Returning to the Eagles’ roster for the 2018/19 season is 5’10” point guard Themba Yabantu. The teenager who was a product of our Academy program was promoted to the senior side towards the end of last season. The 2017 Academy Player of the Year had been training full-time with the senior squad throughout last season…
Basketball England have announced their annual awards which recognise the volunteers doing great things for our game across the country. There are a number of new award categories for 2018 along with existing ones which all be presented at a new Volunteer Awards dinner as part of the new Basketball England Game Conference in September….
One of the most familiar faces in North East sport has committed to another campaign on Tyneside as he goes in search of an unprecedented 25th national title. In 2004 a little-known Londoner signed on the dotted line for Newcastle Eagles following a brief but life-changing conversation with the club’s fast-rising player-coach, Fabulous Flournoy. As…
Our Newcastle Eagles Academy star Tosan Evbuomwan has been selected for the final 12 to play in Division A of the FIBA Under-18 European Championship in Latvia this week. Tosan will make his FIBA competition debut in Group D this Saturday 28 July against Montenegro, followed by games versus Serbia and Lithuania, before Brtain’s round…
It may be the summer break from the BBL season, but as we all know by now basketball never stops and especially for two familiar faces of the Eagles and our community foundation programmes. Eagles BBL team assistant coach Ian Macleod and our academy star Tosan Evbuomwan are currently in the Spanish city of Melilla for…
Led by Eagles’ assistant coach Ian Macleod and starring our academy player Tosan Evbuomwan, ‘Team Black’ flew to victory at the 2018 Hoopsfix All-Star Classic Underclassmen’s game yesterday afternoon in Brixton. Underclassmen Team Black Coach @CoachMacleod shares his thoughts on today’s event! #HASC18 pic.twitter.com/FjnYIV5jTQ — Hoopsfix 🇬🇧🏀 (@Hoopsfix) June 2, 2018 “Mac’s Blacks”, as they were…
The head coaches have been announced for this weekend’s Hoopsfix All-Star Classic tournament and our Esh Group Eagles Newcastle assistant coach Ian Macleod will take to the side-line with ‘Team Black’ in the ‘Underclassmen’ game. The event returns for its fourth year to shine a spotlight on British basketball talent with the rosters selected at two…
Darius Defoe is confident Newcastle have the passion and fight to make it all the way to May’s BBL playoff final at London’s O2 Arena, writes Elliott Green. The veteran forward hopes to play a part down the stretch as he edges closer to a return from injury. And after gutsy displays at Leicester and London…
Esh Group Eagles Newcastle go in to tonight’s crucial BBL Championship match-up with Worcester Wolves, tip-off 7:30pm, on the back of a tough week where three road games saw three defeats, writes Jeff King. But as Assistant Coach Ian Macleod previewed tonight’s game he explained that the team was far from down on themselves and…
