Newcastle Eagles chief and former BBL chairman Paul Blake has welcomed this week’s summit meeting focusing on funding basketball’s future. And one of the founders of the All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on basketball is optimistic that the key messages around the sport’s inclusivity, social impact and community focus are finally getting through. Minister for…
The next generation of North East basketball talent is in safe hands as the brand new Eagles Community Arena takes shape with the promise of creating a one-stop home for hoops fans of all ages and abilities. As our Eagles look to arrest an unfamiliar homecourt slump – following three successive Sport Central defeats –…
A lot of heavy lifting goes into a huge build like our Eagles Community Arena and that couldn’t be more true of this week in particular as the team from Esh Group raised the 27 tonne 42 x 4.5 metre central truss with two huge cranes on-site in Elswick. Check out the photos of Esh…
Our Eagles Community Arena steelwork is really coming on after a very exciting and fast-paced week of progress on-site. The big 27 tonne central truss, which made it’s way up the A19 to Elswick this Thursday afternoon, will be lifted into place early next week. The shape of our arena will then really start to…
It was a big day at the Eagles Community Arena build today as the 42 x 4.5 metre central truss travelled from Nationwide Structures in Stockton to the site in Elswick. Check out the pictures of this 27 tonne piece of our new home making its journey up the A19.
Today the first pieces of the steel framework which will become our Eagles Community Arena started being put in place as work on-site reaches yet another big milestone for the project. There’s still a long way to go, but anyone passing the location of our future home in Elswick will be seeing a lot of…
For the first time in 14 years Newcastle Eagles have failed to make the semi-finals of either of the BBL Cup or the BBL Trophy. Simon Rushworth asked owner Paul Blake whether the bubble has finally burst – or whether this season’s inconsistency is simply an inevitable bump in the road. For any other franchise…
Anyone passing the site where our Eagles Community Arena is being built on Scotswood Road over the next few weeks will see a lot of progress very fast as the first construction works begins tomorrow. The team from Esh Group have been preparing the ground since late last year and it is now ready for the frame…
So, there I was standing outside in the pouring rain, water seeping up through the hallowed turf and flooding the whole venerable are with mud, mud, glorious mud. It was cold, it was wet, and it was glorious, the day had finally come. It’s been a long, long, long hard struggle and quite how Mr…
