It was a glittering and memorable night in the Vertu Arena last Thursday, 14 May, as the faithful Newcastle Eagles fanbase came together with players of both the Men’s and Women’s teams, staff and volunteers, to celebrate the end of the 2025-26 season and one Eagle in particular. There were tears and fond memories aplenty…
Ahead of this coming Thursday 14th May’s 2025/26 End of Season Supporters night, it’s time to cast your vote for the men’s and women’s players you think deserve one of our annual fan-voted awards. The awards will be presented to the players on stage at the supporters night on Thursday. This season culmination event is…
So, the hoped for miracle did not unsurprisingly occur. Newcastle Eagles going out at the first stage of the play-offs to the all-conquering London Lions 88-69 on the night and 178-141 on aggregate. A heavy sounding and looking defeat over the two-legs but so many mitigating circumstances. Eagles had to play the first leg at…
As Newcastle Eagles prepared to face London Lions in the Super League Basketball (SLB) Play-Offs Quarter-Finals on Friday 1 May 2026, fans were being revved-up for the action in an all-new way for the sport. In the final count down to tip-off, the remote control Vertu Ford known as ‘Vrummie’, driven by a mini-Swoop the…
Newcastle Eagles 2025/26 season came to a heart-breaking end down in St. Albans on Saturday night. After a season where so often Head Coach Chloe Gaynor and her players rose above adversity, they just failed to find one more special moment of resilience. Oaklands Wolves taking a might close thrilling encounter 72-68 on the night…
At the end of a pulsating 40 minutes of basketball only one thing really counted. The all-conquering London Lions came into the Vertu Arena for the first leg of the SLB playoff quarter-final and left with an 18-point lead to defend at Crystal Palace on Sunday night. It means the Lions already SLB Trophy, Cup…
Newcastle Eagles will be without four players in tonight’s Super League Basketball Play-Offs Quarter-Finals game at the Vertu Arena due to injury. Deion Hammond and Ray’Sean Taylor have not passed fitness tests this morning ahead of the tip-off again London Lions, but are working hard to be available for Sunday’s second leg. Maceo Jack is…
The partnership between Newcastle Eagles and Vertu will continue into the 2026/27 season and beyond thanks to a new multi-year agreement between Britain’s most successful basketball team and the UK’s fourth-largest automotive retailer group. The extension means the partnership, which dates back to 2014 as one of the most long-standing relationships in British basketball, will…
Newcastle Eagles went into their final regular season game of the season against Caledonia Gladiators knowing that they could not improve on their fifth place standing in the SLB. In the end a 92-73 loss against the League’s second top side mattered little. It was only in the latter stages of the match-up that Caledonia…
