Starting with the first episode being streamed live exclusively for our 2020-21 BBL season ticket holders last night, we have just launched a new season of the Eagles Nest-In series. Live from the Eagles Community Arena the series will be talking with Newcastle Eagles players and staff to go beyond the game day action. In…
Newcastle have their eyes on the prize tonight as the WBBL Trophy opens up a much-needed route to redemption for the embattled Eagles. Chris Bunten’s side has lost nine of the last 10 games in all competitions and endured back-to-back defeats last weekend. But the visit of Manchester Mystics in the Trophy quarter-finals offers a…
Our Eagles BBL Championship against Bristol Flyers tip-off, which was set to take place on the weekend of the BBL Cup Final, has now been rearranged to be played on Tuesday 2 March at the SGS College Arena with a 6pm tip-off. Fans will be able to watch this game exclusively live on Flyers TV and…
Right now, The Newcastle Eagles need a break, in more ways than one. A punishing schedule cumulated in their four loss in five games down in London last night. A result that meant they failed to defend their BBL Trophy crown going out at the quarter final stage. Those five games have been stretched over…
Newcastle Eagles fly south today to continue the defence of the BBL Trophy they won last season in a dramatic 96 – 94 overtime victory against Team Solent Kestrels in March 2020. Their quarter final tie takes them in to the den of London Lions at the 2012 Olympic Copperbox Arena. It’s going to be…
Another day and another desperately disappointing defeat for Newcastle Eagles WBBL. Chris Bunten’s short-handed side simply can’t buy a win as an increasingly tough season goes from bad to worse. But Thursday’s Trophy clash against Manchester Mystics offers what could be a final shot at redemption for a roster with desire and determination to burn….
Newcastle Eagles entertain title challengers BA London Lions this afternoon desperate to break an increasingly dangerous losing habit. For the second weekend on the bounce Chris Bunten’s side suffered a heartbreaking defeat down the stretch. And a seventh league loss leaves crestfallen Newcastle clinging on to their playoff dream ahead of what will be the…
Chris Bunten concedes his embattled WBBL roster must face up to the painful reality that a campaign full of promise has failed to materialise. The Newcastle Eagles playcaller accepts his pre-season dreams have been dashed and admits that — results-wise — his wafter thin roster has hit rock bottom. But Bunten is refusing to throw…
When does a concerning dip in form become a full-blown crisis? If your name is Newcastle Eagles then it’s normally after one defeat. Such is the storied history and stellar tradition of British basketball’s most successful franchise that any loss, at any time, is serious stuff. So much so that the prospect of a third…
