After last weeks defeat at home to Birmingham the Eagles were on the road to their BBL rivals, Leicester. The first quarter was great for the away side, they took control very early on with some defensive work that led to easy finishes on the other end. Leicester didn’t struggle to score in the half…
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After a one week rest, the Eagles were back in action against Myerscough College. it was a depleted opposition with the away team travelling with only 7 players. However Myserscough started the strongest of the two teams with the Eagles struggling to contend with the height of their opponents and going into the second quarter…
Team Norhumbria bounced back in the WBBL with a Chantelle Handy-led victory over Oaklands Wolves. After a disappointing loss to Leicester Riders on Saturday, TN were back at Sport Central to take on the Wolves – a team who had just picked up their first ever WBBL win the day before. TN looked like a…
The Eagles playing in black were looking to keep their unbeaten league run going with a home game against Blackpool playing in orange… The home team’s starting 5 jumped out to an impressive 22 to 5 lead in the early and middle part of the 1st quarter… However the players coming off the bench managed…
Eagles U18s took on Cheshire Phoenix at Newcastle college’s Ryehill Campus. The visitor’s started strong, scoring the first 4 points while the eagles found their feet. But 3 minutes into the game the eagles came back led by the energy brought by Ricardo Rizza. The second quarter u18s failed to find the net as their…
This weekend saw the Under 16s Eagles back in league action at home to Cheshire Phoenix. Both teams had started the season with some mixed results and on paper it looked like it would be a really close game. Cheshire started the game brightly, frustrating the hosts with their 2-3 zone and moving the ball…
As the Newcastle Eagles took victory last week away to Cheshire Wire, it was time for them to host their first home game of the season against city of Birmingham. The away side opened the scoring up taking a 5-0 lead before Newcastle responded. Birmingham had no problem scoring and it this would be a…