Esh Group Eagles Newcastle are looking to leave Northumbria University Sport Central tonight on a winning note as they close their tenure on one venue prior to opening the doors to their purpose-built new Arena early next year. Their opposition tonight in a BBL Trophy first round tie is the pride of domestic Scottish basketball,…
Chris Bunten has hailed the outstanding contribution of in-form rookie Maya Price as one of British basketball’s brightest stars continues to fly the flag for homegrown hoops. Newcastle Eagles WBBL snapped up the former GB Under 18 international in the close-season as back up for veteran bigs Kara Bonenberger and Steph Gandy. But Price has…
Amongst a cluster of frustrated and disappointed Esh Group Eagles Newcastle players who went down to their fourth defeat in five games last Friday at Sheffield, one player was perhaps more frustrated than most. That was USA Shooting Guard Jeremy Smith who missed the loss through injury. Smith suffered a concussion sustained in the semi-final…
Fatigue finally caught up with an injury-hit Newcastle Eagles as Chris Bunten’s side was given a lesson in WBBL basketball by title challengers Leicester Riders. The hosts ran out 97-57 winners to maintain their position at the top of the championship table. And head coach Bunten cut a frustrated figure as the Eagles failed to…
Nothing less than victory in Cardiff this afternoon will satisfy Chris Bunten as Newcastle Eagles seek to arrest an alarming four-game losing streak. The upbeat playcaller is confident his players can target the homecourt Archers and pinch a much-needed win before Christmas. But Bunten admitted a mounting injury list means sensible game management is a…
Last weekend was a very disappointing one for Esh Group Eagles Newcastle as they crashed out of The BBL Cup at the semi-final stage, writes Jeff King. A realistic chance to get back to a showpiece final was shattered by a London Lions who won the two-legged tie by an aggregate of ten points. For…
Our Eagles Community Foundation is pleased to be able to offer a series of coaching sessions aimed at developing players who want to accelerate their learning, and have an ambition to play at a higher level. Sessions will be catered to the required skill development of each individual player or group of players. This service is…
It was a weekend to forget for Newcastle Eagles WBBL’s after they were handed a quarter-final WBBL cup loss to a strong Sevenoaks Suns side at Sport Central. While play caller Chris Bunten’s side managed to keep the score close, even leading at half time – they were ultimately unable to overcome a dominant third…
The Eagles U23 were looking to finish 2018 off on a winning note and maintaining their 2nd position in the league against bottom of the table and winless Wire….Eagles travelled again without injured Blake Keeble, Domantas Karpinskas was away in Lithuania and assistant coach George was sick… Luc Heath stepped in to assist his dad……
