Newcastle Eagles basketball club and Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust will today launch a new ‘Hoops for Health’ partnership with local schoolchildren in Cramlington. This is the first time Newcastle Eagles has worked with a major NHS hospital trust in the region. As well as promoting health messages about the importance of exercise, healthy eating…
St Aloysius crowned Great Britain Hoops4Health Champions! St Aloysius RC Primary School from Hebburn, South Tyneside is Great Britain Hoops4Health Champions winning a nail biting contest in overtime vs. Scotland. The event took place in one of basketball’s biggest stage in the Basketball 2012 Olympic Copper Box venue. The Copper Box hosted the first international…
St Aloysius RC Primary from South Tyneside were earlier today crowned Great Britain Hoops4Health Champions after defeating Scotland prior to the GB Senior Men’s International game at the Copper Box. This is the South Tyneside school’s fourth title after previously being crowned South Tyneside, Regional and English Champions. The team will be honored at the…
The first Newcastle Eagles Hoops4Health Tournament took place on Wednesday 14th November at Northumberland Church of England Academy. NCEAsport sixth formers took the role of team managers, officials and scorers with great success demonstrating excellent leadership skills. All NCEA primary sites were represented and played some super basketball following their training with Newcastle Eagles coach…
Health chiefs have hailed one of British basketball’s biggest successes as a potential life-saver as kids flock to join a sporting revolution. Hoops4Health made its debut on Tyneside in 2002 as Newcastle Eagles set about getting school children active. And after touching the lives of more than 60,000 kids across the North East that fledgling…
