This morning CIPD North East of England announced their 2019 HR&D Awards is set to take place at our Eagles Community Arena on Thursday 20 June and that the night will also raise funds for our foundation. The event is the region’s most prestigious ceremony for the best human resources and people management teams, recognising and celebrating outstanding achievements…
You can now purchase parking for our BBL home games at the Eagles Community Arena online when you buy single game tickets through our website. Just select the number of spaces required and add them to your cart before you checkout with your game tickets booking online or ask for parking before completing your purchase…
We are proud to announce our Wall of Fame is now up in our Eagles Community Arena foyer. Thank you to all the fans, sponsors and supporters of our foundation who have donated to purchase a brick so far. The donations to our Eagles Community Foundation for each one have been a big help to…
Today’s guest writer is Simon Bird, a North-East based sports writer for the Daily Mirror, who attended our arena opening game against Plymouth Raiders last Friday night. Take your seat at the new Eagles Community Arena for the first time and you are struck by several emotions. It feel intimate, close to the action. It’s…
Jeremy Smith celebrates his birthday on Friday and there’s an extra reason to celebrate this week after landing a starting place in this week’s BBL All-Star Five. Smith was instrumental in our overtime win over Surrey Scorchers on the road last Sunday night. The nail-biter finished 89-93 with a season-high 31 points from Jeremy. The…
Last night the Newcastle Panthers Volleyball Club took to the Eagles Community Arena court for the first non-basketball activity in our new multi-purpose venue. The volleyball club becomes the second senior sports team to make the arena its home and it’s another with a legacy of success. The men’s team currently play in the top…
BBC Sport have confirmed the schedule for British Basketball League games to be broadcast on their app and website up until the end of March 2019. The BBL coverage deal is for the BBC to show one game per week for the remainder of the season and sees every BBL side shown at least once….
The opening night at our new Eagles Community Arena has been sold out since Wednesday afternoon, but just in time for anyone not wanting to miss this historic first game we are pleased to announce the game will be free to watch on BBC Sport. This afternoon the British Basketball League’s continuing partnership with BBC…
Over the first five days of 2019 we’ve been looking back at the top five games we had in our old home of Sport Central, before the big move to our Eagles Community Arena next week. The five games have been selected from the archives by some of our longest serving fans, staff and volunteers,…
