Newcastle Eagles will tip-off their third consecutive European North Basketball League (ENBL) season at home on Tuesday 21 October against Dziki Warsawa from Poland. The 2025/26 ENBL competition will be its biggest ever and sees 27 teams in action spanning 17 countries and four time zones. ENBL’s new format this season sees teams divided into…
Newcastle Eagles will compete in a new format European North Basketball League (ENBL) for the 2025/26 season. A total of 27 teams, drawn in three pools of nine, will play a round-robin tournament of eight games each – four at home, four away – from September 23, 2025 until February 11, 2026. The pools draw…
Newcastle Eagles is delighted to announce that The Launch is back by popular demand following the hugely successful first-of-its-kind event last year. In September 2024, the club tipped-off its build-up like no other, where fans got the chance to meet the men’s and women’s teams first, enjoy a Q&A session with club coaches, management and…
With a scintillating second season just weeks away from tipping off, Super League Basketball (SLB) have announced that one of the British basketball calendar’s showpiece events – the SLB Cup Final – will be heading to Manchester for the first time ever. The iconic AO Arena in Manchester is no stranger to the game, being…
Newcastle Eagles are delighted to announce the return of guard/forward Josh Ward-Hibbert for a third consecutive season. Ward-Hibbert had a stellar last season in black and white, where the influential team player and leader firmly established himself as one of the most committed and driven players in the British game. Averaging 8 points and 4.9…
Newcastle Eagles head Coach Marc Steutel has delved into British basketball’s rich talent pool once again and plucked a huge prospect for his roster by securing Emmanuel Kanwei in a two-year deal. The 6’10” centre is the third pick for Steutel to move up to Super League Basketball (SLB) from the National Basketball League (NBL)…
Head coach Marc Steutel has returned Eagles Academy graduate Sauveur Kande to his roster for 2025/26. It will be the 23-year-old’s seventh season involved with the senior side. Homegrown-hero Kande has shown improvement in each of his season’s as part of the Eagles team, after former head coach Ian MacLeod called him up through the…
Super League Basketball (SLB) have received confirmation from Basketball England (BE) that they will continue to process Governing Body Endorsements (GBEs) for SLB clubs, ahead of the new season starting next month. A GBE is the official approval required for overseas athletes and coaches to obtain a work visa to play or work professionally in…
Newcastle Eagles continue to add to their exciting 2025/26 roster with the announcement of signing explosive Caleb Huffman. The 6’4” guard hailing from Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, will spend his third professional season on Tyneside competing in Super League Basketball (SLB) and the European North Basketball League (ENBL). “I’m blessed and super excited to be a…
