Newcastle Eagles went into their final regular season game of the season against Caledonia Gladiators knowing that they could not improve on their fifth place standing in the SLB. In the end a 92-73 loss against the League’s second top side mattered little. It was only in the latter stages of the match-up that Caledonia…
In the end due to results elsewhere this was a meaningless game but only in terms of final League placings. On the court both teams certainly played with meaning and gave their all in the full forty minutes. A game where both teams were close for a lengthy period until the final quarter. Those ten…
Newcastle Eagles go into Saturday night’s crucial clash with Caledonia Gladiators at the Vertu Arena knowing it is a must win game if they are to clinch a top four end of regular season placing. That would then give them a home quarter-final tie in the one-off play-off series. Home advantage is much coveted by…
Newcastle Eagles saw their 100% start to the Women’s SLB Championship well and truly shattered as they conceded top spot in the league standings to Caledonia. It was always going to be a tough ask for Head Coach Chloe Gaynor’s players who once again had to play short-handed. The real blow to the Eagles was…
The Newcastle Eagles fly up to East Kilbride and the Playsport Arena on Sunday afternoon to take on the Caledonia Gladiators in a crucial WSLB Championship game. Head Coach Chloe Gaynor’s side will take to the court currently top of the standings and defending a 100% five-win league record. However, they know it’s a tough…
It was a winner-take-all SLB Betty Codona Trophy Group game in The Vertu Arena on Sunday evening. Simply put the winners of the game would advance to the semi-final stage and the losers would be out. The pace, tenacity, commitment and endeavour of both side’s showed that and more. In what was a fantastic advert…
t’s a huge shoot-out in The Vertu Arena on Sunday afternoon when the Caledonia Gladiators arrive in Town. Officially it is a Women’s SLB Betty Cordona Group game but in reality is more like a quarter-final tie. The reason for that is whoever wins on Sunday will advance to the final four and secure a…
Chloe Gaynor took her Newcastle Eagles Women’s Team north of the border to Playfair, East Kilbride on Sunday to take on the Caledonia Gladiators in their only scheduled pre-season outing. It was also first outing for The Gladiators in pre-season. The Eagles travelled with confidence and hope after Head Coach Chloe Gaynor announced a clean…
Ahead of their pre-season trip to Caledonia Gladiators on Sunday, Eagles Women’s Head Coach Chloe Gaynor gave some insight into how her new-look team is settling into life in Newcastle and gelling as a unit. “The team are settling in well. We have a great group of humans who I believe genuinely want the best…
