Two-time league MVP Rahmon Fletcher missed a damaging defeat at the hands of Cheshire Phoenix as a battling Newcastle Eagles faded badly after the break. Short-handed and in desperate need of a first win in six, the hosts started strongly against Ben Thomas’s BBL Trophy winners. But Phoenix finished a fast-paced fixture the more focused…
Ahead of tonight’s tip-off against Cheshire Phoenix, club officials have announced that unfortunately Rahmon Fletcher will not be in action this evening. Following the BBL’s Secure Play COVID-19 protocols Fletcher will play no part in tonight’s game whilst he continues to isolate himself from the team at home. Everyone at the Eagles wishes Rahmon a…
Tyneside communities grappling with the demands of the cost-of-living crisis will benefit from a growing partnership highlighting the work of a ground-breaking foodbank. As near neighbours with a common goal, Newcastle Eagles and Newcastle West End Foodbank already boast a strong relationship. And to support the Foodbanks network in Newcastle their name will take its…
It’s been a tough time for Newcastle Eagles in the last few weeks. Five consecutive defeats in the British Basketball League have seen them slip out of the play-off places. It’s the first time in a considerable time that they’ve entered the end of season run-in in danger of not making the end of season…
Newcastle Eagles have parted company with main sponsor GiveToLocal prior to the end of an agreed two-year partnership with the Tyneside-based sport organisation. British basketball’s most successful franchise will remove all GiveToLocal branding from the club’s playing kit, website, social media channels and sites across the Vertu Motors Arena with immediate effect. Both the club’s…
Leicester Riders won on Tyneside but were forced to wait to lift the league title after a London Lions victory against Bristol Flyers kept this season’s Championship race alive. Rob Paternostro’s men took control midway through the first period to lay the foundation for an impressive victory in front of the Sky Sports cameras. And…
It was another tough night for The Eagles on Wednesday as they slipped to a fourth consecutive defeat in London at the hands of the Lions 92 – 74. Already shorn of the services of Wes Person Jr through injury Newcastle also lost Justin Gordon in the final period on Wednesday. The star forward who…
Darius Defoe became the eighth player in BBL history to bag 6,000 championship points as the London-raised star marked his latest homecoming in style. The 37-year-old was denied another eye-catching personal milestone at Sheffield last Friday but made up for lost time against the Lions. Defoe sneaked ahead of former Newcastle favourite Mike New as…
Newcastle Eagles are fighting to keep their campaign alive despite suffering the latest in a long line of cruel setbacks this season. That’s the defiant message from head coach Ian MacLeod after it was confirmed that Wesley Person Jr will miss this week’s BBL action. Newcastle travelled to London for tonight’s clash against the Lions…
