A day after the announcement of the Eagles Community Arena hosting a pilot basketball game with spectators, the British Basketball League (BBL) have revealed their plans for the 2020-21 season. From Friday 2 October 2020, BBL clubs will get back to action as they start the opening rounds of the BBL Cup competition with the…
Newcastle Eagles can confirm that the Eagles Community Arena is set to host a pilot basketball game in a return to live sport with social distancing on Friday 18 September 2020. Following much work behind the scenes over recent weeks, the Government Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport announced the test event this afternoon. The game will…
A star of the NCAA Division 1 University of Notre Dame, a major college of the powerhouse Atlantic Coast Conference, Rex Pflueger will begin his professional career at Newcastle Eagles. The 24-year-old had a stellar five year career with ‘The Fighting Irish’, during which he broke the school record for games played featuring 141 times…
Louis Sayers becomes Newcastle Eagles’ fifth confirmed signing of the summer and their second new arrival. Sayers will be entering his seventh BBL season despite being only 28-years-old. After completing his apprenticeship in the EBL with Reading Rockets and Hemel Storm, Sayers first entered the BBL with Plymouth Raiders back in 2013-14, where he stayed for…
Newcastle Eagles are delighted to confirm power forward Darius Defoe has put pen to paper on a deal for an incredible 17th successive season with the club. The veteran player been present for every one of the club’s 25 title wins, the only Eagles player to achieve this feat following the departure of his former coach…
Following the re-signing of Rahmon Fletcher, the Eagles have swooped to bring in a backcourt partner for their veteran point guard. The name and face should be familiar to BBL fans as he played for Worcester Wolves last season in his rookie professional campaign. Cortez Edwards who was a ‘Golden Eagle’ at NCAA Division 1…
After Newcastle Eagles linked up with new sponsor GiveToLocal earlier this week – to support all levels of basketball in the North East from junior level to elite men – the club has revealed the first signing of a new era. A new era but a familiar face as once again the Eagles return the…
CJ Gettys has announced that he will be following in a former Eagle’s footsteps by leaving the BBL to play in Japan. The move echoes that of fellow Eagles fan-favourite Joe Chapman, who signed for Japanese side Bambitious Nara in the early 2010’s after the first of his two stints on Tyneside. The 7-foot centre, who was…
Celebrating 25 years of Newcastle Basketball, 25 trophies won and our 25th Eagles team, we are proud to introduce our 2020-21 BBL and WBBL season kit. In 1995 top-flight British Basketball made Newcastle its home as the ‘Comets’, taking to the court in an iconic pinstripe uniform. We proudly celebrate the history of our basketball…
