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Hoops 4 Health

Newcastle Eagles/Hoops 4 Health
Foundation
February 3, 2022
St Cuthbert’s Scoop Sunderland Title

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…

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Foundation
Foundation
January 28, 2022
First Hoops 4 Health Regional Tournament Returns To Arena After Two Years

On Friday 28 January, the Vertu Motors Arena hosted its first Hoops 4 Health regional tournaments after a two-year hiatus throughout the pandemic. Almost 200 children took part in the competition bringing together nine schools from across North Tyneside at the home of the Eagles Community Foundation. Sam Blake, Chief Executive Officer of the Eagles…

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Arena
Foundation
February 10, 2020
St Bede’s Clinch Fourth South Tyneside Title

Stifling defence and big game experience helped St Bede’s clinch a fourth South Tyneside Hoops 4 Health title in front of a capacity crowd at the Eagles Community Arena. The pre-tournament favourites conceded for the first time on their way to a hard fought 4-2 semi-final win against Stanhope Primary. But a single basket was…

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Brian McVittie
Foundation
January 22, 2020
Seaburn Seal Sunderland Title

A nailbiting final saw Seaburn Dene retain their Hoops 4 Health title as the top four schools in Sunderland took the Eagles Community Arena by storm. Twenty-four teams from seven primaries tipped off at Sunderland University the previous week in a bid to make this season’s semi-finals. And 2019 winners Seaburn Dene Primary were joined by…

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Brian Manning
Foundation
December 4, 2019
Basketball Partnership Help Build A Healthier Community

An innovative partnership promoting the development of budding basketball players is building for the future. Gateshead Housing Company and the Eagles Community Foundation are working together in a bid to persuade more children to try basketball. And the ECF’s Gateshead Development Officer, Anthony Forrester, insisted the groundbreaking link-up is already reaping tangible rewards. “In partnership…

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Anthony Forrester
Foundation
February 13, 2018
Eagles Programme Crosses The Pond

Our Eagles Community Foundation’s Hoops 4 Health programme has reached further than ever before this week with the news coming from Pittsfield in Massachusetts where our former foundation general manager Deirdre Tozer-Hayes has adapted and launched the project stateside. After spending 26 years in England as a professional basketball player, coach and with our foundation,…

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Deirdre Tozer-Hayes
Foundation
February 5, 2018
2018 Sunderland Hoops 4 Health Finals

Sunderland primary school Hoops4Health finalists came to play prior to a Newcastle Eagles game with a guarantee that a new primary school would take the title as current holders Seaburn Dene failed to make it through. 2017 former semi finalists St. Cuthbert’s RC, Barnes Juniors and Farringdon returned with Richard Avenue being the newcomer to…

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Esh Group
Foundation
November 10, 2017
Powered By Water

This week our Eagles visited Gosforth Junior High Academy for a Hoops 4 Health session for our community foundation in partnership with Northumbrian Water. and BBC Look North went along to see what it was all about. Over the next year thousands of young people across the region will learn the importance of staying hydrated and choosing…

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BBC Look North
February 12, 2014
Sunderland High Jr Retain H4H Title

Sunderland Junior High defended their Sunderland Hoop4Health title on Friday night.  The semi finals proved to be a close affair with East Herrington facing former Champion of Champions winner St Cuthbert’s.  It looked like the 8 minute game would head to a shoot out before St Cuthbert’s scored on a jump shot with 1:39 left…

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