Esh Group Eagles Newcastle face yet another tough and crucial week in their quest to fashion a position from where they could bring silverware back to basketball’s most successful franchise, writes Jeff King. On Friday night at Northumbria University Sport Central they face Cheshire Phoenix in a BBL Championship clash and then the following night…
The City of Edinburgh Kings have been confirmed as our BBL Trophy opening round opposition next month after being given an unexpected opportunity to replace fellow Scottish side St Mirren who have had to withdraw from the competition. “We were delighted to get the invite to take part in this year’s BBL Trophy,” confirmed Kings’…
After a great win against Spinners last week, the Eagles were taking on the daunting task of an undefeated Manchester Mystics team away from home. Manchester have not only yet to lose a game this year but have yet to win a game by less than an 80 point margin! The Eagles therefore knew this…
Doncaster was looking to remain unbeaten and stay top of Division 4 North… The Eagles were looking to get a good away victory in the start of a big weekender on the road… The Eagles travelled minus Blake Keeble still injured…. The game was played in front of a very partisan home crowd of around…
Newcastle U14s drop the home game against the Titans Newcastle eagles were aware fully coming into this game that majority of the Titans scores would come from the paint and that they were not looking to shoot. The home team however after quickly realising that their pre-game scout report covered this very style of…
Going in to last weekend’s games Esh Group Eagles Newcastle were perched at the top of The BBL unbeaten with five straight victories. Coming out of the weekend the situation had changed dramatically with losses at home to Leicester and on the road in Bristol. It means a hard week of thought and practice for…
The unbeaten start to the season through October as well as consistently strong performances on court have netted Fab Flournoy and Rahmon Fletcher accolades this week. Our player/coach Fab Flournoy led our Eagles through flawless first five games of the new season to take home the first Molten Kevin Cadle BBL Coach of the Month…
The Eagles were looking to get a good away win ahead of a big weekend of fixtures on the 10th and 11th November… Barrow were looking for their first win of the season… The Eagles travelled minus Blake Keeble with injury and Shaq Freeman due to work commitments…. The game got off to a hectic…
Esh Group Eagles Newcastle face their biggest challenge of the 2018-19 BBL Championship season so far as reigning Champions, Play-Off winners and Trophy holders Leicester ride in to town. It’s an eagerly awaited clash of the two powerhouses of British basketball with the rest of the league looking on. The Eagles are currently flying high…
