Last Friday’s home defeat at the Vertu Motors Arena at the hands of league leaders Leicester Riders just about extinguished Newcastle Eagles hopes of landing the BBL Championship title this season. It put them three games behind their fierce rivals as well as crucially meaning they lost the season series against a team that looks…
Newcastle Eagles WBBL celebrated their first fixture at the newly-named Vertu Motors Arena in style after accelerating to a third big win on the bounce. Chris Bunten’s side raced clear of Caledonia Pride in the final 15 minutes to move joint-fifth in the Championship table. And a team transformed heads to old foes Sevenoaks Suns…
Newcastle Eagles’ title hopes lie in tatters following a sobering loss at the hands of a Leicester Riders side with one hand on this season’s Championship trophy. A sixth defeat in nine games surely leaves Ian MacLeod’s men playing for little more than home advantage in the post-season. But it will take some serious soul-searching…
Vertu Motors plc, the Gateshead-based motor retail group, has acquired the naming rights to the Eagles Community Arena in Newcastle in a five-year deal. The purpose-built community, events and sports arena, which is home to the Newcastle Eagles basketball club, the most successful British Basketball team of all time, and the award-winning Eagles Community Foundation,…
To celebrate International Women’s Day 2021, the club has created a striking and glossy poster of our 2020-21 Women’s British Basketball League team and is offering fans 20% off our “Howay The Lasses” t-shirts today using the discount code ‘IWD’ at the checkout. The new A3 print, featuring autographs of all 11 players, is available on our…
The Newcastle Eagles got back to winning ways last night in Manchester as they felled the Giants in fine style to maintain their Championship challenge, writes Jeff King. It was one of those performances from Newcastle where they just got better and better as the minutes ticked on. Still without Justin Gordon through injury the…
Resurgent Newcastle Eagles bagged back-to-back wins for the first time this season with a spectacular victory against fourth-placed Nottingham Wildcats. Red hot skipper Ali Gorrell scorched the opposition with another dynamic double double of 27 points and 11 rebounds. And Newcastle’s peerless co-captain was backed up by Abby Lowe as the breakout star of the…
Paul James has chalked up a few comfortable wins in his time as a head coach in the BBL. But few victories will have been quite so easy as this impressive triumph against a Newcastle Eagles side that faded badly after the break. James arrived at the Eagles Community Arena just days after passing the…
No basketball action tonight? No problem! Did you know that as well as live and past Eagles BBL games you can also watch some classic tip-offs with either a monthly game pass or our season ticket holders complementary access to the BBL Player? Get them on your desktop or laptop and now via the new…
