Newcastle Eagles have made their second change to their 2025/26 men’s roster, bringing in 6’4 guard Deion Hammond, who last season played in the German Bundesliga for BG Goettingen. Hammond had a record-breaking college career, averaging double-figure scoring returns in each of his four years at Monmouth University of the Colonial Athletic Association from 2017…
Newcastle Eagles is delighted to officially announced that Newcastle College continue as its men’s team’s main sponsor for the 2025/26 season. The club’s partnership with the college and its higher education arm, Newcastle College University Centre, was celebrated on its sixth anniversary earlier this year with both staff and students regular visitors to the Vertu…
Perhaps no surprise to anyone as head coach Marc Steutel completes his 2025/26 roster with the return of Eagles legend Darius Defoe. The man known as ‘Mr. 28′ will begin an astonishing 22nd season on Tyneside and in top-flight British basketball. Defoe has been a member of every single one of the Eagles’ 28 national…
Newcastle Eagles will tip-off in two exciting pre-season games as they warm-up to the 2025/26 Super League Basketball (SLB) and European North Basketball League (ENBL) campaigns. The club’s popular welcome night, The Launch returns to tip things off in the build-up to the new season on Friday 5 September with your first chance to meet…
Newcastle Eagles will tip-off their third consecutive European North Basketball League (ENBL) season at home on Tuesday 21 October against Dziki Warsawa from Poland. The 2025/26 ENBL competition will be its biggest ever and sees 27 teams in action spanning 17 countries and four time zones. ENBL’s new format this season sees teams divided into…
Newcastle Eagles will compete in a new format European North Basketball League (ENBL) for the 2025/26 season. A total of 27 teams, drawn in three pools of nine, will play a round-robin tournament of eight games each – four at home, four away – from September 23, 2025 until February 11, 2026. The pools draw…
Newcastle Eagles is delighted to announce that The Launch is back by popular demand following the hugely successful first-of-its-kind event last year. In September 2024, the club tipped-off its build-up like no other, where fans got the chance to meet the men’s and women’s teams first, enjoy a Q&A session with club coaches, management and…
Newcastle Eagles are delighted to announce the return of guard/forward Josh Ward-Hibbert for a third consecutive season. Ward-Hibbert had a stellar last season in black and white, where the influential team player and leader firmly established himself as one of the most committed and driven players in the British game. Averaging 8 points and 4.9…
Newcastle Eagles head Coach Marc Steutel has delved into British basketball’s rich talent pool once again and plucked a huge prospect for his roster by securing Emmanuel Kanwei in a two-year deal. The 6’10” centre is the third pick for Steutel to move up to Super League Basketball (SLB) from the National Basketball League (NBL)…
