Newcastle Eagles go into tonight’s BBL Championship game against the Plymouth City Patriots in front of the Sky Sports cameras at the Vertu Motors Arena looking for a second consecutive home win. The Patriots are one side the Eagles have beaten this season on the road down in Plymouth 77 – 75 in the BBL…
Newcastle Eagles make a further line-up change going into tomorrow’s game with forward Justin Everett flying into Marc Steutel’s side. The 6’9” American landed in Newcastle this week having started the season in Saudi Arabia’s SBL side Al Wehda following seasons in Argentina’s top-flight La Liga Nacional with for Buenos Aires and Union de Santa Fe. Head…
This weekend the Vertu Motors Arena is donating space to a charity that identifies people at risk from sudden cardiac death with a screening programme for young adults. Cardiac Risk in the Young (CRY) will be checking the hearts of young people from across the region aged 14-35. The Scotswood Road venue, owned and operated…
He may have only been in Newcastle for a few weeks, but it’s safe to say David Cohn is loving everything Tyneside has to offer. The Newcastle Eagles point guard arrived at the Vertu Motors Arena in mid-September to join coach Marc Steutel’s squad after spending last season with Wiha Panthers Schwenningen in Germany’s ProA…
As the Newcastle Eagles Central Venue League prepares to mark its 20th anniversary next month the Eagles Community Foundation is pleased to announce the launch of its newest junior basketball club, the Ponteland Panthers. Working in partnership with Ponteland schools, this new club will tap into the growth the sport is seeing across the region,…
Marc Steutel has been confirmed as the Great Britain Men’s Head Coach for the November FIBA Basketball World Cup Qualifying window. With Nate Reinking unavailable, the Newcastle Eagles play-caller will take charge of GB for the home clash at the Vertu Motors Arena against Serbia and the away qualifier in Latvia. The national team is…
Two of our Eagles have received nods in this week’s BBL All-Star Five, led by David Cohn after his stand-out shooting in Friday night’s win over Bristol Flyers. Cohn helped the team get their first league win of the season on the board by inflicting a first defeat on Bristol. The point guard produced a…
After a thrilling home victory over Bristol Flyers, the Newcastle Eagles travelled to Sheffield on Sunday night with high hopes of another victory. In the end their hopes were dashed as they lost all four quarters on the way to a heavy defeat. Friday’s win had been built on a solid and positive all-round team…
It would be interesting to be a fly on the wall when Newcastle Eagles Head Coach Noelia Cacheiro analyses her side’s performance in Sheffield. Not quite a game of two halves but certainly a game of two parts. The Eagles stormed out of the blocks early on in the game catching Sheffield cold. They also…
