It’s Sofia so good for Newcastle Eagles WBBL after the club added one of Bulgaria’s hottest prospects to an ever-expanding roster. Kalina Axentieva joins new skipper Giulia Simioni and centre Kara Bonenberger as the third former Team Northumbria star to ink a new deal on Tyneside. And Esh Group Eagles Newcastle owner Paul Blake is…
Kara Bonenberger is determined to put last season’s injury nightmare behind her as the experienced centre prepares to represent Newcastle Eagles WBBL for the first time. The 25-year-old spent two years with Team Northumbria following a high profile move from Newcastle University. But Bonenberger has been unable to realise her full potential at Sport Central…
On Saturday night in Manchester the club, our foundation, its trustees and our volunteers had reason to celebrate as Basketball England revealed the winners of their 2018 national Volunteer Awards. The ceremony was the cornerstone of the Basketball England National Game Conference which took place in the day, covering topics from FIBA rule changes to…
Giulia Simioni has been confirmed as the first captain of Newcastle Eagles WBBL as Tyneside’s top-flight women’s basketball team ushers in an exciting new era. The Swiss international will wear the skipper’s armband following a superb season for former club Team Northumbria last term. And Simioni is convinced that the Newcastle Eagles name can only…
Our Eagles have returned home from their week in Belgium for some intensive pre-season training and challenging first games against some excellent competition to put them to the test ahead of their first tastes of BBL action as a new squad this week and next. Your first chances to see the new team in action…
So, the morning after the night before as well as the afternoon, evening, night, early morning and lunch-time the next day thrown in as I conclude my story of our waffling great Belgian adventure. Saturday dawned and I think a few of us awoke with sore heads. Not because of any after-match activities but more…
After their 93 – 52 drubbing at the hands of Spirou Charleroi, the Esh Group Eagles Newcastle had less than 24 hours to recover and look for a better performance against their second opposition of the weekend, Okapi Aalstar, writes Jeff King. In the end they managed to do both although it was not quite…
Crelon Okapi Aalstar to give them their full name finished fourth in the Belgian Millionaires League last season and lost in the semi-finals of the play-offs. Another tough test for our Eagles again tonight. It’ll be another great opportunity for the guys though as they are a different type of team to Charleroi, younger definitely…
So, today is game-day and I’m guessing all of you who follow me, IRF and a couple of others, will know what happened in that game as my report is on-line and will have started dissecting the result. More of that though later! The day started pretty much as the last couple had, breakfast followed…
