Team Northumbria playcaller Chris Bunten has admitted his new-look women’s basketball roster have plenty to do following a 1-3 start to their WBBL campaign. The Sport Central side fell agonisingly short against early-season pacesetters Sheffield Hatters after hauling themselves back into contention during the game of the weekend. And Bunten will be hoping TN can…
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After a tough loss in the National Cup last weekend, the under 16s Eagles were back in League action on Saturday, travelling to Sheffield to play the Junior Sharks. After some hassle getting to the venue the Eagles arrived with 10 minutes to spare and quickly hurried through a warm-up. Despite their best efforts it…
In their third game of the season the Newcastle Eagles were taking on the Manchester Mystics for their first big game of the season. The Mystics teams are famously difficult to beat and the Eagles have over the years been on the end of a few heavy losses and were looking to show what they…
After last weeks tough loss away to Leeds, the Eagles were once again back on the road, this time to Cheshire Wire. The Eagles set the tone early by going on a great 15-2 run that spanned 5 minutes of great defensive play and transition points. Cheshire did well on the offence with rebounds however…
Fans at Sport Central were treated to a thrilling 73-71 Team Northumbria win in their National Basketball League Division One opener. Marc Stuetel’s side won the tip-off but both teams started slowly prior to the first basket from Malcolm Smith two minutes into the first quarter. TN finished the first period as they started and…