We are pleased to introduce our brand new innovative ticketing platform for the coming season and beyond, the Newcastle Eagles Box Office. Fans will be able to securely purchase tickets for BBL and WBBL games, as well as other Eagles events, all in one place! In the new system discount vouchers, special offers and golden…
Persistence has paid off for Newcastle Eagles WBBL playcaller Chris Bunten after the experienced coach landed long-term target Anja Fuchs-Robetin. Bunten has been trailing the Austrian international for five years – and hosted the forward’s fact-finding trip to Tyneside in 2017. But Fuchs-Robetin has finally opted to pull on the black and white vest as…
One of the WBBL’s most consistent performers has committed her future to Newcastle Eagles despite a flurry of interest from the continent. Point guard Giulia Simioni skippered the team last season during a transitional campaign that saw Chris Bunten’s side move to the new Eagles Community Arena. And the coveted playmaker was crowned Newcastle’s WBBL Most…
Following their initial sponsorship of the benecos BBL and WBBL Play-Offs, culminating at The O2 this month, the leading European natural beauty product brand has signed-up to become the exclusive official cosmetics and toiletries partner for both leagues for the next three years. You can read more about the deal on the BBL website.
Bullish playcaller Chris Bunten is convinced Newcastle Eagles can extend their season beyond this weekend – with The Axe back in his black and white attack. Seventh-placed Newcastle travel to league runners-up Leicester Riders in the quarter-finals of the WBBL playoffs tonight. And the Eagles welcome back three-point threat Kalina ‘The Axe’ Axentieva for the…
UPDATED: Tuesday 23 April at 11:30AM The first stop on the road to the benecos British Basketball Play-Offs Final at The O2 in London next month for both our BBL and WBBL teams has now been set. Following the conclusion of the WBBL Championship season this weekend we now know that our Eagles will travel to…
Newcastle Eagles missed the chance to take a four-game winning streak into next weekend’s playoffs. But Chris Bunten’s in-form side came within a whisker of taking another top four scalp following an overtime thriller in Manchester. The homecourt Mystics scraped a last-gasp win to seal a fifth victory in six games. And Newcastle only had…
Chris Bunten is braced to play the waiting game this weekend as he makes late decisions on the fitness of key players and watches this season’s final playoff picture take shape. Win or lose against Manchester Mystics today, Newcastle Eagles will finish seventh in the WBBL Championship table. And the only issue is whether Bunten’s…
Newcastle Eagles WBBL eased to a third win on the bounce on the back of 19 points inside 22 minutes from flying forward Georgia Ohrdorf. Former Team GB star Steph Gandy maintained her impressive burst of late-season form with 15 points. And Newcastle are timing their run to the playoffs to perfection – sealing a…
