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October 24, 2009
Eagles Take Round One Against Sharks

Newcastle Eagles 84 (20, 42, 63) (Smith 23, Jackson 17, Stewart 16) Sheffield Sharks 74 (18,31,54) (Cook 29, Lawson 13, Patton 11) The sides were basket for basket in the first quarter of this eagerly anticipated encounter, as the Sharks led 16-13, before a 7-2 run from the Eagles took the score to 18-20 to…

October 19, 2009
Eagles Come Back With Victory Over Tigers

Newcastle Eagles 98 (27,50,79) (Defoe 26, Chapman 23, Bridge 16) Everton Tigers 81 (20,41,62) (Gumbs 20, Jones 14, Larkai 12) The Newcastle Eagles bounced back from their first defeat of the season by beating the Everton Tigers 98- 81 at the MetroRadio Arena. The game saw last season’s top two teams in the BBL Championship,…

October 18, 2009
Eagles Lose In Overtime Thriller At Heat

BBL Championship Guildford Heat 102 (23,43,68,83) (Drakeford 23, Martin 23, Joseph/McKnight 17) Newcastle Eagles 98 (18,42,63,83) (Chapman 29, Jackson 22, Smith 19) After overtime Newcastle Eagles’ unbeaten start to the season is over after they went down 102-98 at Guildford Heat after overtime. Heat’s Aaron Drakeford forced the extra period by sinking one of two…

October 14, 2009
BBL Team Of Week – Week 3

Eagles lack of a game this weekend resulted in no presence in this weeks Team of The Week. This week’s star performer is Irish forward Colin O’Reilly, of the Cheshire Jets. O’Reilly is new to the league this year, and after a couple of solid games, he announced that he was the ‘real deal’ with…

October 3, 2009
Eagles Win Classic Battle Against Riders

Newcastle Eagles 112 (30,56,80) (Jackson 31, Smith/Stewart 23) Jelson Homes DMU Leicester Riders 105 (24,50,71) (Minor 28, Wierzbicki 22, Johnson 18) Newcastle Eagles maintained their 100% start to the 2009/10 BBL Championship season thanks to a hard-fought 112- 105 victory over the Jelson Homes DMU Leicester Riders at the Metro Radio Arena on Friday evening….

September 27, 2009
Eagles Make It Two from Two To Launch Campaign

Glasgow Rocks 86 (18,40,59) (Sapp 26, Yanders 21, Davis 13) Newcastle Eagles 90 (21,42,67) (Smith 21, Jackson 19, Defoe 18) The Newcastle Eagles defeated rivals the Glasgow Rocks by 86-90 to round off the opening weekend of the BBL season precisely where they ended last season: atop the BBL Championship table. The Eagles were led…

September 26, 2009
Eagles Start with a Home Win

Newcastle Eagles 85 (15,38,59) (Stewart 24, Chapman 16, Flournoy 11) Cheshire Jets 74 (17,42,54) (Hamilton 22, Peterson 13, Myers/Marks 12) BBL champions Newcastle Eagles began their title defence in style with an 85-74 home win over Cheshire Jets. Two familiar faces, Lynard Stewart and player-coach Fab Flournoy (pictured), were joined by new signing Joe Chapman…

September 21, 2009
Two out of Two For Pre-Season Eagles

Sheffield Sharks 78 Newcastle Eagles 81 Eagles started Joe Chapman, Andrew Bridge, Darius Defoe, Lynard Stewart and Fab Flournoy. For Sharks, although Matt Gorman had just flown in the day before he started alongside Ryan Patton, Atiba Lyons, Mike Cook and Tafari Toney. Eagles started the brighter and had a double-digit lead at one stage…

September 18, 2009
Eagles Young Stars Return

The Eagles see the return of young stars Aaron Neilsen, Jamie Glen and Will Spragg for the 2009-10 season as the club continue to drive forward with its youth development policy. The three young players; Aaron 19, from Newcastle, Will 19, from Gateshead and Jamie 19 from Bolton and a product of the Manchester junior…