Last night at the Vertu Motors Arena a 42-year attendance record for a women’s basketball game in Britain was smashed as 1,122 got behind our Eagles WBBL team in The Big One. On International Women’s Day Eagles bosses set out to register a new attendance high for a top-flight women’s league fixture 42 years after Hemel Tigers…
Congratulations to our BBL feeder team Newcastle University who have won the BUCS Championship for the first time! Newcastle defeated Durham University 79-74 in Nottingham at the final on Wednesday Newcastle overturned a half-time four-point deficit with a huge third quarter that changed the game and helped them to the win. The Newcastle University set-up…
Go courtside and check out the full Newcastle Eagles BBL game night experience with BBC Sport presenter Liam Macdevitt in a special behind the scenes video for Vertu Motors from when we got the ‘W’ against the Glasgow Rocks. See more videos in our series with Vertu Motors on our website.
It’s another big game at the Vertu Motors Arena in Newcastle tonight as the Eagles take on Manchester Giants. The Giants sit fourth in the BBL table with a 9 – 8 win-loss record whilst Newcastle are on 8 – 9 in seventh position. A win for the Eagles would not only level the records…
Our BBL road trip to Bristol Flyers this Sunday has been rearranged due to a late request from their venue, SGS College, to postpone the game. This fixture will now take place on Easter Monday 18 April with tip-off at 4pm. Fans who have their device’s calendar in sync with our website will see this update automatically…
This weekend Newcastle Eagles proudly comes together with its fellow BBL and WBBL clubs who are uniting in support of Ukraine. All 23 men’s and women’s clubs will stand together over the next five days to show solidarity with the Ukrainian people at all matches from Friday 4 March through to Wednesday 9 March. The…
The FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023 Qualifier between Great Britain and Belarus at the Vertu Motors Arena on Monday 28 February has been postponed. In a statement on Friday evening, FIBA said: “The decision is based on the evaluation of the current security situation. “FIBA is closely monitoring the security situation in Europe, as players’ and…
Ever wanted to know what our players do in the build-up to a game? Wonder no more as Corey Johnson takes you with him as our Eagles faced London Lions on Sky Sports. The second in a three part video series for proud Newcastle Eagles partners Vertu Motors. The 25-year-old shows viewers all the little…
There were some huge performances in one of the most exciting weekend of BBL Championship action so far this season and the All-Star Five is led by one of our Eagles live on Sky Sports. Since Justin Gordon returned to Newcastle our Eagles have won all three games, most recently beating northernmost rivals the Glasgow…
