Beaten but unbowed Newcastle Eagles head to Leicester Riders tomorrow buoyed by a battling performance against high-fliers Sevenoaks Suns. Noelia Cacheiro’s side ripped up the form book with a brilliant first half display underpinned by stifling defence and some fabulous finishing. But Suns’ experience and strength in depth made all the difference as the archetypal…
Newcastle-based engineering firm Wilson Gray Consulting (WGC) have stepped-in as the new main sponsor of the Newcastle Eagles WBBL team for the remainder of the 2021-22 season. WGC started to throw their support behind the Eagles last month by sponsoring The Big One when the club broke the long-standing attendance record for women’s basketball in the…
Sevenoaks Suns remain the blueprint for WBBL clubs seeking long-term success and sustained player development. That’s the verdict of Newcastle playcaller Noelia Cacheiro as her Eagles bid to become only the second team this season to inflict a league loss on the soaring Suns. Sevenoaks head to Tyneside with a fearsome 16-1 Championship record and…
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…
Two of our Eagles WBBL players have been selected in the latest All-Star Five with Chloe Gaynor and Layne Murphy’s weekend performances getting the well earned praise. Chloe Gaynor was the MVP in our Eagles’ Sunday win over Durham Palatinates in the big North East derby at the Vertu Motors Arena. The former Great Britain U20 international…
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…
