Four Eagles landed starting spots on the All-Star Fives this week. Two BBL and two WBBL players have received the accolades after huge performances in action-packed home games for both our men and women. Focussing first on the BBL team, it was the win over the Sheffield Sharks in the first of two home games…
Grab a piece of history and sponsor your favourite Eagles BBL player’s kit this season! Kit sponsors get their name on the player’s page of our website, in our game day programmes (when fans are allowed into games and if programmes can be sold) and the sponsored item at the end of the season. Check the sponsorship availability…
The British Basketball League (BBL) today confirmed the fixtures and dates for the remainder of the 2020-21 season. Following the conclusion of the BBL Cup Quarter Finals, the BBL Championship, which returns to teams playing each other three times, will commence on Thursday 3 December, with a double header live on Sky Sports. This opening…
On February 16 a Giulia Simioni three-pointer set the seal on a comfortable win for Newcastle Eagles WBBL against London Lions in a one-sided championship clash. Who knew it would be another nine months until elite women’s basketball would return to Tyneside? During that time the very future of Newcastle’s WBBL team was in doubt…
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…
A 20-point defeat? It’s not all bad news. British basketball is £4m better off this week after the sport finally received its share of the government’s COVID-19 emergency fund. Clubs across the country are looking forward to a brighter financial future following months of fear and uncertainty. And Thursday’s confirmation of a much-needed cash injection,…
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 Newcastle Eagles go into tonight’s BBL Cup Group 3 game at the Eagles Community Arena confident that they can reign victorious over the London Lions and cement their place in the competition’s Quarter Final stage. That confidence comes from moving to a 3-1 Group record after Tuesday night’s 97-87 home win over Sheffield Sharks…
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,…
