The Newcastle Eagles may have crashed out of the BBL Cup last weekend at Worcester in their quarter final tie but there was still one big positive to take from the game as they prepare to open their BBL Championship campaign this weekend. That came in the form of the performance from their newest recruit,…
In their biggest game of the season so far and perhaps Head Coach Ian MacLeod’s biggest career game so far, the Eagles went out of the BBL Cup down in Worcester. It was a rip-roaring affair that ebbed and flowed and could have gone either way all throughout the forty pulsating minutes but it was…
After a two-week break Newcastle Eagles return to on-court action tonight with a huge road game down in Worcester. There is no doubting tonight’s BBL Cup quarter-final clash is the Eagles biggest game of the season so far. It could also be argued that it is interim Head Coach Ian MacLeod’s biggest game of his…
Newcastle Eagles have moved quickly to plug the gap created after releasing John Mitchell last week and it’s a considerable presence that fills the vacancy on the roster. A face and name well known to the BBL, Chancelor James ‘CJ’ Gettys will give Head Coach Ian MacLeod further options in the front court. CJ was…
Newcastle Eagles completed their BBL Cup North Group campaign on Friday night with a thumping 104 – 71 win over Manchester Giants. It took their record to 6 wins and 4 losses and means they will finish third in the group. It qualifies them for a Cup quarter-final tie that will be on the road…
The Newcastle Eagles got back to winning ways last Sunday with a powerful 94 – 66 road victory at Manchester Giants, now they are preparing to face the same opposition this Friday at the Eagles Community Arena in their last BBL Cup North Group game. The Eagles who have already qualified for the quarter finals…
Going into last night’s BBL Cup North Group match down in Manchester, the Newcastle Eagles knew they had already qualified for the quarter-final stage of the competition. That was courtesy of results elsewhere earlier in the weekend. So, the focus for Ian MacLeod’s men was to take a road victory to reverse their recent run…
After last weekend’s home loss to Leicester Riders, Newcastle Eagles Captain and point guard Rahmon Fletcher reflected on where it went wrong for his side and what they need to do going forward. The Eagles are still in prime position to qualify for the quarter-finals of The BBL Cup but after a third successive loss…
For the latest in my series of The Big Interviews, I caught up with Newcastle’s very own legal Eagle, assistant head coach and Eagles Community Foundation trustee Dave Forrester to chat about his life as an Eagle and his thoughts on many things basketball and Newcastle related. As always Dave wasn’t backward at coming forwards…
