It was a weekend to forget for Newcastle Eagles WBBL’s after they were handed a quarter-final WBBL cup loss to a strong Sevenoaks Suns side at Sport Central. While play caller Chris Bunten’s side managed to keep the score close, even leading at half time – they were ultimately unable to overcome a dominant third…
Aggregate Score: 170-160 The dreams of Esh Group Eagles Newcastle of returning to a BBL Cup Final at the Arena Birmingham were shattered this afternoon down in London. After taking a slender two-point lead in the first-leg at home it was always going to be tough going in to the Lions Den and so it…
It’s all to play for this afternoon at London’s Copper Box Arena when Esh Group Eagles Newcastle take their slender two-point lead in to the Lions Den for the second leg of the BBL Cup Semi-Final. That’s after a fascinating and tense first-leg finished 75 – 73 in favour of the Eagles. That game at…
Chris Bunten has put Sunday’s WBBL Cup revenge mission on the backburner as Newcastle Eagles target a win against Nottingham Wildcats tonight. There is little doubt that the game of the weekend is a mouthwatering quarter-final clash against Sevenoaks Suns at Sport Central tomorrow with a 5pm tip. But Bunten has ordered his players to…
It was advantage Newcastle Eagles in the first leg of the BBL Cup semi-finals after they managed to dispatch BBL leaders London Lions in nerve wracking fashion. Heading into the contest, the hosts had lost their last two on the road – with the Lions themselves handing player-coach Fab Flournoy’s men a damaging 96-78 loss…
It’s the biggest game and test of the season so far tonight for Esh Group Eagles Newcastle as Northumbria University Sport Central plays host to the first leg of The BBL Cup Semi-Final, writes Jeff King. Standing in the way of the Eagles progressing to the Cup Final are the BBL leaders, London Lions. What…
Esh Group Eagles Newcastle may actually be in the unusual position of going in to this weekend’s BBL Cup Semi-Final against London Lions as underdogs. The tie is played out over two-legs with the first leg being in Newcastle at Sport Central on Friday night and the return in London on Sunday afternoon. The reason…
As our Eagles have progressed to the BBL Cup Semi-Finals this weekend and with a number of fixtures being moved around for others clubs to play their ties there has been a shuffle of a total of five games in the new year as follows. This release of updated fixtures also confirms that the first…
Newcastle Eagles must regroup and refocus after a bitterly disappointing return to WBBL action brought about successive losses on the road. Chris Bunten’s side suffered overtime heartache at Essex Rebels hot on the heels of a heavy defeat at title favourites Sevenoaks Suns. And the experienced playcaller will be looking for a positive response when…
