On Thursday night our Eagles WBBL team and Academy coaches hosted our biggest girls only clinic yet with over 50 players taking to the Vertu Motors Arena court for the special Her World Her Rules event. In the UK the Her World Her Rules project, led by FIBA Europe in partnership with GB Basketball, aims…
Three is the magic number for Chloe Gaynor after the popular centre revealed the triple lure of a second season on Tyneside. The 24-year-old put any lingering injury fears to bed during a standout 2021-22 campaign for Newcastle Eagles WBBL. And despite a challenging term for a team in transition, Gaynor was quick to commit…
Chloe Gaynor was the big winner at last night’s Newcastle Eagles annual awards event as one of the rising stars of the WBBL scooped two major prizes. The former Nottingham forward inked a deal with the women in black last summer and finished a challenging campaign in style. Gaynor has flourished under new head coach…
Reckon you could slam dunk a bagel? This week Eagles players Corey Johnson and Chloe Gaynor went head-to-head at our sponsors Dot Bagels in a “Bagel Shootout” to build their very own bagel! The rules of the game meant that every bagel they got in the basket won them an ingredient for their creation, but…
Two of our Eagles WBBL players have been selected in the latest All-Star Five with Chloe Gaynor and Layne Murphy’s weekend performances getting the well earned praise. Chloe Gaynor was the MVP in our Eagles’ Sunday win over Durham Palatinates in the big North East derby at the Vertu Motors Arena. The former Great Britain U20 international…
A ‘culture of togetherness’ has catapulted Newcastle Eagles’ Under 14 boys into this season’s Junior NBL playoff quarter-finals. That’s the verdict of proud playcaller Chloe Gaynor after in-form Newcastle lined up a last eight clash at London’s Baltic Stars this weekend. For the first time in Academy history, the Eagles had three teams punching their…
Two of the rising stars of the Newcastle Eagles Academy are shooting for glory after bagging spots at prestigious national basketball camps. Luke Tucker and George Merrifield have enjoyed outstanding campaigns as key members of Chloe Gaynor’s fast-improving Under 14 boys roster. And the pair have been selected to represent the North’s Super Region as…
Chloe Gaynor has conceded Newcastle cannot afford to let many more opportunities slip through their grasp with the business end of the WBBL season approaching fast. The Eagles’ centre hauled down a mammoth 15 boards against Caledonia Pride as Friday’s The Big One attracted a record-breaking crowd for women’s hoops. But Gaynor’s Herculean effort under…
Chloe Gaynor is relishing a role demanding greater responsibility as Newcastle Eagles WBBL face the future without their GB stars. The in-form forward has established herself as a key member of Chris Bunten’s starting five following a much-heralded summer switch to Tyneside. And Gaynor has emerged as an increasingly influential on-court leader — setting the…
