Newcastle Eagles are clinging on to their playoff dream following a dispiriting defeat to Manchester Met Mystics at the Vertu Motors Arena. Next weekend’s homecourt double header against bottom-five rivals Gloucester City Queens and Durham Palatinates could make or break a challenging campaign. And head coach Noelia Cacheiro will demand a positive reaction from her…
Chloe Gaynor has conceded Newcastle cannot afford to let many more opportunities slip through their grasp with the business end of the WBBL season approaching fast. The Eagles’ centre hauled down a mammoth 15 boards against Caledonia Pride as Friday’s The Big One attracted a record-breaking crowd for women’s hoops. But Gaynor’s Herculean effort under…
The Big One became a tough one for Newcastle Eagles as border raiders Caledonia Pride spoiled the party on a record-breaking night for British basketball. More than 1,220 supporters packed the Vertu Motors Arena to register a new attendance high for a top-flight women’s league fixture in the UK. But 42 years after Hemel Tigers…
Ruthless Sheffield Sharks maintained their Indian sign over Newcastle this season with a fifth successive win against the Eagles. A third defeat on the bounce leaves the men in black clinging to their top four dream. And there’s no respite for the Eagles with Wednesday’s road trip to London Lions looming large — followed by…
Last night at the Vertu Motors Arena a 42-year attendance record for a women’s basketball game in Britain was smashed as 1,122 got behind our Eagles WBBL team in The Big One. On International Women’s Day Eagles bosses set out to register a new attendance high for a top-flight women’s league fixture 42 years after Hemel Tigers…
After a break of a fortnight the Newcastle Eagles go to Ponds Forge, Sheffield tonight to take on a Sharks team they’ve failed to beat in four previous outings this season, writes Jeff King. It’s the start of a run of four very tough looking fixtures that lie ahead for Newcastle. There will be a…
Jessica Eadsforth-Yates has revealed the WBBL’s unrelenting rumour mill motivated her to make a much-needed comeback for Newcastle Eagles earlier this month. And the all-action guard has vowed to play through the pain barrier after quashing talk of a premature end to her rookie season on Tyneside. Eadsforth-Yates will start The Big One in front…
Congratulations to our BBL feeder team Newcastle University who have won the BUCS Championship for the first time! Newcastle defeated Durham University 79-74 in Nottingham at the final on Wednesday Newcastle overturned a half-time four-point deficit with a huge third quarter that changed the game and helped them to the win. The Newcastle University set-up…
Rachael Bland insists The Big One is long overdue for North East hoops fans hungry to see women’s basketball reach the next level. One of the true trailblazers for women’s sport in the region is confident Friday’s WBBL clash can be the springboard for bumper crowds every week. More than 1,000 tickets have already been…
