Friday night’s loss in London for Esh Group Eagles Newcastle completed a run of three road games in a row all ending in double-digit losses and effectively ending their Championship hopes, writes Jeff King. But as Eagles forward Jamal Williams reflected on the six-day stint he still took plenty of positives from the games despite…
The Esh Group Eagles Newcastle return to their home court at Northumbria University Sport Central tonight for another big BBL Championship clash, writes Jeff King. It’s a top four clash as the visiting London Lions come to town looking to knock The Eagles off their perch. The Lions sit in 4th place and it’s a…
This Wednesday saw over 400 primary school pupils from across Newcastle take part in the second annual Tesco Bank Junior Players tournament. Amongst the crowds watching the action on court was our Eagles BBL players and brothers, Jamal and Kai Williams, who stopped by ahead of their much anticipated BBL Championship match against Leicester Riders…
They have said in the past that one man’s downfall can be another man’s virtue, writes Jeff King. And, whilst that wasn’t quite the case last Saturday at Bristol, the saying could almost have defined Esh Group Eagles Newcastle’s Jamal Williams performance that night. The Eagles went in missing Jure Gunjina through an ankle injury…
Jamal Williams insisted the jolt of defeat against title rivals Leicester Riders has forced Newcastle to question their match-night consistency. The experienced forward heads into the Christmas mini-break desperate to move on from a disjointed display against the new league leaders that asked more questions than it answered. And Williams admitted the Eagles are still…
With Esh Group Eagles Newcastle facing a tough and long road trip taking in two games in two days this weekend, who better than to preview those games than new signing Jamal Williams, writes Jeff King. Williams debuted in last Friday’s tight home win against Sheffield playing almost 15 minutes in a great cameo appearance…
Following our huge win over third-placed DBL Sharks Sheffield last night in front of a fantastic crowd supporting us at Northumbria University Sport Central, our Esh Group Eagles Newcastle threw their support behind fellow North East sports team Sunderland AFC’s fundraising campaign ‘For Bradley’ to create a holiday home for sick children and their families. The ‘For…
Esh Group Eagles Newcastle have taken the opportunity to strength their roster further and to address any potential issues in the future by signing 6’ 5” forward Jamal Williams. If the name’s familiar so will be the face as it’s none other than current Eagles player, Kai Williams’ brother who played alongside Kai for London…
