Fighting for a place at the finals of this year’s Hoops 4 Health tournament gave fired-up pupils at Crookhill Primary a renewed sense of purpose and focus. And the runaway winners of the Gateshead competition can’t wait to compete in the end-of-season Champion of Champions event. Laura Hedley, Year Five teacher at Crookhill, revealed: “In…
As we approach the final weekend of the regular season two Eagles’ performances in the Easter Sunday win at Surrey earned them places in the All-Star Five this week. First up in the leagues pick of players is Justin Gordon who scored big as our Eagles went through the century to get a first win in…
Noelia Cacheiro insists the future remains bright for women’s basketball in the North East as her beaten but unbowed Newcastle ‘warriors’ fight on this week. The Eagles wrap up the regular season with trips to Cardiff tonight and Oaklands Wolves on Saturday with no more than pride to play for. But despite Newcastle’s failure to…
Newcastle’s playoff destiny is no longer in their own hands after the battling Eagles suffered an agonising last-second loss at Bristol Flyers last night. A thrilling clash was tied at 81-81 with 26 seconds on the clock and it looked like advantage Newcastle after Trejon Jacob rimmed out with the second of two free throws….
Not the same score-line but an almost identical performance from the Newcastle Eagles Ladies saw them slip to their second home defeat in two and officially drop out of the end-of-season play-off race. The team still have to travel to Cardiff and Oaklands to complete their season. They will no doubt try to go out…
Ian MacLeod insists attention to detail can make the difference between success and failure as Newcastle Eagles’ BBL campaign reaches crunch time. The league’s most successful franchise tackles Bristol Flyers this afternoon buoyed by yesterday’s confidence boosting win at basement club Surrey Scorchers. But Newcastle now need to complete part two of their Easter weekend…
If character alone won you honours and games then this gutsy Newcastle side would have comfortably qualified for the end of season playoffs. Unfortunately, it doesn’t its points that count at the end of forty minutes and Newcastle couldn’t produce enough to take the victory their play-off hopes needed. A catalogue of misfortune and injuries…
With the breaking news of Head Coach Ian Macleod stepping down from his BBL duties and another loss on Friday night at the Vertu Motors Arena, a seventh successive loss, you could be forgiven if you thought the Newcastle Eagles players would take their eye off the ball. Not so says Wes Person Jr. who…
Noelia Cacheiro admits it’s now or never for Newcastle as the Eagles bid to resurrect their playoff dream across the Easter weekend. Two games in 24 hours will determine the club’s top eight fate as the women in black host Nottingham Wildcats and Essex Rebels at the Vertu Motors Arena. And Cacheiro is calling for…
