Esh Group Eagles Newcastle have been dealt a blow to remaining season plans with the news that injured forward Terry Martin will miss the rest of the season. The forward injured tendons in his ankle area at Cheshire on 21st January a mere 1:14 in to the game. Since then Martin has had the injury…
After his impressive play in our final game of 2017 away at Sheffield, Terry Martin made the bench in the All-Star line-up from the British Basketball League this week. Here’s the league’s full team sheet: Rema Lascelles (Leicester Riders) The Leicester guard picks up his first ever starting Weekly All-Star Five place after showing his…
After three successive BBL Championship defeats, Esh Group Eagles Newcastle went to Sheffield on Friday night knowing a win was essential to get their season back on track, writes Jeff King. That they did get the much-needed win, 81 – 77, was a testament to their determination, grit and togetherness as they produced a good…
Esh Group Eagles Newcastle go in to Friday’s BBL Trophy 1st round match v Surrey Scorchers on the back of two consecutive BBL Championship road losses at Plymouth and Glasgow, a situation The Eagles don’t often find themselves in writes Jeff King. USA Power Forward Terry Martin summed up the mood in the camp following…
It might be game over in the BBL Cup, but Terry Martin knows the Newcastle Eagles still have plenty to play for. After Friday’s agonising 80-79 loss to the Cheshire Phoenix, he wants the team to hit the reset button and return to winning ways. The forward is one of seven new faces and has…
Long since handed the keys to Newcastle Eagles’ Hall of Fame, it’s 10 years since irrepressible guard TJ Walker left Tyneside. Simon Rushworth caught up with the California-based coach and community worker in the week his two former clubs clash in the BBL Cup. When TJ Walker takes practice at Ceres High School this week,…
Esh Group Eagles Newcastle took their BBL Championship record to 3 – 0 with a solid 102 – 70 road win at Manchester Giants last Sunday, writes Jeff King. Whilst it was an expected W in the Eagles column it still had to be played for, fought for and executed in the right way, a…
Terry Martin will take his coach’s criticism on the chin after quitting the melting pot that is South American basketball for the passion pit of the BBL. The American forward faced both barrels from a typically fired-up Fab Flournoy after Newcastle Eagles’ playcaller called a snap fourth quarter time-out against Team Northumbria last weekend. But…
