Darius Defoe set the tone early in our first win at our Eagles Community Arena last Friday night as we battled past Manchester Giants and has landed himself a place in the BBL All-Star Five for week 19 of the season. DD finished with 21 points and 10 rebounds in the 93-85 victory, whilst shooting…
At the final buzzer on Friday night, party-poopers Plymouth Raiders had spoiled the celebrations of Esh Group Eagles Newcastle by taking a deserved 91 – 86 victory on the opening night of the brand-new Eagles Community Arena. An Arena over 12 years in the planning and dreams of husband and wife duo Paul and Sam…
Esh Group Eagles Newcastle face their biggest challenge of the 2018-19 BBL Championship season so far as reigning Champions, Play-Off winners and Trophy holders Leicester ride in to town. It’s an eagerly awaited clash of the two powerhouses of British basketball with the rest of the league looking on. The Eagles are currently flying high…
Congratulations to Kara Bonenberger, Rahmon Fletcher and Victor Moses who all received starting places in the All-Star Fives this week. It was the start of a new chapter for women’s basketball as our Newcastle Eagles WBBL team chalked an opening weekend win and Kara Bonenberger stood out with a super line of 21 points, 12 rebounds,…
One of the most familiar faces in North East sport has committed to another campaign on Tyneside as he goes in search of an unprecedented 25th national title. In 2004 a little-known Londoner signed on the dotted line for Newcastle Eagles following a brief but life-changing conversation with the club’s fast-rising player-coach, Fabulous Flournoy. As…
Darius Defoe represented our Eagles at the North East as part of the UK’s team ‘Midnight Madness’ in their annual trip to world streetball tournament Quai 54 in Paris, France over the weekend. The tournament hosts 16 teams competing for the world streetball title with players from all across the world stepping out onto the…
Fabulous Flournoy could be forgiven for taking a break from his beloved basketball following Newcastle Eagles’ most disappointing campaign for a decade but the New Yorker is already building for the future as Simon Rushworth reports. Fabulous Flournoy skipped through the sand like a man half his age. However, the most successful coach in the history…
On Monday night at a packed-out Nine Sports Bar & Lounge it was our Supporters Club End of Season Party 2017-18 with over 150 Eagles fans all getting a final chance for selfies and signatures with some of the players. Every year three awards are voted for by our supporters and this years winners were…
Two of our Eagles made it onto the bench for the very last All-Star Five line-up of the 2017-18 season. Well done to Darius and Zarko! Here’s the full roster from the BBL: Tony Hicks (Surrey Scorchers) The curtain has fallen on a blistering rookie season in the BBL for Hicks, as the heroics of…
