As the WBBL returned for the New Year with a packed weekend of Trophy first round action played centrally at the Essex Sports Arena, the week 13 All-Star Five sees an Eagle flying straight in after a huge double-double to open 2023. Antoinette Lewis has made her second showing in the weekly team after her 19 points…
The WBBL returns to the court this weekend in spectacular style with a unique and inventive event that promises a cracking weekend of women’s basketball, writes Jeff King 16 elite teams across the UK will make their way to University of Essex, Colchester, to compete in the WBBL Trophy First Round hoping of making it…
The stage is set for the opening weekend of the 2023 WBBL Trophy as our Eagles join 15 other elite women’s clubs from across the UK in an exciting two days for British basketball. Essex Rebels will host the centralised Trophy First Round where 16 teams hope to make it one step closer to being…
There were precious few fireworks going off last night at the Vertu Motors Arena as the Eagles of Newcastle took to the court against the Rebels of Essex. Instead both defences dominated the game taking the power out of the offensive kegs. What it meant was that we were treated to a hard-nosed war of…
Due to unforeseen circumstances, the WBBL Cup First Round game between Essex Rebels and Newcastle Eagles will no longer be going ahead as planned tomorrow, Saturday 15 October. An unprecedented number of injuries to the Eagles team in training this week resulted in an inability to field a team. Coaching staff and club management had…
Not the same score-line but an almost identical performance from the Newcastle Eagles Ladies saw them slip to their second home defeat in two and officially drop out of the end-of-season play-off race. The team still have to travel to Cardiff and Oaklands to complete their season. They will no doubt try to go out…
Newcastle Eagles were the architects of their own downfall as a dreadful second quarter dashed any hopes of a first league win under Noelia Cacheiro. The visitors failed to hit a basket from open play during period two as Essex Rebels laid the groundwork for a convincing homecourt win. And Cacheiro and her coaching team…
Chloe Gaynor is convinced new-look Newcastle Eagles can inspire the next generation of North East basketball stars to chase their sporting dream. The popular forward has made an instant impact for the women in black after signing for the Tynesiders last summer. And as head coach Noelia Cacheiro takes charge of her first WBBL Championship…
In a series of WBBL fixture changes we can announce today, three previously unscheduled games have been confirmed and this weekend’s away trip has been postponed. The team’s visit at Cardiff Met Archers on Saturday has been cancelled and will be rescheduled in due course. WBBL Championship tip-offs at home against Durham, Essex and Manchester…
