The 2026/27 Newcastle Eagles after a solid pre-season unbeaten warm-up programme faced the reality of the opening SLB Championship on the road in London against last season’s 4-time National trophy winning Lions. After a tough forty minutes of basketball it ended in an away defeat. However, Head Coach Marc Steutel’s new-look roster will take some…
A first competitive outing for Head Coach Chloe Gaynor’s 2026/27 Eagles ended in a loss on the road in East Kilbride against the heavily touted Caledonia Gladiators. The Scottish side a pre-season pundits tip to be challenging for all the major national honours in Super League Basketball (SLB) this season. They looked a very solid…
The roster is built, the waiting is over and the anticipation concludes this afternoon. Head Coach Marc Steutel’s 2026/27 Newcastle Eagles take to the court in London for their opening Super League Basketball (SLB) after a progressive and positive pre-season. Three games at home as warm-ups two against fellow SLB sides Caledonia and Sheffield have…
Newcastle Eagles completed their pre-season programme with their third win out of three games played with a comprehensive win over long standing Super League Basketball (SLB) rivals Sheffield Sharks in the Vertu Arena on Sunday evening. The margin of victory in the end was convincing, but it was a totally different game to the one…
Newcastle Eagles Women’s head coach Chloe Gaynor is delighted to welcome the final piece of her 2026/27 roster jigsaw as Gemma Campbell joins the squad. Campbell becomes part of the Super League Basketball (SLB) team alongside studying and playing British Universities and Colleges Sports (BUCS) with the Eagles’ performance pathway partner Northumbria University. Following in…
Two games into pre-season and so far, so good. Indeed, perhaps so far very good may well be the call. Nothing can ever be perfect particularly as new players come into the building and have to learn each other’s play as well as bond as individuals. But on the evidence of this performance, it seems…
Newcastle Eagles have gone down under to dig up their latest 2026/27 Women’s Super League Basketball (SLB) roster recruit in 21-year-old Maddy Hinton. The 5’6″ guard, who also holds a British passport, will be playing outside of her home land for the first time and joins the Eagles following three seasons at Norwood Flames in…
Announcing the return of its Academy graduate Grace Rae for a second season of Super League Basketball (SLB) was always part of Newcastle Eagles’ plan for the young forward. The 5’11” 18-year-old will continue her basketball development in the Eagles women’s roster alongside studying at Newcastle University. In no doubt about wanting Rae back as…
Newcastle Eagles head coach Marc Steutel’s new-look side got valuable court minutes into their legs to start pre-season against a valiant Newcastle Basketball Development Combine squad last night at the Vertu Arena. Intended opponents and Super League Basketball (SLB) compatriots Surrey 89ers unfortunately had to withdraw their invitation to be the first side to test…
