Three familiar faces from the Vertu Motors Arena will make their international debuts for Great Britain this weekend at the FIMBA Maxi Basketball European Championship in Malaga. Keith White, Karen Eaketts and Peter Milne, members of the Bald Eagles over 35s basketball club that trains at our arena, will don their national team’s kit for…
British Basketball fans will be able to get up close and personal with the FIBA EuroBasket trophy next weekend as it stops off in Newcastle as part of its European tour on Sunday 3 July when GB play Turkey. Fans attending the Vertu Motors Arena for the sold-out FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023 Qualifier will have a…
The British Basketball League (BBL) have revealed changes to the format of the 2022-23 season. Summer revamps have been made to the Championship, Cup and Trophy ahead of the start of the new campaign. The new season will begin in September with BBL Championship action for a 28-week league competition. Adding even more value for our…
The British Basketball League has today launched its Ambassadors Programme, which will see players and staff across the league promote the importance of a healthy, active lifestyle to thousands of school children in local communities across the UK. The project has been launched as part of the BBL’s ‘Inspires’ initiative, where key members of each…
As the cost of living continues to rise we don’t want our most loyal fans to miss out on the best discount by renewing their season tickets, so to help we have extended the deadline from today until the end of June. Renewing your BBL season ticket means you save the most so it’s better…
Basketball fans have the chance to see four stars of the NBA on Tyneside when Turkey take on GB on Sunday 3 July at the Vertu Motors Arena in the FIBA Basketball World Cup Qualifiers. The Turkish Basketball Federation have announced their 25-man provisional roster which includes Alperen Sengun of the Houston Rockets, Cedi Osman with…
On Thursday night our Eagles WBBL team and Academy coaches hosted our biggest girls only clinic yet with over 50 players taking to the Vertu Motors Arena court for the special Her World Her Rules event. In the UK the Her World Her Rules project, led by FIBA Europe in partnership with GB Basketball, aims…
Following on from the success of our 2021-22 season when all three of our Eagles Academy teams reached the Junior National Basketball League’s last 16 and our Under 14 boys went one further to reach the national quarter finals, we are delighted to say that we are expanding our advanced development provision this coming year….
Newcastle Eagles BBL and WBBL teams will wear Kappa apparel and kit in the 2022-23 season after an extension to the sponsorship deal was announced today. The worldwide sportswear company penned a deal with the leagues to continue their significant commitment to supporting British basketball’s top-flight. The Eagles and British basketball as a whole have…
