The Newcastle Eagles came up just short of making it three wins from three in the SLB Championship on Sunday after going down to their first League defeat in Sheffield. It was a game that won’t live long in the mind of basketball purists but it was intense throughout and as hard-fought as they come….
he Newcastle Eagles men’s team travel to Sheffield on Sunday afternoon for a northern shoot-out in the SLB Championship. Both sides are going into the game on the back of big confidence boosting Friday night victories. The B. Braun Sharks travelled to last season’s SLB Playoff Champions Leicester Riders and came away with a huge…
The Newcastle Eagles opened their home SLB campaign with an impressive 88 – 70 win over Cheshire Phoenix in front of a packed Vertu Motors Arena on Friday night. It was a very solid all-round team performance built on the ‘defensive blueprint’ that Head Coach Marc Steutel wanted. It also meant that The Eagles made…
The Newcastle Eagles men’s team have their first SLB Championship home game on Friday night with the visitors to the Vertu Motors Arena being the Cheshire Phoenix with a 7:30pm tip-off scheduled. Phoenix have already played twice on the road this season losing narrowly at Manchester and London and will be desperate to avoid a…
The 2025/26 Newcastle Eagles men’s team tipped off their SLB Championship season with a dramatic and thrilling overtime win over Caledonia Gladiators in Scotland on Sunday. In a high scoring game, it was Newcastle’s defensive stance in the fourth quarter that actually turned the game on its head. Marc Steutel’s men had been behind for…
Head Coach Marc Steutel and his men’s Newcastle Eagles head north of the border to open their SLB campaign for 2025/26. East Kilbride is the destination, PlaySport Arena is the venue and Caledonia Gladiators are the opponents. A tough opening fixture for Steutel and his charges in what is always a fiercely contested rivalry that…
Newcastle Eagles have made a men’s roster change on the eve of their opening 2025/26 Super League Basketball season tip-off with the signing of 6’5 USA guard Maceo Jack. This time suiting-up up in black and white, Jack will be familiar to British basketball fans after two very successful campaigns with Cheshire Phoenix from 2022…
Newcastle Eagles is delighted to officially announced that Newcastle College continue as its men’s team’s main sponsor for the 2025/26 season. The club’s partnership with the college and its higher education arm, Newcastle College University Centre, was celebrated on its sixth anniversary earlier this year with both staff and students regular visitors to the Vertu…
Newcastle Eagles narrowly failed to make it four wins from four games in their last scheduled pre-season game in the Vertu Motors Arena. A three-point loss against fellow SLB side Bristol Flyers was though a competitive entertaining game for the packed pre-season crowd to enjoy. The overwhelming majority will have been disappointed with the result…
