Newcastle Eagles maintained their perfect start to the BBL Championship and bounced back from cup disappointment with a crushing victory over Surrey Scorchers. Fab Flournoy’s side shrugged off the agonising one-point defeat to the Cheshire Phoenix last time out to record a blowout 103-80 win at Sport Central on Friday night. Strong displays from Darius…
Esh Group Eagles Newcastle return to Northumbria University Sport Central looking to continue their 100% BBL Championship record and get back to winning ways after last week’s surprise Cup defeat at the hands of Cheshire Phoenix, writes Jeff King. That defeat sent reverberation’s around The BBL but nowhere was the impact harder felt than in…
The date has been set for our Eagles’ first round game in the race to the 2018 BBL Trophy Final against Surrey Scorchers. In the draw for the round one match-ups last weekend, our Eagles got a home-tie which is played on a one-leg basis with the winner progressing to the quarter finals. This home…
It might be game over in the BBL Cup, but Terry Martin knows the Newcastle Eagles still have plenty to play for. After Friday’s agonising 80-79 loss to the Cheshire Phoenix, he wants the team to hit the reset button and return to winning ways. The forward is one of seven new faces and has…
Esh Group Eagles Newcastle’s stranglehold grip on The BBL Cup was dramatically ripped away from them on Friday night when Cheshire Phoenix staged a remarkable comeback to take the victory on the buzzer, writes Jeff King. The Eagles having won The Cup for the last three seasons were a mere four seconds away from taking…
This morning the BBL announced the winner of the first Molten BBL Player of the Month award in the 2017-18 season and the it goes to our Esh Group Eagles Newcastle’s very own Jaysean Paige. After what has been described as a blistering and brilliant start to his career on the UK, the BBL said that…
Long since handed the keys to Newcastle Eagles’ Hall of Fame, it’s 10 years since irrepressible guard TJ Walker left Tyneside. Simon Rushworth caught up with the California-based coach and community worker in the week his two former clubs clash in the BBL Cup. When TJ Walker takes practice at Ceres High School this week,…
Basketball England have announced the England Women’s 2018 Commonwealth Games coaching staff with our Team Northumbria WBBL Head Coach and Great Britain Under-20 Assistant Coach Chris Bunten named as Assistant Coach and Performance Analyst for next April’s Gold Coast Games. Current Great Britain Women’s Head Coach Jose Maria “Chema” Buceta has been appointed as Head Coach…
This weekend has been a weekend off for Esh Group Eagles Newcastle or at least it has been in terms of game action. The Eagles last game at Northumbria University Sport Central saw them come back from 19 points down with little under 13 minutes to play to take their season record to 5 –…
