Another game where The Eagles competed well for almost the whole forty minutes and were right there and could have taken a win only to fail to close out the victory down the stretch. It means they travel to Plymouth City Patriots for a must-win game against one of the teams they are targeting to…
Maggie Justinak is the player making Newcastle tick as the Eagles approach a key stage of the season in increasingly confident mood. That’s the verdict of head coach Noelia Cacheiro as the women in black prepare for a pivotal weekend of hoops action. Newcastle face Essex in the WBBL Trophy quarter-finals this afternoon before heading…
The Newcastle Eagles still outside the play-off positions as the BBL Season goes deep into February have another tough weekend on the road. They go to Plymouth to take on The Patriots on Sunday afternoon but before that have a date in Bristol tonight. The old adage of taking it one game at a time comes…
Noelia Cacheiro will continue to rule by committee after encouraging a new era of communication within a club in the ascendancy. And Newcastle Eagles’ forward-thinking coach insists the decision to nurture mutual trust is paying dividends for a team chasing success on multiple fronts. Ahead of a potentially season-defining weekend, the women in black are…
Eagles Community Foundation is excited to announce the expansion of its girls basketball programme with the launch of sessions at the Cramlington Vikings club. Girls Only sessions are designed to equip young female players with the skills needed to enjoy the game of basketball in a social environment and as they develop it opens the…
Newcastle Eagles and Great Britain Men’s Head Coach Marc Steutel has confirmed the 24-man roster for the upcoming FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023 Qualifiers window next week. GB face Belgium at the Vertu Motors Arena next Friday night, followed by Serbia away in Belgrade on the weekend, with some exciting new faces joining an established…
Marc Steutel is banking on his senior stars to restore some national pride as Great Britain bid to wrap up their World Cup campaign on a high in Newcastle later this month. But the acting head coach intends to blood some exciting new talent on Tyneside against a Belgian roster bidding to end its own…
Sidelined for an agonising 16 months, one of North East basketball’s most talked about imports is finally feeling her way back onto court. Simon Rushworth caught up with US star Courtney Clasen. During the most mentally testing of times 12 months ago, a downbeat Courtney Clasen wondered whether she’d ever again experience the unique buzz…
Eagles Community Foundation and Mental Health UK have teamed up to offer support and guidance to the Newcastle Eagles Academy players. Players from the Academy’s age groups teams along with the Elite Academy Basketball League (EABL) team will take part in a 9-week programme that is designed to support performance athletes. The mental health awareness…
