The Newcastle Eagles fly up to East Kilbride and the Playsport Arena on Sunday afternoon to take on the Caledonia Gladiators in a crucial WSLB Championship game. Head Coach Chloe Gaynor’s side will take to the court currently top of the standings and defending a 100% five-win league record. However, they know it’s a tough…
Any suggestion that the defeat and long trip to and from Bulgaria was going to give Newcastle Eagles a Christmas hangover was emphatically blown away on Friday night at the Vertu Arena. The Eagles made it a very Black Friday indeed for the Leicester Riders. A superb 98-85 victory in a great game of top-flight…
The Newcastle Eagles were just in Bulgaria on Wednesday night and now just 48 hours later they return home to the Vertu Arena to take on a tough Leicester Riders side in a vital SLB Championship encounter. Newcastle lost that game on Wednesday in the ENBL group stage to Spartak Pleven by the close margin…
It’s difficult to comprehend what was ultimately a crazy game of basketball. Statistics only telling part of the story. Eagles were outrebounded 49-33. They only went to the foul line 23 times making 18 of those free-throws whilst Spartak went 45 times and made 34 of their attempts. Newcastle also won three of the four…
The Newcastle Eagles fly into Bulgaria on Wednesday to take on Spartak Pleven in a crucial European North Basketball League group game. After three defeats from three games played so far in the competition, the Eagles can ill-afford to slip up again. But they are going into Wednesday night’s game in good form and with…
As the days tick down to the festive season the Newcastle Eagles produced another joyous road win to go five and oh, oh, oh for the Championship season. A 75-66 victory over a Riders team that were 3-1 going into the game a moment to celebrate and savour for sure. It wasn’t easy by any…
The 2024/25 SLB Trophy holders Newcastle Eagles made it through to the semi-finals of this season’s competition after a terrific 94-89 victory over Sheffield Sharks. It was a pulsating exciting quality game of basketball that was just edged by the home side in the final quarter. It meant that the Eagles had followed up their…
Newcastle Eagles have made some pre-Christmas changes to bolster their roster as two fly out and explosive 5’10 point guard Terrell Burden Jr flies in. Burden lands in Tyneside this weekend to take up his new duties ahead of a full-on festive schedule for the Eagles that starts with a European North Basketball League (ENBL)…
The Newcastle Eagles head to Leicester on Saturday evening to take on a Riders side in the Women’s Super League Basketball Championship looking to make it five wins from five in league play. The Riders are currently sitting with a 3 wins 1 loss record so it is a vital game for both sides. Last…
