In their biggest game of the season so far and perhaps Head Coach Ian MacLeod’s biggest career game so far, the Eagles went out of the BBL Cup down in Worcester. It was a rip-roaring affair that ebbed and flowed and could have gone either way all throughout the forty pulsating minutes but it was…
After a two-week break Newcastle Eagles return to on-court action tonight with a huge road game down in Worcester. There is no doubting tonight’s BBL Cup quarter-final clash is the Eagles biggest game of the season so far. It could also be argued that it is interim Head Coach Ian MacLeod’s biggest game of his…
Before CJ Gettys takes to the court as an Eagle for the first time in our away game tomorrow, Dan caught up with our new 7’0″ centre at the ECA straight after this morning’s training. Get tickets to see CJ in action in our upcoming home games:
Outstanding performances from our Eagles WBBL team in their double-header double-win weekend sees two of them land places in the league’s pick of the players. Our Lithuanian forward Mante Kvderaviciute (pictured) was so good across the two games that she actually posted a pair of performances, either of which alone would have been good enough…
The First Round draw for the 2020 BBL Trophy took place live on the league’s Facebook Page this evening. There were 16 teams in the draw made up from 12 clubs from the BBL and four invited non-BBL organisations. This season the eight teams who didn’t get a home game in the BBL Cup Quarter-Finals,…
A nerveless second half display from Newcastle Eagles WBBL laid the foundation for an eye-catching 82-75 win against Sheffield Hatters. And a second victory in two days against a top four rival set the seal on a perfect weekend for Chris Bunten’s fast-improving roster. An inspired Mante Kverderaviciute fell just three assists short of what…
One of our Eagles Community Foundation’s basketball clubs has received a haul of new equipment thanks to their local bobby on the beat. Cardinal Hornets is a volunteer-led basketball club run by our foundation out of Cardinal Hume Primary School in Gateshead. More than a hundred children between the ages of five and 16 are…
Newcastle Eagles can bring the X Factor to the WBBL this season thanks to one of the strongest starting fives in the country. That’s the bullish verdict of head coach Chris Bunten ahead of this weekend’s double header test against two of the league’s title contenders. Manchester Mystics and Sheffield Hatters both bagged top four…
Following last night’s result in the in the BBL Cup South Group it was confirmed by the league this morning that our Eagles will face Worcester Wolves in the Quarter-Final played in one-leg next Friday 29 November 2019 with a 7:30pm tip-off. Tickets to sit with Eagles fans behind the team bench at the University…
