Last Friday night at the Vertu Motors Arena the draw took place for the 2023 BBL Trophy first round live on Sky Sports. 16 teams in total went into the draw, 10 BBL teams and six invited teams with home ties assured to the teams who made the Trophy Quarter Finals in the 2021-22 campaign. The…
Newcastle Eagles and Mott MacDonald have drawn up big plans that sees the global engineering, management and development consultancy take over the WBBL team’s back of kit sponsorship. Visiting the Vertu Motors Arena last week ahead of the WBBL team’s home tip-off on Saturday, Phil Redman, Mott MacDonald’s Newcastle Area Director said: “We’re delighted to provide…
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…
Newcastle Eagles’ recent revival came to a halt as they fell to an agonising 79-74 defeat at the hands of Surrey Scorchers. Looking to win their third successive home game, they instead came unstuck and remain mired in the bottom two as the previously winless visitors edged a thriller. Donovan Johnson produced his best game…
A comedy night held in the Vertu Motors Arena Brian Manning Suite run by networking group Golf in the City (GITC) has raised £500 for the Newcastle Eagles Academy. Marc Millar from North Wealth Management, Senior Partner Practice of St. James’s Place Wealth Management and founder of GITC, visited the Vertu Motors Arena this week…
Straight after our Eagles got their win over the Plymouth City Patriots, The BBL Show filmed their latest episode on the Vertu Motors Arena court. It was the Eagles edition of the popular podcast, recently rebooted as a YouTube show, hosted by its founding presenters and former BBL players Drew Lasker and Jay Marriott. Lasker’s…
To some, the prospect of moving all the way from Texas to Tyneside could be a daunting prospect. But not for Newcastle Eagles guard Javion Hamlet. Hamlet joined the Eagles this summer after a spell with NBA G-League side Texas Legends as part of head coach Marc Steutel’s revamped squad, and already looks at home…
This week’s BBL All-Star Five sees a first appearance of the season for Javion Hamlet after a big-scoring performance against Plymouth City Patriots last Friday night. Our Eagles made it two home wins on the bounce with Hamlet leading the points as just four players in the league averaging more than 20 points per game…
Don’t miss a very special girls only coaching clinic led by our WBBL players ahead of their game this Saturday! GIRLS ONLY PRE-GAME CLINIC 5:30PM – 6:30PM JUST £10 PER PLAYER INCLUDES TICKET FOR THE WBBL GAME WORTH £7 EAGLES WBBL VS ESSEX REBELS TIP-OFF 7:30PM Book clinic places and additional tickets on the box office as follows: Select…
