After two magnificent wins last weekend the Newcastle Eagles take on the Bristol Flyers tonight at the Vertu Motors Arena looking for a third consecutive win for the first time this season. Canadian sharpshooter Corey Johnson who has settled well into his role at the Eagles and is averaging 15.8 points, 4.3 rebounds and 4.5…
At Newcastle Eagles and the Vertu Motors Arena we want to do everything we can to ensure the continued safety of our fans, staff and teams from COVID-19. To protect all of our Eagles family at BBL and WBBL games to safeguard the well-being of the basketball community we are following the Government’s “Plan B”…
Get behind the Newcastle Eagles feeder team this Saturday as Newcastle University face Reading Rockets in the L Lynch Trophy Semi-Final. There will be familiar faces on the court with Themba Yabantu also on the National Basketball League (NBL) Division 1 team’s roster along with our BBL team’s training player Ronald Blaine, who fans saw on the Vertu…
The Duke of Newcastle is taking lessons from Darius Defoe when it comes to securing the Eagles’ proud BBL dynasty. And the club’ s new crowd favourite revealed the league’s most decorated player is the man with a plan in his twilight years. Duke Shelton and Defoe outfought and out-thought title favourites London and the…
Outstanding performances in the BBL over the weekend from two of our Eagles sees them fly into the league’s latest All-Star Five. Former league MVP Rahmon Fletcher made a statement live on Sky Sports on Friday night, directly involved in over two-thirds of our Eagles’ points with a dominant double-double of 25 points and 17…
WOW, just WOW. In what must rank as one of the most memorable BBL Championship games in the history of both sides, the Newcastle Eagles came away with a memorable road win at Cheshire Phoenix last night. Why was it so memorable? Because it took three five-minute periods of overtime to finally separate one of…
Newcastle Eagles travel to Cheshire this afternoon to take on the Phoenix looking to make it a double-winning weekend after their fantastic win over London Lions on Friday. It was a superb all-round performance to take down the title favourite Lions side 96 – 84 and should send the Eagles into today’s game in good…
Rahmon Fletcher ripped up the form book and rolled back the years as Newcastle Eagles finally kickstarted their season with a 12-point demolition of London Lions. The unstoppable guard added 17 assists and four steals to his game-high 25 points on a night to remember for the Kansas City native. And the savaged Lions limped…
Newcastle Eagles return to the court tonight at the Vertu Motors Arena to take on the might of London Lions in a BBL Championship clash. The Lions are currently the favourites to win just about everything domestically this season with a powerful roster. They have only lost one game to a BBL side this season. In…
