One of our Eagles Community Foundation’s basketball clubs has received a haul of new equipment thanks to their local bobby on the beat. Cardinal Hornets is a volunteer-led basketball club run by our foundation out of Cardinal Hume Primary School in Gateshead. More than a hundred children between the ages of five and 16 are…
If you were at our BBL game against Glasgow Rocks last month then you will have seen the CITV cameras filming a young guy on court during some of the breaks in play. This was for CITV’s Dare Master, a series of ten episodes presented in British Sign Language by Danny Murphy and sees the…
An awards night the Eagles Community Arena raised more than £2,000 for our Eagles Community Foundation’s Hardship Fund. The purpose of this new ring-fenced fund is to get as many children as possible playing basketball across the North East to stay healthy, keep active, have fun, make friends and develop as young people. The 2019…
As the return of BBL and WBBL action approaches, along with the new NBL and CVL seasons for our academy and junior club players, preparations are taking place both in and outside our Eagles Community Arena. Last month our Eagles Community Foundation, the charity who own and operate the ECA, appealed to Eagles basketball fans…
We have been in our new Eagles Community Arena home since the start of the year and as a venue owned and operated by our foundation, in keeping with its core values, we are very keen that the arena is both part of the local community and adds to it. As summer is now upon us…
Esh Group today renewed their sponsorship of Newcastle Eagles Basketball for a 10th consecutive year in a deal which also includes support of our Eagles Community Foundation. In January this year the group’s Esh Build division completed their transformation of a derelict parcel of land on Scotswood Road, in the West End of Newcastle, into our new purpose-built…
This July we have lots going on to keep you active at our Eagles Community Arena. In conjunction with Newcastle College, the Lawn Tennis Association and North East Dance, our Eagles Community Foundation are pleased to announce the following taster courses, which are all available free of charge across July 2019. Sessions are open to…
Eagles BBL team sponsors Vertu Honda Newcastle have been keeping our players on the road with a fleet of Honda cars for the last five years and the dealership is now extending its support to North East basketball by sponsoring one of our Eagles Community Foundation’s junior clubs for the second successive season. The aspiring…
This July and August our Eagles Community Foundation have a huge Summer Basketball Camp taking place for young players to get on court in the school holidays. Eagles camps are a great way to keep the kids active in the break. The young players will develop their basketball, learn new skills, play competitions and have…
