In an exclusive interview with Jeff King, The 2015/16 BBL MVP gave his thoughts on the season. Esh Group Eagles Newcastle Players’ Player of the Year, Eagles Supporters Player of the Year and the big one, BB: MVP of the Year. It was quite a season individually for Ramon “Fletch” Fletcher in 2015/16 but would…
Tickets for the Senior Men’s FIBA EuroBasket 2017 home qualifying games at the Copper Box Arena are now available for fans to buy. Head coach Joe Prunty and his players will step out for three vital games in the capital and you could help make the difference by being there to roar the team to…
The region’s Invictus Games heroes have been welcomed back onto home turf at a celebration event hosted by North East-based market leading technology firm, Sage. Michael Hutchinson and Gareth Golightly, from Sunderland and Longbenton are part of Newcastle Eagles Wheelchair Basketball team and represented the UK at the Invictus Games in Orlando last week, founded…
So, the 2015/16 season was finally put to bed last night at the Esh Group Eagles Newcastle Supporters End of Season Party where the fans come together with the players and give out their awards for the season. First up to receive The Dave Hunter Volunteer Of The Year Award was Linda “Surprisingly Sew” Williamson…
Molten BBL Team of the Year 2015-16 Great Britain duo Drew Sullivan and Kieron Achara have amassed prestigious hat-tricks in this season’s end of season Molten BBL awards The duo have emerged as big favourites in the voting by BBL coaches after being named in the Molten BBL Team of the Year for 2015-16 off…
40 years a professional franchise, 20 years as The Eagles, it was all celebrated last night at a glittering Eagles Community Foundation Annual Dinner at The Marriott Hotel Gosforth Park. A great night was hosted by Eagles Match Day Co-Hosts Dan Black and Howard Leighton in their own inimitable style. The Eagles under Paul Blake’s…
All Star Five – Week 32 It’s our last line-up of the 2015-16 season and quite a time for one of our fab five to rack up the best performance of the entire campaign! Warren Gillis (Glasgow Rocks) The Rocks’ guard was the driving force of his team’s spectacular Quarter-Final first leg victory against Worcester…
All Star Five – Week 30 It’s perhaps fitting that ahead of this weekend’s potential title deciding blockbuster, four players from Riders and Eagles are blowing hot and find themselves in our starting line-up Neil Watson (Leicester Riders) When it comes to finding a rich vein of form down the season stretch, look no further…
BBL Championship Manchester Giants 81 (11,34,55) (Okoro 25, Jones 13, Bankevics 12) Esh Group Eagles Newcastle 115 (26,51,85) (Smith 23, Fletcher 22, Martin/Lasker 16) Esh Group Eagles Newcastle made it a successful weekend double-header after they eased their way to a convincing 115-81 win away at Manchester Giants. Charles Smith led the way with 23…
