The bragging rights for now in North East top flight basketball go to Newcastle Eagles after a thrilling derby day victory over Durham Palatinates. It’s a win that consolidates Newcastle’s play-off position and deals a blow to Durham’s. The other winners were the loud and proud home crowd who turned up in superb numbers to…
For weeks now it seems that every game has been a must-win match for Newcastle Eagles and Head Coach Marc Steutel as they strive and strain to make the end of season play-offs. Unfortunately, time after time they haven’t delivered in those clutch game situations losing games on many occasions they should have won. It…
The Newcastle Eagles WBBL side will take to their home court in the Vertu Motors Arena in a huge derby day clash against Durham Palatinates this afternoon. They will do so on the back of an encouraging although losing performance against a very strong Leicester Riders side on the road. It was always going to…
With seven league games of the season to go Newcastle Eagles WBBL team are still in the play-off positions sitting seventh in the table. This weekend they have a tough double-header to contend with to try and keep that play-off bid alive. First up it’s on the road at Leicester Riders, a side currently sitting…
This was the first in a series of Retro Games organised by The BBL and took fans and Clubs back the glory years when these two sides regularly delivered silverware for their fans. Memories of 2004/05 resonated throughout a sold-out Vertu Motors Arena the year when the Eagles won the end-of-season play-offs after Cheshire, then…
A short-handed Newcastle Eagles side left it all on the floor but couldn’t quite come out with a win in a blow to their playoff hopes down in St. Albans yesterday afternoon. There’s no doubting that Head Coach Noelia Cacheiro and her charges would have had this game down as a win on their schedule…
The Newcastle Eagles WBBL side are on the road today at Oaklands College, St. Albans as they face a Wolves side in a Championship clash looking for a season’s double. This is one of those games that on paper looks like an Eagles win. When the two sides met in November at the Vertu Motors…
Somewhere, somehow, someway the Newcastle Eagles keep coming up with ways to lose a basketball game in what may well go down as one of their most frustrating seasons ever. On Friday night on their own court in the Vertu Motors Arena, they led Champions-elect London Lions by thirteen points with 11 minutes and 55…
A disappointing night for Head Coach Noelia Cacheiro and her players as they went down to semi-final defeat at home in the WBBL Trophy. They showed plenty of commitment and spirit throughout the game but ultimately came up short against a very powerful Leicester side. Leicester advance to the final where London Lions await for…
