After five consecutive defeats in all competitions, including four in the Super League Basketball (SLB) Championship and a biggest ever European North Basketball League (ENBL) defeat, the Newcastle Eagles are hoping to bounce back at home tonight in the Vertu Arena against Bristol Flyers. It won’t be easier either as the high Flyers from the…
Newcastle Eagles have added to their front court power by signing the versatile and athletic 6’7 forward Gus Okafor. The 26-year-old American-Nigerian flies in to Newcastle after leaving Penarol Mar Del Plata of the highly-rated top-flight Argentinian La Liga. “I’m really excited to be joining the Eagles and can’t wait to play in front of…
Newcastle Eagles opening tip-off of the 2025/26 season’s Super League Basketball (SLB) Trophy competition against Caledonia Gladiators will now take place on Sunday 7 December. The move of this away trip over the border to Caledonia from its originally scheduled date of Sunday 9 November means that the Eagles’ Trophy progression will be sealed inside…
The Newcastle Eagles tipped off their third successive European North Basketball League campaign on Tuesday night in The Vertu Arena. Their opponents and visitors were a familiar rival making their first trip to Newcastle, Dziki Warszawa of Poland’s top-flight Oblen League. Newcastle had actually crossed swords with The Poles twice last season in the 2024/25…
The Newcastle Eagles begin their third campaign in Europe with Tuesday night’s home opener in their 2025/26 European North Basketball League group game. Their opponents are Dziki Warszawa of Poland’s top professional basketball league. In their first two seasons of ENBL competition Newcastle have given an excellent account of themselves and done British Basketball proud…
A much-improved competitive performance from Friday night’s loss at Leicester almost say Marc Steutel’s Newcastle Eagles put an end to their losing streak. However despite better defence and spreading the scoring load they still came up a little short in a battling effort that they took all the way. They say in a team performance…
It was a winner-take-all SLB Betty Codona Trophy Group game in The Vertu Arena on Sunday evening. Simply put the winners of the game would advance to the semi-final stage and the losers would be out. The pace, tenacity, commitment and endeavour of both side’s showed that and more. In what was a fantastic advert…
The end analysis will show a loss in the L column for Newcastle and a third successive SLB Championship defeat in a row. A statistic no-one involved whether it be coaching staff, players or even fans. What needs to be addressed is how to reverse the trend and quickly. Especially as The Eagles face another…
The Newcastle Eagles head for the Ellesmere Port Sports Village on Sunday evening. They will face a home side thirsting for revenge. Last month the Cheshire Phoenix travelled to The Vertu Arena and a fine Eagles effort saw them defeated 88 – 70. But past games often count for nothing once the ball is thrown…
