This Wednesday saw over 400 primary school pupils from across Newcastle take part in the second annual Tesco Bank Junior Players tournament. Amongst the crowds watching the action on court was our Eagles BBL players and brothers, Jamal and Kai Williams, who stopped by ahead of their much anticipated BBL Championship match against Leicester Riders…
This week Eagles’ guard Drew Lasker joined two North East football legends, Sunderland’s Kevin Ball and Newcastle United’s Bob Moncur, along with pupils from Balliol Primary School to launch year two of Tesco Bank Junior Players community sports programme. Last year the programme saw over 18,500 primary school pupils from across the region get fit…
So, eight in or is it nine? We never announce Fab as a player but he’s still our Coach and he’s always said that when he stops playing he’ll stop coaching so, make of that what you will. Now if you want to go 5 x 5 in practice you need 10 players. Wonder if…
Basketball England today announced the brand new National Programme coaching, sports science, medical, analytics and team management staff that will help propel the sport to greater heights in this country following an extensive recruitment drive. Our Esh Group Eagles Newcastle BBL team Assistant Coach and Eagles Community Foundation Mentoring and Performance Officer, Ian Macleod steps up from…
BBL Cup breakdown: Players’ predictions We take a look at what various players around the BBL are saying about this Sunday’s prestigious BBL Cup Final at the Barclaycard Arena in Birmingham. Who will prevail between Esh Group Eagles Newcastle and the Glasgow Rocks, in a game which will be played out in front of…
The Newcastle Eagles players started 2014 by spending time at Benfield Centre for Sporting Excellence coaching the Newcastle Eagles Junior National League Players. Boys and girls from the Under 18, Under 16 and Under 15 teams got the opportunity to work on court with the Cup bound Esh Group Eagles. The junior players also got…
BBL Team of the Week – Week 10 It was a great weekend for Newcastle Eagles and they see three players make our starting five this week. Damon Huffman (Newcastle Eagles) The playmaker showed his versatility with an outstanding shooting performance for the Eagles as they jumped a sizeable distance towards the BBL Cup Final,…
BBL Team of the Week – Week 7 A trio of debutantes and Newcastle Eagles’ players dominate our line-up this week. Damon Huffman (Newcastle Eagles) It’s a long overdue debut for the Eagles’ playmaker who has been excellent ever since he arrived on Tyneside during the summer. He has fitted seamlessly into the team and…
It was a stellar weekend for frontcourt players, two of whom posted back-to-back performances that were both good enough to make the starting five. Chavis Holmes (Surrey Heat) The most thrilling moment of the weekend came at Surrey Sports Park where new Heat guard Chavis Holmes continued to cement himself as a real favourite with…
