The Newcastle Eagles took time out of preparing for the BBL Trophy Final Second Leg tonight for a quick visit to BT to help promote Sport Relief. The team visited staff and challenged them to a shoot out on the basketball court. BT staff paid to take shots against the Eagle of their choice. If…
port Central stages a key BBL Championship match-up on Friday evening as Newcastle Eagles host Jelson Homes DMU Leicester Riders. The Eagles suffered their second Championship loss of the season last Friday as they went down 85-76 against UCP Marjon Plymouth Raiders, but they are still top of the table with an 18-2 record. The…
Fab Flournoy and Charles Smith were present at last night’s Sport Newcastle Awards at Newcastle Civic Centre to receive the Frank Brennan Award for sporting achievement. This is the second time the club has won this honour, previously awarded in 2006. Past winners include Durham CCC, Tanni Grey-Thompson, Steve Cram, Paul Collingwood and the Great…
Newcastle Eagles’ player coach Fab Flournoy has been handed the accolade of Molten BBL Coach Of The Month For February after the club extended its unbeaten start to 2012. The league leaders have enjoyed a flawless start of the new calendar year, their last defeat coming way back before Christmas and not surprisingly, Flournoy scoops…
Following in the footsteps of Joe Chapman, another Newcastle Eagles player racks up a third successive appearance in the BBL line-up. Jimmy Langhurst (One Health Sharks Sheffield) One Health Sharks Sheffield enjoyed getting back on an even keel with nine wins and nine losses last Friday as Jimmy Langhurst led his team to a convincing…
The Champagne is on ice for Marc Steutel’s hoops heroes as Team Northumbria prepare for one of the biggest weeks of their season. The in-form ballers bagged promotion to EBL Division One with three games to spare following an 88-55 demolition of Birmingham A’s. But the promotion party has been put on hold as TN…
It was a perfect weekend for BBL Championship leaders Newcastle Eagles as they continued their push for a fifth regular season title. Fabulous Flournoy’s team won 103-94 at title rivals UCP Marjon Plymouth Raiders on Friday before chalking up a 95-82 success at Cheshire Jets on Sunday, but it wasn’t just their victories which helped…
It was an extra special presentation for Charles Smith and Fab Flournoy last Friday as they received their Player and Coach of the Month Awards for January from Sharon Hodgson MP for Washington and West Sunderland and Chi Onwurah MP for Newcastle Central. The right honourable MPs were at the game to support both Eagles…
Newcastle Eagles 94 (32,48,83) (Chapman 24, Thomson/Defoe 14) Durham Wildcats 69 (11,27,47) (Flaherty 23, Glavin 15, Capocci/Elderkin 8) Newcastle Eagles kept their stranglehold on the top of the BBL Championship table as they enjoyed a comfortable 94-69 victory over the Durham Wildcats at Sport Central on Friday night. The Eagles started off the contest in…
