Newcastle Eagles women will tip-off the inaugural Super League Basketball (SLB) season at away at Caledonia Gladiators in the Trophy Group Stages on Sunday 29 September. It’s an exciting first home game for Matt Newby’s new roster as local rivals the Durham Palatinates make the short journey from Wearside to Tyneside on Saturday 5 October….
Newcastle Eagles Women’s Super League Basketball squad are delighted to share the huge news of the return to Tyneside for last season’s star, Tierra Hodges. The powerful all-round forward coming back to lead from the front after a stellar first season in the Women’s top-flight league is a major coup for coach Matt Newby and…
Super League Basketball (SLB) is delighted to confirm the unification of Great Britain’s elite men’s and women’s leagues under one banner. Following a unanimous vote by shareholders of the Women’s British Basketball League, both the men’s and women’s elite competitions will now adopt SLB branding and work together to unlock the sport’s considerable potential across…
Newcastle Eagles women’s roster for 2024/25 is coming together nicely as head coach Matt Newby adds a returning fans favourite to the fore. Power forward Chloe Gaynor will lace them up and step onto the court for her fourth consecutive campaign as an Eagle to bolster their inside strength. Last season Gaynor was a vital…
Matt Newby hopes his newest recruit can add some fine tuning to his roster as Lyric Swann glides into Newcastle. The 5’ 5” guard started her collegiate career at the University of Maryland-Baltimore County back in 2019/20, the same college that her mother Karyn earned legendary status winning the East Conference Defensive Player of the…
Newcastle Eagles women’s head coach Matt Newby is delighted that he has been able to bring last season’s play-maker Lauren Saiki back for the 2024/25 Super League Basketball season. This will be Saiki’s first full campaign as an Eagle after she first landed on Tyneside in December last year as one of Newby’s first changes…
Head Coach Matt Newby’s next signing for the Newcastle Eagles Women’s team comes with an impressive CV as 5’ 8” guard Jada Guinn joins the club following graduation from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. After four impressive seasons with Tennessee Tech University where she improved year on year and was named Ohio Valley Tournament…
Hot on the heels of the great news that Matt Newby will return to Newcastle Eagles for the 2024/25 season to continue as head coach of the women’s team, the club are delighted to announce his first signing for the forthcoming campaign. In in a lovely bit of synergy his first signing will wear #1…
Matt Newby is excited to helm a women’s basketball programme dedicated to developing the game on and off the court after committing his future to Newcastle Eagles. The experienced playcaller led the women in black to a sensational 2024 playoff final place after he was parachuted in to shake things up at the Vertu Motors…
