Newcastle Eagles WBBL will be boosted by the return of Euro stars Mante Kvederaviciute and Lisa Koop as elite women’s basketball returns to Tyneside tonight. The experienced internationals missed the club’s long-awaited comeback earlier this month as Chris Bunten’s side slipped to defeat in Nottingham. But the return of two of the WBBL’s biggest names…
As the first home tip-off for our Women’s British Basketball Team looms this weekend we are pleased to announce the support of North East based gin distillers, WL Distillery. Founder and managing director Scott Wilson-Laing’s passion for gin and helping others made taking up the opportunity to sponsor our WBBL team for the 2020-21 season an…
The Government has announced a rescue package of up to £4m for British basketball to address the impact of the absence of spectators because of COVID-19. Around £3m of it will go to the British Basketball League (BBL) and Women’s British Basketball League (WBBL), who have been hardest hit by the loss of its crowds at games,…
British Basketball League coverage is returning to Sky Sports this season in a two-year deal that will see 30 live games aired each season. Sky Sports will also air the BBL Trophy Final, BBL Cup Final, BBL Play-Offs and live coverage of the WBBL Play-Off final. Coverage tips-off with a double header live from the…
Below-strength Newcastle Eagles surrendered a first half lead as Nottingham Wildcats opened up their WBBL Cup campaign with a comfortable 64-51 win. The North Group tie was too close to call after the opening 20 minutes with the visitors edging ahead 32-31. But a Newcastle roster missing five front line players tired badly after the…
Returning favourite Ali Gorrell can’t wait to get back to business when the long overdue Women’s British Basketball League season finally tips off this weekend. But the Newcastle Eagles guard confessed she’s never gone into a competitive game without a single pre-season clash under her belt. And Gorrell admitted today’s WBBL Cup tie at Nottingham…
Chris Bunten has added a surprise name to his Newcastle Eagles roster after landing Jorjah Smith just two-and-a-half weeks before this season’s big WBBL tip-off. On the day that the new fixture list was finally revealed, nobody expected another new face to jet into Tyneside. But it seems Bunten has been working on a deal…
Newcastle Eagles WBBL team will tip-off their 2020-21 season away in the Cup group stages at Nottingham Wildcats on Saturday 7 November 2020. This will be the seventh season of the Women’s British Basketball League and the third since the Tyne and Wear women’s franchise became Eagles. Head coach Chris Bunten’s new roster of Eagles…
Newcastle Eagles have slotted the final piece into this season’s WBBL jigsaw by adding Maddy McVicar to a roster rich in talent. And now it’s down to playcaller Chris Bunten to solve the puzzle every head coach dreams of as he faces the toughest of selection headaches. On paper there has never been a more…
