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Edwards Lands Another All-Star Five Starter Spot

Men
April 6, 2021
Edwards Lands Another All-Star Five Starter Spot

We’re into the final month of the BBL Championship regular season and the Week 21 All-Star Five features yet another starting spot for our Eagles own Cortez Edwards, who is now just one appearance short of London Lions’ DeAndre Liggins in the race for most places in the league’s weekly pick of the players. Our Newcastle…

Men
March 31, 2021
Back-Court Duo In All-Star Five

Eagles back-court due of Rahmon Fletcher and Cortez Edwards have bagged starting places in the league’s pick of the players for week 20 of the season. Our BBL team held on to the BBL Championship’s second spot after defeating London Lions at the Vertu Motors Arena last Friday night. Fletcher has received this weekly honour…

Foundation
March 29, 2021
Introducing Our New Court Finder

Today, Monday 29 March, the lockdown restrictions have been relaxed to allow organised basketball sessions for up to 30 people to take place outdoors. To help our Eagles Community Foundation clubs and players across the North East find their nearest outdoor court we have launched our new Court Finder. This interactive map and search tool…

Arena
March 25, 2021
New Name Signage Completed

This week our new Vertu Motors name signage was completed and we are pleased to share these fab first photos of it with you!

Arena
March 19, 2021
Arena Changeover Time-Lapse Video

Check out how much our venue transforms and what goes on behind closed doors right now in this time-lapse of last week’s full arena changeover. On Wednesday morning we hosted Newcastle GP Services with 1,300 jabs being given at our NHS COVID-19 Vaccination Centre on court 1, which was broken-down by our Eagles Wings Team…

Arena
March 11, 2021
Vertu Motors Acquire Arena Naming Rights

Vertu Motors plc, the Gateshead-based motor retail group, has acquired the naming rights to the Eagles Community Arena in Newcastle in a five-year deal. The purpose-built community, events and sports arena, which is home to the Newcastle Eagles basketball club, the most successful British Basketball team of all time, and the award-winning Eagles Community Foundation,…

Men
March 11, 2021
Rearranged Flyers Fixture

Our previously postponed BBL Championship away fixture at Bristol Flyers has been set for Thursday 29 April 2021 with a 7pm tip-off. You can stay up to date with our men’s and women’s games and results by having them automatically synchronised to your devices calendar from the BBL and WBBL fixtures pages.    

Women
March 8, 2021
Celebrating International Women’s Day 2021

To celebrate International Women’s Day 2021, the club has created a striking and glossy poster of our 2020-21 Women’s British Basketball League team and is offering fans 20% off our “Howay The Lasses” t-shirts today using the discount code ‘IWD’ at the checkout. The new A3 print, featuring autographs of all 11 players, is available on our…

Men
March 2, 2021
Watch Live, Past and Classic Eagles Games on the BBL Player

No basketball action tonight? No problem! Did you know that as well as live and past Eagles BBL games you can also watch some classic tip-offs with either a monthly game pass or our season ticket holders complementary access to the BBL Player? Get them on your desktop or laptop and now via the new…