Eagles back-court due of Rahmon Fletcher and Cortez Edwards have bagged starting places in the league’s pick of the players for week 20 of the season. Our BBL team held on to the BBL Championship’s second spot after defeating London Lions at the Vertu Motors Arena last Friday night. Fletcher has received this weekly honour…
They say lightening never strikes in the same place but in the case of the Newcastle Eagles this saying may have to be changed. The Eagles completed a superb double-winning weekend last night with a tremendous 103 – 87 win on the road in Cheshire. Just like Friday night in their win over London it was…
Newcastle Eagles go into today’s game at Cheshire Phoenix full of confidence after Friday’s big 109 – 95 win over London Lions. The Eagles lit up the Vertu Motors Arena with a dazzling team performance sprinkled with plenty of individual highlights. Captain Rahmon Fletcher led from the front with 26 points and 14 assists, Louis Sayers…
The defining image of Newcastle’s hugely disappointing defeat in London on Monday night was of three proud professionals coolly dissecting the painful post-match detail. With the final buzzer still ringing in their ears, Rahmon Fletcher, Cortez Edwards and Darius Defoe pulled up three chairs and calmly talked it over. It had the look of a…
Newcastle Eagles’ togetherness, toughness and ability has been severely tested over the last eight days but they’ve come flying through them in magnificent style. Four games played and all four won is some achievement and a great early Christmas present. Head coach Ian MacLeod spoke on Friday night after the win over Worcester that Newcastle…
Newcastle Eagles fly into Cheshire hoping to douse the Phoenix’s flames and continue their tremendous work that they’ve put in this week. The high-flying Tynesider’s made it three wins in six days with an 88 – 75 victory over Worcester on Friday night at the ECA. That result followed Wednesday’s Quarter Final BBL Cup 72…
Tomorrow night’s behind-closed-doors pre-season game against Cheshire Phoenix has been cancelled. The club received confirmation that one of its BBL player has tested positive for COVID-19 and following current Basketball England guidance the player and his teammates are now in isolation. Since the return to indoor courts this summer, the club and all its players…
We are pleased to announce that this Friday night we will face Cheshire Phoenix in our second pre-season tip-off. Our Eagles are still flying high from their victory over Sheffield Sharks last month and are looking forward to more BBL opposition. EAGLES VS PHOENIX FRIDAY 23 OCTOBER 2020 COVERAGE STARTS FROM 19:20 TIP-OFF 19:30 The…
It was a bitter-sweet ending to Sunday’s BBL Trophy Semi-Final 2nd Leg for the Newcastle Eagles. Although the Eagles lost on the night 75 – 67 it was still enough to see them qualify for The Trophy Final if only just. Had Parker Jackson-Cartwright’s 3-point effort at the buzzer gone in then it would be Cheshire that…
