Our Eagles have been rewarded for their successful end to 2020 with December awards for our head coach Ian MacLeod and guard Cortez Edwards. It’s well deserved accolades as the team finished the year sitting at the top of the BBL Championship table with a BBL Cup Semi-Final secured and a run of five wins…
We are pleased to confirm two fixtures today as our rescheduled Manchester Giants fixture and the previously unscheduled Surrey Scorchers away game date has been set. Fans can stay up to date with all our fixtures and results automatically updated in your devices calendar from our website.
Our previously unscheduled home BBL fixture against Plymouth Raiders has now been confirmed for Sunday 17 January 2021 with a 17:30 tip-off. This game will follow our WBBL team’s home game against Leicester Riders, which tips at 14:00, to make a huge back-to-back “Super Sunday” of British basketball. Fans can watch this behind closed doors action…
On Wednesday 23 December 2020, over 1,000 people were vaccinated against coronavirus at our Eagles Community Arena. For one day part of the venue took on a new role as a Newcastle Primary Care Network community site for the NHS COVID-19 vaccination programme. Residents of Newcastle upon Tyne aged 80 and over were first in line…
We are now shipping new orders from our club shop by Royal Mail after our post-Christmas break. Any outstanding orders for delivery placed since our Christmas postage deadline of Wednesday 23 December 2020 will be shipping this week. Due to the Government’s current COVID-19 Tier 4 restrictions order pickup for our click and collect service has…
As we start the new year we’d like to congratulate our BBL and WBBL teams’ main partner GiveToLocal who have reached another milestone of supporting 21 sports. GiveToLocal’s mission is to back sport, boost business and build networks has been gathering pace since we announced the new partnership in August last year. In 2021 the service will…
Newcastle Eagles and its fellow BBL Cup Semi-Finalists, in consultation with the British Basketball League, have come to an agreement to amend the format for the Semi-Finals after fixture pressures due to COVID-19 implications. Together with Leicester Riders, London Lions and Manchester Giants, the club has agreed to change the Cup’s penultimate competition stage format from…
The Newcastle Eagles will end this difficult year with a smile on their faces after a fifth successive win in all competitions sees them entering the New Year at the top of the British Basketball League. Their latest win was on the road in Glasgow where after a tough first quarter they blew the game…
Ian MacLeod insists a changing of the guard has put Newcastle on the offensive as the club continues to evolve as an attacking force. Ahead of this afternoon’s trip to Glasgow Rocks, the Eagles head coach paid tribute to his new-look backcourt pairing and outlined the multiple benefits of a killer combination. Rahmon Fletcher and…
