Newcastle Eagles are urging communities across the North East to back a record-breaking bid to showcase elite women’s sport in the region. Club bosses chose International Women’s Day to reveal ambitious plans for The Big One — a top-flight women’s basketball fixture targeting a franchise-record 1,500 crowd. Newcastle hope their cross-border clash with Caledonia Pride…
Newcastle Eagles cannot afford to look beyond the next play as the women in black return to the Vertu Motors Arena for the first time in seven weeks. That’s the verdict of playcaller Noelia Cacheiro as the hosts prepare to take on former favourite Ebony Horton and her Sheffield Hatters tonight. Newcastle took their eyes…
Newcastle Eagles snatched defeat from the jaws of victory as the Plymouth City Patriots delivered a stunning come-from-behind win on Tyneside. Ian MacLeod’s men led by as many as 15 points midway through the third period and looked set fair to bag a fourth victory on the bounce. But another frustrating performance unravelled down the…
Newcastle Eagles fly into tonight’s BBL Championship clash against Plymouth City Patriots looking for a fourth successive league win to keep their play-off challenge rolling. It won’t be easy against a Patriots side who are also in great form having won seven of their last ten games. That run has seen the Eagles’ visitors rise…
UNDER 14 GIRLS Katherine Bird bookended a brilliant individual display with the first and last points of a hoops classic as Newcastle Eagles snatched a one-point win against Sheffield Hatters. The tightest of Under 14 clashes went down to the wire with neither team prepared to let the points slip. But it was Bird who…
Discipline and perspective will drive Newcastle Eagles’ playoff ambitions this season as head coach Noelia Cacheiro bids to bring the best out of a remodelled roster. The new face at the helm of Tyneside’s top flight women’s basketball team finally gets to taste homecourt action this weekend — five weeks after landing her dream job….
Chloe Gaynor is convinced new-look Newcastle Eagles can inspire the next generation of North East basketball stars to chase their sporting dream. The popular forward has made an instant impact for the women in black after signing for the Tynesiders last summer. And as head coach Noelia Cacheiro takes charge of her first WBBL Championship…
The FIBA Basketball World Cup 2023 Qualifier between Great Britain and Belarus at the Vertu Motors Arena on Monday 28 February has been postponed. In a statement on Friday evening, FIBA said: “The decision is based on the evaluation of the current security situation. “FIBA is closely monitoring the security situation in Europe, as players’ and…
Ever wanted to know what our players do in the build-up to a game? Wonder no more as Corey Johnson takes you with him as our Eagles faced London Lions on Sky Sports. The second in a three part video series for proud Newcastle Eagles partners Vertu Motors. The 25-year-old shows viewers all the little…
