The Newcastle Eagles tipped off the first of their brutal three games in five days schedule in the Vertu Arena on Wednesday night with an 80-108 defeat to Iraklis B.C. of Greece in a European North Basketball League group match. Their third defeat from three in this season’s competition. Not the ideal way for Head…
Beware of Greeks bearing gifts the saying goes. But in a month renowned for present giving, the team from Thessaloniki were in no mood to hand out such favours to their hosts. Iraklis taking a well-deserved 108-80 road victory over the Eagles to retain their 100% ENBL record moving to 4 wins. It also meant…
The Newcastle Eagles begin a very tough if not brutal run of three games in five days in three different competitions on Wednesday night. The visitors to the Vertu Arena are Iraklis B.C. of Greece for a European North Basketball League group game. Head Coach Marc Steutel’s side go into the first of the three…
The Newcastle Eagles men’s team failed to match their women’s team and fell to defeat in the Capital on Sunday evening. The women had defeated London 79-60 on Saturday night at home whilst being short-handed. The men too were short-handed on the road but couldn’t cover their absentees. Eagles had to do without forward Gus…
The Newcastle Eagles made it an excellent three from three in the Women’s Super League Basketball Championship with a superb 85-56 victory on the road against Nottingham Wildcats on Saturday evening. The Eagles led 40-34 when the half-time buzzer went and looked well on their way to another crucial win with twenty minutes to play….
The Newcastle Eagles travel to Nottingham to take on the Wildcats today in their third SLB Championship game of the season looking to keep their own 100% league record intact and continue their great start to the campaign. Last weekend Newcastle took a 79-60 victory at home against London Lions to go 2-0 in Championship…
The Newcastle Eagles picked up their second Women’s SLB Championship win of the season in the Vertu Arena on Saturday night to maintain their 100% record in league play. It was another solid professional performance built on the platform of an excellent first half showing. Once again Newcastle had to go into the game short-handed…
The Newcastle Eagles at the ninth time of trying finally got over the line on Friday night to record only their third win of the SLB Championship with a 92 – 89 win over Surrey 89ers in a tough entertaining encounter that went right down to the wire. Eagles recovered from a slow start to…
The Newcastle Eagles finally “got the monkey off their back” according to Aussie Point Guard Mitch Clarke as they celebrated a first win in nine games at The Vertu Arena on Friday night. Their 92 – 89 victory over Surrey 89ers was not pretty and they had to dig really tough but they did hold…
