the Under 18 Men’s team. Coach Heath has worked within the National League set up for 12…
Eagles Community Foundation are looking to appoint three elite coaches to join their successful junior national league boys & girls programme. Opportunities are on a volunteer basis with an honorarium. The role is ideal for ambitious coaches who want the opportunity to develop and progress their coaching career. We are looking for individuals with good basketball…
BBL Championship Play-Off Final Esh Group Eagles Newcastle 78 (15,42,52) (Defoe 22, Smith 17, Martin/Gause 13) Worcester Wolves 90 (29,48,72) (Taylor 30, Creekmore 14, Irving 14, J Williams 14) Worcester Wolves are the BBL Championship Play-Off winners after beating Esh Group Newcastle Eagles 90-78 in a thrilling final at Wembley Arena. A decisive third quarter…
He may be the quiet man of Esh Group Eagles Newcastle, but Scott Martin has made plenty of noise on the court during his first BBL season. Amidst the jubilation and screams of delight which reverberated around Sport Central after the final buzzer of the Eagles’ emotionally-charged epic semi-final against Riders, Martin unsurprisingly stood out…
All roads lead to Wembley Arena this Sunday for the BBL Play-off Final so we turned to two of the league’s top coaches for the inside track on finalists Worcester Wolves and Esh Group Eagles Newcastle. Durham Wildcats and their coach Lee Davie started and finished the season against Eagles, eventually losing out in their…
BBL Play-Off Semi-Final (2nd Leg) Esh Group Eagles Newcastle 83 (25,43,61,73) (Defoe 25, Cooke 18, Smith 16) Leicester Riders 71 (16,39,50,62) (Couisnard 20, Sullivan 17, Hassan 15) (Esh Group Eagles Newcastle win 162-161 on aggregate) Esh Group Eagles Newcastle needed overtime against the visiting Leicester Riders, but became the first team to book a ticket…
Fab Flournoy has added to his already bulging and illustrious resume by scooping the prestigious Molten BBL Coach of the Year award for a fifth time in his glittering career. Drawing level with BBL coaching legend Kevin Cadle as the only other five-time winner, the Esh Group Eagles Newcastle play-caller adds the accolade to a…
Darius, Fab and Paul all get honourable mentions in BBL’s British and Defensive Teams of the Year announced by BBL yesterday. Here’s a run down. A total of six players make up the eagerly anticipated Molten BBL British Team of the Year after voting resulted in a tie for the last spot. Voted for by the…
After due consideration, the BBL coaches have determined the five players who make up the prestigious Molten BBL Team of the Year. And, there are a couple of clubs who each have two representatives in the 2013-14 line-up. Molten BBL Player of the Year Zaire Taylor (pictured) and Will Creekmore have both managed to tear it up…
