Betway have just been announced as the title sponsors of the 2017 British Basketball All-Stars Championship which takes place at the iconic O2 Arena on Sunday 24th September. Live on Sky Sports for five hours, the fast-paced tournament will also be broadcast live in over 70 countries around the world. British Basketball All-Stars Championship is…
Excited or excitement or even exciting, these seem to be the buzz words about the new-look Esh Group Eagles Newcastle roster that will contest the British basketball season, writes Jeff King. Even though Head Coach Fab Flournoy has already stated that what’s on paper doesn’t always translate to what you get on court, there’s a…
This has been a week of arrivals for Esh Group Eagles Newcastle as their new-look roster has flown in from all over the globe to prepare for the 2017/18 British Basketball League season, wrote Jeff King for the Sunday Sun newspaper yesterday. From Zagreb to Winnipeg, from Copenhagen to New York and from Toronto to…
Well in a week where if you read about North East sport in the popular press all you here is doom and gloom, the Head Coach having thinly disguised pops at The Owner and the inability to get the players they want over the line, let’s look at a properly run professional sports team in…
In the biggest rebuild of recent seasons a total of seven new Eagles fly in over the next seven days in preparation for our pre-season schedule, the British Basketball All-Stars Championship and of course the 2017/18 British Basketball League campaign. Earlier this week, upon the announcement of our final new signing, our commentator and press…
As his coaching colleagues at Esh Group Eagles Newcastle were putting together the recently announced exciting new roster for the 2017/18 season fellow Eagles BBL Assistant Coach, Ian Macleod, was having an exciting and rewarding experience of his own, writes Jeff King. Macleod who made the step-up from coaching The Eagles School of Excellence Under…
Well Ladies and Gentlemen, Girls and Boys and whatever else you want to call yourself, there we have it, The 2017/18 Esh Group Eagles Newcastle. Whadda Y’all Think? I think I’m pretty excited and you should be too. Let’s have a little recap and a bit of fun too although, the fun may get me…
Our recently announced squad of Eagles will be flying out on-court together for the first time in our pre-season schedule on Friday 8th, Saturday 16th and Sunday 17th September. See our new and returning players suit-up against the international visitors of Team USA Select, the 2016-17 NBL Division 1 and Play-Off Champions of Team Northumbria,…
Esh Group Eagles Newcastle are delighted that for the 14th season in a row they can announce that the hugely-popular fans favourite Darius Defoe will be stepping out for them on court once again this season, writes Jeff King. The British power forward is one of the most consistent players ever to grace The BBL…
