Our Esh Group Eagles Newcastle will fly out to Europe to challenge themselves against Belgian opposition this pre-season before returning home for further tests against US and BBL squads. The new team will leave UK soil on Tuesday 28 August and return home on the Sunday of that week after two games in Belgium, provisionally scheduled…
The club remain bang on course to play BBL basketball at the brand new Eagles Community Arena before Christmas. And following the release of this season’s fixtures, owner Paul Blake admitted the finishing line is in sight following a decade of meticulous planning and tough negotiations. The 2018-19 campaign will see the organisation play in…
On Saturday 9th June club and foundation staff were joined by some of our sponsors on a trek to the summit of the highest mountain in the British Isles to raise much needed additional funds for our Eagles Community Arena. After an early start around 7:45am ‘Team Eagles’ took on their Ben Nevis Challenge in…
Fabulous Flournoy could be forgiven for taking a break from his beloved basketball following Newcastle Eagles’ most disappointing campaign for a decade but the New Yorker is already building for the future as Simon Rushworth reports. Fabulous Flournoy skipped through the sand like a man half his age. However, the most successful coach in the history…
Paul Blake is pressing BBL bosses to look again at the league’s lop-sided playoff structure in a bid to better reward the top four finishers. The former league chairman favours a return to the three-game series to decide the quarter-finals and semi-finals. And Blake revealed tentative talks have already taken place at the top level…
Newcastle Eagles chief and former BBL chairman Paul Blake has welcomed this week’s summit meeting focusing on funding basketball’s future. And one of the founders of the All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on basketball is optimistic that the key messages around the sport’s inclusivity, social impact and community focus are finally getting through. Minister for…
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…
Paul Blake believes there has never been a better time to capture the unique brand that is British basketball – and is determined the Esh Group Eagles Newcastle will remain centre stage. Live British Basketball League action is more easily accessible than at any time in the last 25 years. And former BBL chairman Blake…
For the first time in 14 years Newcastle Eagles have failed to make the semi-finals of either of the BBL Cup or the BBL Trophy. Simon Rushworth asked owner Paul Blake whether the bubble has finally burst – or whether this season’s inconsistency is simply an inevitable bump in the road. For any other franchise…
