There’s a temptation to roll out the cliches after a result and performance where Newcastle lost at home by 36 points. After 4 successive wins ‘the honeymoon period’s over’, ‘you learn more about your team in defeat than in victory’ being two. Truth is the Eagles were overpowered by a very good Sheffield side that…
Chloe Gaynor
Newcastle Eagles go into their home Super League Basketball Women’s Championship home game against Essex Rebels in fine form and with confidence high after two impressive wins in their last two games. Head Coach Chloe Gaynor is a perfect two from two in her rookie coaching career and the current SLB Women’s Coach of the…
Newcastle Eagles return home to the Vertu Motors Arena for a Saturday night 7:30pm tip-off in the Super League Basketball Women’s Championship. Their opponents are reigning Women’s domestic Champions London Lions. But this is a vastly different Lions side this season that The Eagles face. Four Championship fixtures and four heavy defeats have followed two…
Newcastle Eagles have turned to one of the most popular figures in North East basketball to lead the franchise’s groundbreaking women’s programme. Chloe Gaynor is in her fourth season with the women in black and the experienced forward replaces Matt Newby at the helm. One of Super League Basketball’s most familiar faces has enjoyed significant…
It’s a huge opening home game for Newcastle Eagles at the Vertu Motors Arena tonight. Into town come local rivals Durham Palatinates for a derby clash in the Super League Basketball Betty Cordona Trophy group game. The Eagles lost last weekend up against Caledonia Gladiators 69 – 53 in their opening group game and will…
Newcastle Eagles women’s roster for 2024/25 is coming together nicely as head coach Matt Newby adds a returning fans favourite to the fore. Power forward Chloe Gaynor will lace them up and step onto the court for her fourth consecutive campaign as an Eagle to bolster their inside strength. Last season Gaynor was a vital…
Newcastle Eagles stars Chloe Gaynor and Darius Defoe were honoured to present a prestigious Northern Leaders Trust Community Champion Award last month. Now in its second year, the 2024 event was a resounding success, with nine honourable young people from Newcastle schools receiving an award for their exceptional contributions to the city’s community. The ”dazzling…
At the culmination of one of the most historic and memorable seasons in recent times for the Newcastle Eagles, the annual End of Season Supporters Night had big shoes to fill, but did not disappoint by becoming the biggest ever event of its kind for the club. Both the men’s and women’s teams had so…
Seriös Group Newcastle Eagles forward Chloe Gaynor came up with a match-winning blocked shot in the dying seconds of her side’s thrilling 71 – 69 Women’s British Basketball League Quarter Final playoff victory in Sheffield last Sunday. It now leaves Newcastle 40 minutes away from an appearance at The O2 Arena London next Sunday. Standing…