Newcastle Eagles picked up their first Super League Basketball (SLB) Championship win of the 2026/27 season with an excellent opening home game performance against a much-vaunted Bristol Flyers side on Friday night. It was an exciting front-foot display that had the packed Vertu Arena crowd on their feet. The fans responded with their loud and…
Newcastle Eagles completed their pre-season programme with their third win out of three games played with a comprehensive win over long standing Super League Basketball (SLB) rivals Sheffield Sharks in the Vertu Arena on Sunday evening. The margin of victory in the end was convincing, but it was a totally different game to the one…
Two games into pre-season and so far, so good. Indeed, perhaps so far very good may well be the call. Nothing can ever be perfect particularly as new players come into the building and have to learn each other’s play as well as bond as individuals. But on the evidence of this performance, it seems…
Newcastle Eagles head coach Marc Steutel’s new-look side got valuable court minutes into their legs to start pre-season against a valiant Newcastle Basketball Development Combine squad last night at the Vertu Arena. Intended opponents and Super League Basketball (SLB) compatriots Surrey 89ers unfortunately had to withdraw their invitation to be the first side to test…
So, the hoped for miracle did not unsurprisingly occur. Newcastle Eagles going out at the first stage of the play-offs to the all-conquering London Lions 88-69 on the night and 178-141 on aggregate. A heavy sounding and looking defeat over the two-legs but so many mitigating circumstances. Eagles had to play the first leg at…
At the end of a pulsating 40 minutes of basketball only one thing really counted. The all-conquering London Lions came into the Vertu Arena for the first leg of the SLB playoff quarter-final and left with an 18-point lead to defend at Crystal Palace on Sunday night. It means the Lions already SLB Trophy, Cup…
Newcastle Eagles’ regular season came to a disappointing losing end down in the South West on Sunday afternoon. They went down to a 94-75 defeat against Bristol Flyers but there were mitigating circumstances. Marc Steutel’s men turned up to play without both Deion Hammond and Ray’Sean Taylor who were inactive on the roster for the…
After a third successive Friday night home loss in the Vertu Arena the Newcastle Eagles now know their final position in the SLB standings and who their quarter-final opponents will be. They will finish eighth in the table meaning they take on regular season Champions, the London Lions. That’s going to be a tough challenge…
For the second Friday in a row inside their own Vertu Arena, Newcastle Eagles failed to take advantage of a winning opportunity against a top four side in the SLB standings. Last weekend Manchester took a 3-point win and this Friday it was fierce rivals Sheffield Sharks taking the win. In losing a game they…
