Newcastle Eagles 112 (25,48,82) (Bridge 29, Defoe 26, Moore 25) BiG Storage Cheshire Jets 92 (33,57,72) (Perre 22, Marks 21, Myers 19) The Newcastle Eagles, last season’s losing BBL Cup finalists, progressed through to the semi-finals of this year’s competition after a 112-92 defeat of the BiG Storage Cheshire Jets at the MetroRadio Arena. It…
Worcester Wolves 88 (19,39,61) (Paez 30, Brown 22, Disy/Funn 10) Newcastle Eagles 108 (33,59,83) (Smith 17, Moore 16, Stewart 15) The Newcastle Eagles moved clear at the top of the BBL Championship table as they beat the Worcester Wolves 88-108. The Eagles have now won seven of the eight BBL meetings between these teams, with…
Newcastle Eagles missed out on the chance to go clear at the top of the BBL as they lost for the first time this season against the in-form Sheffield Sharks 81-86. The Sharks resurrected memories of their famed bomb squads of seasons past by hitting 10 of 19 three-pointers. Top scorers Chris Sanders (22-points) and…
Reigning BBL league champions Newcastle Eagles have been handed a significant boost after ‘Prince’ Charles Smith was finally given the all clear to return to action. The forward who is a hugely popular figure with the fans has been left frustrated on the sidelines for the first month of the new campaign waiting for confirmation…
Airwaves Plymouth Raiders 73 (21,39,56) (Beasley 23, Martin 14, Moore 10) Newcastle Eagles 91 (22,47,71) (Moore 28, Defoe 16, Bridge 15) The Newcastle Eagles joined the Everton Tigers at the summit of the BBL Championship table after a 73-91 defeat of the Airwaves Plymouth Raiders; the win sent a message to the Tigers, who scraped…
‘A situation that you just don’t turn down’ is how Team GB skipper Andrew Sullivan has described the lure of a contract in Russia as he bids farewell to Newcastle. Just two games into his two-month contract with the Eagles, Sullivan has been handed an opportunity to play in the Russian Superleague, receiving the offer…
Newcastle Eagles sit proudly at the top of the BBL Championship table with 3 wins from 3 games as they defeated the Marshall MK Lions 81-87 at the Bletchley Leisure Centre on Friday night. A 6-0 start for the Lions was immediately followed by a 10-0 response from the Eagles to give them an early…
EAGLES icon TJ Walker has claimed the current crop of stars at Newcastle have the potential to be the greatest team ever assembled by the club. Speaking exclusively to the Chronicle, the legendary Walker, who captained the Eagles in their famous 2005-06 “Clean Swoop” season when they won every BBL trophy on offer, believes this…
The Newcastle Eagles have announced their entry into the Great Britain Wheelchair Basketball Association (GBWBA) superleague, with a fourteen-strong team comprising the region’s best wheelchair ballers – including ex-GB members, Lee Fawcett, Stewart Pimblett and Paul McGinty. The new team announcement came on Thursday 2nd October, when the Eagles hosted a launch event at the…
