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A basketball tournament will bring together professional services firms from across the region to raise money for the Eagles Community Foundation. The event, organised by WilliamsAli Corporate Finance, will see 30 businesses compete against each other in a 3×3 basketball tournament. Held on Friday 26 May at the Vertu Motors Arena, it will bring together…
Eagles Academy graduate Tosan Evbuomwan, who recently declared for the 2023 NBA Draft, has been invited to the illustrious NBA Combine after he impressed at the Elite Camp in Chicago over the weekend. The 6’7″ former Royal Grammar School and Newcastle Eagles basketball prodigy flew to great heights this year under and found himself firming…
The British Basketball League is delighted to share its new formats for the 2023-24 season, which will guarantee Eagles fans two more home games. Regular season competition will make its return on the weekend of Thursday 14 September when each team will play each other four times, twice at home and twice away, over a…
Our May Half-Term Basketball Camps are available to book now for Under 8s through to Under 16s. The camp days are for players of all ranges of ability and take place on Tuesday 30 May through to Friday 2 June 2023. Please see below for details about each camp date: U12, U14 and U16 Boys and…
Golf in the City (GITC) are hosting our their first annual charity day at Slaley Hall on Friday 19 May. Teams of golfers from across the region will be coming together to compete and raise much needed funds for both the Eagles Community Foundation and Teenage Cancer Trust. GITC’s aim is to grow their golf…
Last Friday, Newcastle Eagles fans, players and staff came together for a final farewell going into the summer break after the 2022-23 season with our biggest ever End of Season Supporters Night. The sold-out annual event is the last opportunity for signatures and selfies with our BBL and WBBL teams and sees the club’s prestigious awards…
The British Basketball League delivered a first-of-its-kind show-stopping basketball dunk competition, brought to you by General Tire, at the top of The O2 to celebrate the countdown to the Play-Offs Finals, which take place there later this month. A staggering 52 meters high on the iconic roof of The O2, surrounded by panoramic views of the…
Newcastle’s mission impossible proved predictably unmanageable as the most talented women’s team in WBBL history put the hapless Eagles to the sword. London Lions were merciless in their dismantling of Noelia Cacheiro’s ragged roster on a bad day at the office for the vanquished visitors. But playoff quarter-final defeat to the wealthiest club in the…
As expected The Newcastle Eagles exited the End of Season Play-Offs in the first round at the hands of regular season Champions, London Lions. But Marc Steutel’s men didn’t go without a fight showing plenty of pride and commitment in the second leg. Indeed, in what was a very feisty affair with the referees throwing technical…
Ben Mockford has reassured Eagles fans that never-say-die Newcastle will ‘go out swinging’ in this afternoon’s mission impossible at London. The men in black are relying on some kind of May Day miracle as they seek to overturn a 30-point deficit in the club’s playoff quarter-final second leg. But Mockford is in no mood to…
It’s destination Crystal Palace for Head Coach Noelia Cacheiro and her Newcastle Eagles WBBL team in today’s play-off quarter-final. The Eagles making the post season series last weekend on the last day of the regular season. Their reward is a one-off game against the all-conquering London Lions side that many feel are the best side to…
A blazing hot Ben Mockford couldn’t prevent champions London Lions putting on a BBL masterclass at a packed Vertu Motors Arena as playoff hoops returned to Tyneside. Newcastle’s in-form guard led his team with 31 points, shooting 73 per cent from the field, to deliver one of the best individual performances in Eagles history. But…
The Eagles Community Foundation is proud to announce a new Automated External Defibrillator (AED) has been installed at its Vertu Motors Arena to support the local community and public on Scotswood Road. The Community Public Access Defibrillators (cPAD) has been donated to the community by Red Sky Foundation, who provides life-saving defibrillators for city centres, local…
Firstly, we would like to thank everyone who came to support our Eagles in their sold-out British Basketball League game on Friday 3 March. Following the game, it has been brought to our attention that a number of vehicles parked on Scotswood Road received Penalty Charge Notices from Newcastle City Council. On Monday morning the Eagles…
Marc Stuetel has doubled down on his determination to prepare Great Britain basketball for the challenges ahead following another dispiriting defeat on the international stage. The beaten but unbowed Newcastle Eagles play-caller helms tomorrow night’s World Cup clash against European heavyweights Serbia uncertain of what the future holds. But GB’s acting head coach is continuing…
Marc Steutel’s mission is to prime Great Britain’s senior men for long-term success — whatever the future holds. National team bosses are expected to announce a new direction for the country’s coaching set-up once the current international window closes. And with GB head coach Nate Reinking committed to Cleveland Cavaliers in the NBA, it seems…
Kyle Johnson has vowed to lead by example as the veteran guard sets the standard for the new kids on the Great Britain block. Acting head coach Marc Steutel has stacked his World Cup roster with a blend of youth and experience ahead of Friday night’s Vertu Motors Arena clash against Belgium. And 12 years…
Newcastle Eagles and Great Britain Men’s Head Coach Marc Steutel has confirmed the 24-man roster for the upcoming FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023 Qualifiers window next week. GB face Belgium at the Vertu Motors Arena next Friday night, followed by Serbia away in Belgrade on the weekend, with some exciting new faces joining an established…
Marc Steutel is banking on his senior stars to restore some national pride as Great Britain bid to wrap up their World Cup campaign on a high in Newcastle later this month. But the acting head coach intends to blood some exciting new talent on Tyneside against a Belgian roster bidding to end its own…
Marc Steutel has been confirmed as the Great Britain Men’s Head Coach for next month’s FIBA Basketball World Cup Qualifying window. Our Eagles BBL Head Coach will take charge of the GB team once again for the clashes with Belgium at the Vertu Motors Arena on Friday 24 February and Serbia away the following Monday….
The Professional Fighters League (PFL) is bringing MMA to the Vertu Motors Arena this March in the inaugural PFL Europe season. Tickets are on sale now for the PFL’s first international regional league, which will showcase the continent’s very best talent starting in Newcastle on Saturday 25 March. This groundbreaking new concept will feature 32…
The Jurassic Live Show is returning to our Vertu Motors Arena with our brand new show next summer! Tickets for Saturday 1st and Sunday 2nd July are on sale now from the Jurassic Live website. Featuring mind blowing special effects, a brand-new show for 2023, professional puppeteers and the UK’s most realistic dinosaurs this 90-minute…
Marc Steutel’s Midas touch finally deserted him on Tyneside last night as Great Britain’s slender hopes of making next year’s World Cup finals were dashed. The Newcastle Eagles’ head coach had anchored the national team to a brace of historic wins against Greece and Germany at the Vertu Motors Arena. But Steutel fell just short…
Newcastle Eagles Ben Mockford has over 50 caps for Great Britain. He is one of those players in the squad that both coaching staff and younger players look toward providing experienced knowledge and insight to the international game. Mockford has now settled into the Newcastle area and the Eagles set-up and will certainly be a…
The British Basketball League is delighted to share its new formats for the 2023-24 season, which will guarantee Eagles fans two more home games. Regular season competition will make its return on the weekend of Thursday 14 September when each team will play each other four times, twice at home and twice away, over a…
Last Friday, Newcastle Eagles fans, players and staff came together for a final farewell going into the summer break after the 2022-23 season with our biggest ever End of Season Supporters Night. The sold-out annual event is the last opportunity for signatures and selfies with our BBL and WBBL teams and sees the club’s prestigious awards…
The British Basketball League delivered a first-of-its-kind show-stopping basketball dunk competition, brought to you by General Tire, at the top of The O2 to celebrate the countdown to the Play-Offs Finals, which take place there later this month. A staggering 52 meters high on the iconic roof of The O2, surrounded by panoramic views of the…
As expected The Newcastle Eagles exited the End of Season Play-Offs in the first round at the hands of regular season Champions, London Lions. But Marc Steutel’s men didn’t go without a fight showing plenty of pride and commitment in the second leg. Indeed, in what was a very feisty affair with the referees throwing technical…
Ben Mockford has reassured Eagles fans that never-say-die Newcastle will ‘go out swinging’ in this afternoon’s mission impossible at London. The men in black are relying on some kind of May Day miracle as they seek to overturn a 30-point deficit in the club’s playoff quarter-final second leg. But Mockford is in no mood to…
A blazing hot Ben Mockford couldn’t prevent champions London Lions putting on a BBL masterclass at a packed Vertu Motors Arena as playoff hoops returned to Tyneside. Newcastle’s in-form guard led his team with 31 points, shooting 73 per cent from the field, to deliver one of the best individual performances in Eagles history. But…
Kyle Johnson is convinced he can turn the tables on his former coach and cause one of the biggest upsets in BBL history. Newcastle Eagles’ in-form guard won a Championship alongside London Lions’ playcaller Ryan Schmidt in Canada last summer. But there will be no room for niceties tonight as the former Brampton Honey Badgers…
Bravehearts Newcastle will play through the pain barrier and battle hard as the beaten up Eagles bid to overcome their biggest test yet. That’s the pledge from playcaller Marc Steutel 48 hours out from Friday’s crunch quarter-final first leg clash against champions London Lions. Newcastle’s head coach hopes the mental boost of making the BBL…
The final week of the BBL Championship regular season turned was a nail-biter to the finish and saw our Eagles go through to the post-season after two gripping road wins. Topping off Play-Off qualification is seeing two Eagles in the BBL’s All-Star Five for the second week in a row. As our Eagles finished the…
Our BBL team tip-off at home against the London Lions in the first leg of the 2023 Play-Offs Quarter-Finals this coming Friday 28 April at 7:30pm.
Newcastle Eagles completed one of the most remarkable comebacks in British Basketball League history to book their place in the 2023 playoffs. Seemingly down and out for most of the season, Marc Steutel’s do-or-die warriors left it late to join the post-season party. But a 90-68 win at Plymouth City Patriots saw the UK’s most…
It’s win or go home for Newcastle Eagles this afternoon as the men in black head to Plymouth City Patriots seeking to secure post-season basketball against all the odds. The struggling Tynesiders have been staring up at the top eight all season after winning just 10 of their 35 BBL Championship games. But a nine-point…
A basketball tournament will bring together professional services firms from across the region to raise money for the Eagles Community Foundation. The event, organised by WilliamsAli Corporate Finance, will see 30 businesses compete against each other in a 3×3 basketball tournament. Held on Friday 26 May at the Vertu Motors Arena, it will bring together…
Eagles Academy graduate Tosan Evbuomwan, who recently declared for the 2023 NBA Draft, has been invited to the illustrious NBA Combine after he impressed at the Elite Camp in Chicago over the weekend. The 6’7″ former Royal Grammar School and Newcastle Eagles basketball prodigy flew to great heights this year under and found himself firming…
Our May Half-Term Basketball Camps are available to book now for Under 8s through to Under 16s. The camp days are for players of all ranges of ability and take place on Tuesday 30 May through to Friday 2 June 2023. Please see below for details about each camp date: U12, U14 and U16 Boys and…
Golf in the City (GITC) are hosting our their first annual charity day at Slaley Hall on Friday 19 May. Teams of golfers from across the region will be coming together to compete and raise much needed funds for both the Eagles Community Foundation and Teenage Cancer Trust. GITC’s aim is to grow their golf…
The trials dates and summer schedule for our 2023-24 Eagles Academy at the Vertu Motors Arena have now been confirmed. There will be two tiers of trials, invite only and open trials. The invite only trials take place on the 10th and 11th June and are for current Academy and Advanced Development Group players. All this…
We are now accepting expressions of interest for people who want to be involved in the Eagles Academy for the 2023-24 season Please fill out the Eagles Academy Expression of Interest form if you are interested in Head Coach, Assistant Coach or Team Manager positions. The closing date for entry is 5pm on Friday 5 May 2023….
Newcastle Eagles Academy Under 16s player Jakub Bobkowski has been selected by Basketball England for their Under 15s team competing in Spain next week. Bobkowski attend the England Talent Programme camp at the National Basketball Performance Centre in Manchester this week and impressed the home nation’s coaching staff to get a spot on the roster….
Newcastle’s Tosan Evbuomwan could become the first British basketball player since 2010 to be drafted into the NBA. Earlier this month the former Eagles Academy star completed a fairytale run to the Sweet 16 of this season’s NCAA tournament with surprise package Princeton. And with NBA scouts, their affiliate G League colleagues and clubs from…
It was the Cinderella story that captured the imagination of a nation. But the final word has been written on Geordie star Tosan Evbuomwan’s fairytale run to the Sweet Sixteen of US college basketball’s premier competition. A global audience of millions tuned in to discover if ultimate underdog Princeton could add another huge scalp to…
One of Newcastle’s most talked about sporting exports bids to make history tonight as Tosan Evbuomwan leads his Princeton Tigers into Sweet Sixteen action. The talk of this year’s NCAA basketball tournament — known as March Madness — has juggled practice with national television interviews all week. But the time for talking is over as…
The fairytale finish to Tosan Evbuomwan’s storied college career is gathering pace after the Eagles Academy graduate made history in Sacramento. Princeton sentenced another top seed to March Madness misery after adding Missouri to their list of prized NCAA scalps on Saturday night. And that secured a Sweet Sixteen spot for Tosan and his Tigers…
Our Easter 2023 Basketball Camps are available to book now for Under 8s through to Under 16s. The camp days are for players of all ranges of ability and take place from Monday 3rd to Thursday 6th April 2023. Please see below for details about each camp date: U12, U14 and U16 Boys and Girls Monday…
Last Friday, Newcastle Eagles fans, players and staff came together for a final farewell going into the summer break after the 2022-23 season with our biggest ever End of Season Supporters Night. The sold-out annual event is the last opportunity for signatures and selfies with our BBL and WBBL teams and sees the club’s prestigious awards…
Newcastle’s mission impossible proved predictably unmanageable as the most talented women’s team in WBBL history put the hapless Eagles to the sword. London Lions were merciless in their dismantling of Noelia Cacheiro’s ragged roster on a bad day at the office for the vanquished visitors. But playoff quarter-final defeat to the wealthiest club in the…
It’s destination Crystal Palace for Head Coach Noelia Cacheiro and her Newcastle Eagles WBBL team in today’s play-off quarter-final. The Eagles making the post season series last weekend on the last day of the regular season. Their reward is a one-off game against the all-conquering London Lions side that many feel are the best side to…
A defeat on the day but overall a victory as the Newcastle Eagles WBBL made it by the skin of their teeth into post-season play. They do so because the three teams chasing the final two play-off places all finished with identical 9 wins and 13 losses. Cardiff Met Archers, Durham Palatinates and The Eagles…
The Newcastle Eagles WBBL fate will go to the last game of the season despite a heroic road win at Cardiff last night. Needing to win by ten points to confirm their play-off place Head Coach Noelia Cacherio’s came up agonisingly short. An eight-point victory for Newcastle bizarrely means it was a better result for The…
Last weekend was not just a disappointing one for Newcastle Eagles WBBL side it could even have been a disastrous one. The Eagles lost two games to sides they are competing against in the Play-Off race. Cardiff and Durham. In the case of the Durham loss they also lost the head-to-head which could be crucial…
As the final weekend of regular season looms large, both our Eagles teams are in the running for 2023 Play-Offs qualification. The top eight teams in both league’s will their journey to the coveted finals at The O2 in London on Sunday 14 May. However, it’s not just a matter of our BBL and WBBL…
A desperately disappointing weekend has seen Newcastle Eagles WBBL side drop out of the play-off positions with only two games of the regular season to go. A loss at home in the Vertu Motors Arena to Cardiff on Saturday night was compounded by a road loss in the derby clash at Durham. Even worse for…
The Newcastle Eagles WBBL side go into this afternoon’s crucial derby game against Durham Palatatines needing to bounce back from a disappointing home loss against a well-drilled and organised Cardiff side. The defeat could be very damaging to Newcastle who had looked comfortable in the play-off positions and indeed were hopeful that they could attain…
Newcastle must become a more productive offensive machine if the Eagles are to make their mark on this season’s WBBL playoffs. That’s the verdict of head coach Noelia Cacheiro as the women in black chase a big win double this weekend. Newcastle host Cardiff Met Archers tonight before the short trip to derby rivals Durham…
Bullish Rachael Bland insists Newcastle are ready to lay down a post-season marker as the Eagles shoot for sixth spot in the WBBL Championship table. Four teams are battling it out for the final three playoff berths as an unpredictable campaign gathers pace. And this weekend sees seventh-placed Newcastle face the two teams immediately below…
Newcastle must move on from a humbling defeat in London and focus on the back-to-back fixtures against Cardiff Met Archers that could seal a top-six finish. Noelia Cacheiro’s beaten but unbowed side hosts the Welsh franchise at the Vertu Motors Arena on Saturday. And seventh-placed Newcastle travel to eighth-placed Cardiff the following weekend for what…
