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 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)…
Head coach Marc Steutel has returned Eagles Academy graduate Sauveur Kande to his roster for 2025/26. It will be the 23-year-old’s seventh season involved with the senior side. Homegrown-hero Kande has shown improvement in each of his season’s as part of the Eagles team, after former head coach Ian MacLeod called him up through the…
Super League Basketball (SLB) have received confirmation from Basketball England (BE) that they will continue to process Governing Body Endorsements (GBEs) for SLB clubs, ahead of the new season starting next month. A GBE is the official approval required for overseas athletes and coaches to obtain a work visa to play or work professionally in…
Newcastle Eagles continue to add to their exciting 2025/26 roster with the announcement of signing explosive Caleb Huffman. The 6’4” guard hailing from Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, will spend his third professional season on Tyneside competing in Super League Basketball (SLB) and the European North Basketball League (ENBL). “I’m blessed and super excited to be a…
Newcastle Eagles will enter the European North Basketball League (ENBL) for a third consecutive season. The club has unfinished business on the European stage after CSO Voluntari took victory in April’s 2025 ENBL Final. Finishing as runners-up was a bittersweet moment for the club, which made history as the first men’s British basketball team to…
Newcastle Eagles have made 6’9” centre Brett Reed the latest signing for their 2025/26 Super League Basketball (SLB) roster. Head coach Marc Steutel’s new big man with inside presence actually played at the Vertu Arena for Spartak Pleven in the European North Basketball League (ENBL) back in October last year. “Brett is a high-motor skilled…
Newcastle Eagles women’s player-coach Chloe Gaynor has secured her first ever signing in the role by returning guard Sarah Birkett to the Eagles for a third consecutive season. Gaynor took the reins part way through last season and is now building her own Super League Basketball (SLB) roster for the first time. “I’m so pleased…
