Newcastle Eagles’ fading hopes of defending their BBL Play-Offs title sustained a huge blow as they fell to a 90-77 defeat at home to Bristol Flyers. An impressive 28-point showing from Wesley Person Jr and a Brandon Peel double-double could not prevent a seventh successive loss which leaves the Eagles six points outside the top…
There’s no turning back for Newcastle Eagles tonight as they host Bristol Flyers in a crucial BBL Championship game at the Vertu Motors Arena. With an away game at Bristol to come on Easter Monday, Coach Ian Macleod’s men could force their way into the play-off picture with a double over Flyers and a win…
Reckon you could slam dunk a bagel? This week Eagles players Corey Johnson and Chloe Gaynor went head-to-head at our sponsors Dot Bagels in a “Bagel Shootout” to build their very own bagel! The rules of the game meant that every bagel they got in the basket won them an ingredient for their creation, but…
A North East-based outsourced contact centre has answered a call for help after offering to support the region’s most successful sports club. Last week EC Outsourcing, headquartered at Doxford Park, became aware that Newcastle Eagles had parted company with its main club sponsor. And Managing Director Phil Westoby spotted an opportunity for two like-minded organisations…
Beaten but unbowed Newcastle Eagles Under 14 boys have already started plotting for next season after their history-making playoff run was finally halted by Baltic Stars. With head coach Chloe Gaynor involved in a WBBL playoff bid back on Tyneside, her young charges took to the court in London with stand-in playcaller Sam Dobson at…
A fantastic final quarter comeback wasn’t enough to prevent Newcastle Eagles from slipping to a second defeat in three days. But another feisty display against top four opposition will fill Noelia Cacheiro’s fast-improving side with confidence heading into another must-win homecourt double header. Leicester Riders wrapped up a 10-point win but not before gutsy Newcastle…
On Friday night in the Vertu Motors Arena the Newcastle Eagles slipped to a sixth successive defeat in the BBL going down 90 – 75 against the BBL Trophy winners, Cheshire Phoenix. It means the Eagles go into the Easter weekend still far from certain of qualifying for the end-of-season playoffs. The drama on court…
Layne Murphy is confident Newcastle Eagles have found common ground just in time to launch a late season push for the playoffs. The in-form American was one of a slew of new signings hastily thrown together in a bid to bolster a depleted roster in January. And ahead of tonight’s trip to fourth-placed Leicester Riders,…
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…
