Today’s guest writer is Simon Bird, a North-East based sports writer for the Daily Mirror, who attended our arena opening game against Plymouth Raiders last Friday night. Take your seat at the new Eagles Community Arena for the first time and you are struck by several emotions. It feel intimate, close to the action. It’s…
Anyone attending last Friday’s sparkling opening night of the new Eagles Nest couldn’t have failed to have been impressed by the new arena and what it can offer to basketball in the region. The real proof of that pudding though really hit home less than 12 hours later in the very same space. Saturday morning…
Last night the Newcastle Panthers Volleyball Club took to the Eagles Community Arena court for the first non-basketball activity in our new multi-purpose venue. The volleyball club becomes the second senior sports team to make the arena its home and it’s another with a legacy of success. The men’s team currently play in the top…
It is almost 20 years since Paul Blake and business partner Ken Nottage – a familiar face on the North East basketball scene – paid a nominal sum to Sir John Hall for sole ownership of the Newcastle Eagles. Two decades down the line and it feels as if that investment is finally reaping rewards….
Tonight, sees the cumulation of a dream and a chance for Newcastle to add another iconic professional sporting venue to its pages of history as Esh Group Eagles Newcastle open its own doors to their brand-new arena. The plaudits and praise have rightly reigned in on Paul Blake, Eagles Managing Director and his wife Sam,…
The opening night at our new Eagles Community Arena has been sold out since Wednesday afternoon, but just in time for anyone not wanting to miss this historic first game we are pleased to announce the game will be free to watch on BBC Sport. This afternoon the British Basketball League’s continuing partnership with BBC…
British basketball’s most successful club has joined forces with an award-winning college to give sports fans an exciting taste of the future. Newcastle Eagles and Newcastle College have rubber-stamped a unique partnership that will deliver match night catering at the brand new Eagles Community Arena. Tomorrow’s mouthwatering clash between the title challenging hosts and old…
Newcastle will play in front of a capacity crowd on Friday when the Eagles Community Arena welcomes top flight basketball for the first time. Fabulous Flournoy’s men tackle fierce rivals Plymouth Raiders in the first homecourt fixture of 2019. Contractors put the finishing touches to the state-of-the-art arena earlier this week ready for Friday’s opening…
The eagle-eyed amongst our fans passing our new nest on Scotswood Road from tonight will see the first part of our amazing arena sign going up. Of course there will be plenty more pictures and updates from both inside and outside our new home over the days counting down to our opening next week, but…
