The Newcastle Hoops 4 Health Tournament brought energy, teamwork and community spirit to the Vertu Arena on Tuesday 31 March, with vital support from Newcastle Hospitals Charity helping to make the event possible. A total of 12 schools and 28 teams took part, engaging more than 224 young people from across the city in a…
Eagles Community Foundation and Northumbria Healthcare Bright Charity are celebrating 13th anniversary of their long-running partnership. The two North East charities have worked together since the start of 2013 to engage young people with informative sessions about exercise and healthy lifestyles through the Eagles’ award-winning Hoops 4 Health initiative. Bright Charity directly support their native…
Newcastle Eagles and Vertu have agreed to continue a decade-long partnership, which has supported community initiatives, introduced thousands of young people to basketball and helped drive the Eagles to become the most successful British basketball team of all time. Over the last 10 years, Vertu has expanded its sponsorship from providing a small number of…
Fighting for a place at the finals of this year’s Hoops 4 Health tournament gave fired-up pupils at Crookhill Primary a renewed sense of purpose and focus. And the runaway winners of the Gateshead competition can’t wait to compete in the end-of-season Champion of Champions event. Laura Hedley, Year Five teacher at Crookhill, revealed: “In…
One of the most successful schools of the Hoops 4 Health era has hailed the groundbreaking community basketball programme that continues to impact positively on thousands of children across the North East. St Bede’s RC Primary, in South Shields, lifted the 2022 South Tyneside Hoops 4 Health trophy after the tournament returned from its pandemic-enforced…
Pride and a sense of team spirit underpinned a tournament-winning performance as a Newcastle primary school bagged basketball glory. Pupils from St Teresa’s Catholic Primary School topped a bumper 25-team field to clinch the 2022 Newcastle Hoops 4 Health crown. And the Heaton-based kids won the hearts of thousands of fans after flying to victory…
All’s Well that ends Well after the jubilant winners of the North Tyneside Hoops4Health tournament overcame a nailbiting semi to dominate this year’s final. Thousands of Eagles fans watched Wellfield Middle School cruise to victory against New York Primary at the Vertu Motors Arena to take the 2022 regional title. But the Whitley Bay side…
Two North East organisations committed to healthy living reinforce a special relationship rooted in community support when top-flight basketball returns to the Vertu Motors Arena on Friday. The groundbreaking partnership between Northumbria Water and the Eagles Community Foundation continues to make a splash across the North East. And Friday’s BBL clash between Newcastle Eagles and…
Former semi-finalists St Cuthbert’s RC Primary clinched the 2022 Sunderland Hoops 4 Health crown in front of a packed Vertu Motors Arena crowd. Newcastle Eagles Community Foundation’s long-running schools programme — which combines healthy living messages with thrill-a-minute hoops — is back following its enforced Covid layoff. And St Cuthbert’s clinched a thrilling regional final against…
