Newcastle Eagles moved into the top four of the BBL Championship with a tremendous road victory at Surrey last night. The Eagles were in control of a game where the referees played a big part with technical fouls and ejections a-plenty in a tempestuous 40 minutes. However, the bigger part was played by Newcastle and the…
Rookie BBL boss Ian MacLeod has revealed he’s loving every minute of his first big job at the top level of the British game. But as the 2019-20 campaign reaches it halfway stage, Newcastle Eagles’ interim head coach admits the pressure is on. And MacLeod revealed a squad struggling for consistency is fully focused on…
As Newcastle Eagles begin to prepare to travel this weekend to Surrey for a tough road game on Saturday night, former Scorchers player Nick Schlitzer gave his thoughts on that game and also last weekend’s huge BBL trophy win over Dunfermline. Without the injured Mike Morsell and Sade Aded Hussein for the Dunfermline game it…
It’s the first line-up of 2020 from the leagues and three of our Eagles made the cut after a huge weekend of performances. Firstly in the BBL for week 16 both CJ Gettys and Nick Schlitzer picked-up starting spots in the All-Star Five. CJ Gettys with the highest individual Performance Points tally for a player…
The last monthly player award of the decade has gone to our 7’0″ centre CJ Gettys following some outstanding performances across December. CJ has been awarded the Molten BBL Player of the Month title after returning for his third season in the UK, joining us in November from being on the training camp roster of the…
As expected, Newcastle Eagles cruised into the quarter-finals of the BBL Trophy on Friday night with a crushing 133 – 61 victory over Dunfermline Reign at the Eagles Community Arena. Dunfermline who are the reigning Scottish Basketball Champions are an amateur side playing in Scotland’s top division made up entirely of locally based players. Going…
Newcastle Eagles got the new decade off to a flying start with a dominant 133-61 BBL Trophy win over Scottish outfit Dunfermline Reign. On the back of an impressive road win away against Glasgow Rocks to close out 2019, coach Ian MacLeod’s men were keen to start the year with a bang. With both Sade…
Darius Defoe can become a beacon for young British talent considering a career in the BBL according to the latest coach to benefit from the forward’s enduring talent. The popular veteran joined Newcastle Eagles as an unheralded teenager in 2005 and has spent his entire career in a black and white vest. Defoe entered the…
To reflect on Newcastle’s last game of the decade, a huge road win at Glasgow Rocks and to preview the first game of the new decade there was really only one man to talk to. That man is the Eagles longest-serving player and a man that has been part of every single piece of silverware…
