Newcastle Eagles cruised into the last eight of the WBBL Cup as they defeated an outclassed Cardiff Met Archers 95-44. Chris Bunten’s roster will discover their quarter-final opponents today at 6pm live on the WBBL Facebook Page on the back of a ruthless display against the winless Welsh. And on this evidence every one of…
The first big BBL clash of the season between the countries top two sides went the way of the visitors as Newcastle Eagles took the spoils in Leicester tonight. It was Leicester’s first defeat of the season and means the two sides now have identical 3 – 1 positive records in the BBL Cup North Group….
Two fixtures within 24 hours proved too much for a fatigued Newcastle Eagles WBBL as the black and whites went crashing out of the WBBL Trophy. But a reflective Chris Bunten refused to use tired legs as an excuse as his side went down 81-57 to the all-conquering Sevenoaks Suns. And Newcastle’s playcaller admitted the…
The honeymoon period is over. But Newcastle Eagles’ interim head coach Ian MacLeod won’t care. Nobody said it would be easy succeeding the most successful play caller in British basketball history and the new man at the helm always knew as much. A dramatic last-gasp overtime defeat to Glasgow Rocks won’t dissuade MacLeod that he…
Celebrating ten years of Esh Group support for your Newcastle Eagles this limited edition kit was produced for the team to wear at the opening home fixture of the 2019-20 season. That game was a statement win for our Eagles who started this new campaign in the Eagles Community Arena for the first time, making this ‘Ten Years’ uniform even more special. Jersey…
In 2010 treble winners Newcastle Eagles found a new home, a new focus and – crucially – a new partner. A decade down the line and Esh Group is about to embark on its 10th consecutive campaign sponsoring British basketball’s most successful club. A quick glance at the history books reveals the true value of an…
Who better to sum up the preseason fixtures and performances and to look ahead to the opening game of the 2019-20 season than Eagles Captain Rahmon Fletcher? The mercurial point guard and on-court general helped to preview The BBL Cup Group Game against Cheshire. He started by looking at the preseason games which resulted in…
Today we premiered the first of our new midweek interview series happening in the run up to every home game over on our Facebook Page. In this first video Dan talks to John Mitchell straight after the team finish training about landing here in the UK, the road trip to Sheffield Sharks in pre-season last…
One of the features of Newcastle Eagles’ 86-80 pre-season win against Worcester Wolves earlier this month was the performance of small forward Mike Morsell who weighed in with 21 points in just over 22 minutes coming off the bench. Morsell had only arrived the night before the game and had one training session with his…
