Having already posted a strong start to the new BBL season, Esh Group Eagles Newcastle have made a further statement of intent by capturing the highly talented and exciting Great Britain squad member, Joe Hart. Hailing from Southend and a graduate of Lakehead University in Canada, the 6ft 4in guard has agreed to make Tyneside…
BBL All-Star Five – Week 2 It’s our second line-up of the new season and there’s a nice mixture of new and more familiar faces in our starting five this week. Rhys Carter (Plymouth Raiders) The veteran playmaker gets his first ever place in our All-Star Five after leading Plymouth Raiders to an outstanding road…
BBL Championship Esh Group Eagles Newcastle 102 (37,61,85) (Parks 19, Martin 18, Lasker 17) Manchester Giants 55 (10,28,43) (Jones/Traianos 13, Goffen 6) Esh Group Eagles Newcastle made it 14 straight victories against Manchester Giants after recording an emphatic 102-55 win at Sport Central, on Friday night. Fab Flournoy’s side did the damage early on with…
intu Metrocentre and intu Eldon Square have been announced as our latest sponsors for the 2016-17 season, ahead of our opening home game against the Manchester Giants on Friday 30th September. In addition to sponsoring court-side advertising boards, intu Metrocentre and intu Eldon Square are providing the prizes for our famous ‘Chuck A Duck’ game…
BBL Championship Cheshire Phoenix 85 (18,35,59) (Brown 27, Anderson 21, Wilcher 12) Esh Group Eagles Newcastle 99 (20,42,72) (Martin 28, Defoe 16, Parks 15) Esh Group Eagles Newcastle pulled away from Cheshire Phoenix to record an 85-99 road victory, on Sunday evening. Scott Martin led the way with a 28-point haul to help his team…
It’s the end of an era for the Esh Group Eagles and the British Basketball League as “Prince” Charles Smith announces his retirement from playing, calling time on his glittering time in British basketball as a player. In a phenomenally successful career that spanned 14 years in The BBL and 3 separate periods at The Eagles, Charles…
Our main sponsor Esh Group has renewed its long-running sponsorship in a three-year deal as we prepare to tip-off for the seventh year in partnership. Chief executive Brian Manning and the Eagles’ managing director Paul Blake, along with a number of players, were on hand to celebrate the deal at the Vueling Quayside Seaside in Newcastle….
Following the U17 boys and girls Regional Development Tournament in Manchester on the 3 / 4 September, the initial rosters for the England U18 Men’s and Women’s National Squad and England U17’s Men’s and Women’s National Development Programme have been announced. 120 boys and 120 girls from each of the 10 Basketball England regions took…
This morning our 2016-17 Esh Group Eagles Newcastle were presented to the media at a launch on the Newcastle Quayside. Look out for some of the first press and TV interviews from our new Eagles over the next few days along with what Fab and some of our returning players have to say as we…
