They will certainly face tougher tests this season and as they say one swallow doesn’t make a summer but the new-look Esh Group Eagles Newcastle were certainly impressive on Friday night, writes Jeff King. In their first competitive outing, together they hit no less than 19 three-point shots from beyond the arc and dished out…
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The more things change the more things stay the same. And on the night our Eagles handed debuts to seven new faces there was a familiar air of superiority as the hosts cruised to a comfortable MKM Building Supplies Pre-Season victory. Historically, player-coach Fabulous Flournoy has built his all-conquering rosters on consistency – the new…
Darius Defoe is determined to put a summer of serious soul searching behind him and right the wrongs of a frustrating season for Newcastle Eagles. The fan favourite is one of just three returning players as a revamped roster looks to put the men in black back where they belong – at the BBL summit….
This has been a week of arrivals for Esh Group Eagles Newcastle as their new-look roster has flown in from all over the globe to prepare for the 2017/18 British Basketball League season, wrote Jeff King for the Sunday Sun newspaper yesterday. From Zagreb to Winnipeg, from Copenhagen to New York and from Toronto to…
As your Esh Group Eagles Newcastle build-up to pre-season we are pleased to announce that MKM Building Supplies, one of our loyal corporate partners for a number of years, has joined the team as our pre-season games sponsor. Esh Group Eagles Newcastle Managing Director Paul Blake thanked MKM Building Supplies for their support, saying “We…
We’re counting down the days until the huge British Basketball All-Stars Championship at The O2 in London on Sunday 24th September 2017. On the bounce from our pre-season games and just before the new BBL campaign tips-off, the top eight teams from the 2016-17 season will compete in an exciting new tournament, which introduces a new, entertaining take…
Esh Group Eagles Newcastle have continued the international recruitment theme as they complete their 2017/18 roster with Danish National Team player Zarko Jukic, writes Jeff King. The 6’ 7” forward despite being only 23-year-old already has a wealth of European experience to bring to Tyneside. He started in the senior basketball ranks as a teenager…
Our recently announced squad of Eagles will be flying out on-court together for the first time in our pre-season schedule on Friday 8th, Saturday 16th and Sunday 17th September. See our new and returning players suit-up against the international visitors of Team USA Select, the 2016-17 NBL Division 1 and Play-Off Champions of Team Northumbria,…