On Friday night, the Newcastle Eagles storied franchise added another exciting string to their bow with a first ever joint live announcement of their Men’s and Women’s Super League Basketball rosters for 2024/25. In front of a packed Vertu Motors Arena, game commentator Howard Leighton introduced each player from each team onto court on a…
Two-time league MVP Rahmon Fletcher has paid tribute to club mate Giulia Simioni after the Swiss star passed 300 WBBL assists. Fletcher and Simioni are two of the most consistent playmakers in British basketball – setting the standard in the men’s and women’s games. And one of the biggest names in the BBL insists it…
Super skipper Giulia Simioni is adamant a raft of awards won’t distract Newcastle Eagles WBBL from the bigger picture. The Swiss star made this week’s All Star five for the first time this season following a standout display against Cardiff. Team-mate Georgia Ohrdorf went on to lift the Molten WBBL Player of the Month award…
It’s a November awards double for our WBBL squad as forward Georgia Ohrdorf is crowned Molten WBBL Player of the Month in the same week our women’s team head coach Chris Bunten landing the coaching accolade for November. Ohrdorf was at the centre of their 4-0 record and she topped the WBBL efficiency chart last month…
Persistence has paid off for Newcastle Eagles WBBL playcaller Chris Bunten after the experienced coach landed long-term target Anja Fuchs-Robetin. Bunten has been trailing the Austrian international for five years – and hosted the forward’s fact-finding trip to Tyneside in 2017. But Fuchs-Robetin has finally opted to pull on the black and white vest as…
One of the WBBL’s most consistent performers has committed her future to Newcastle Eagles despite a flurry of interest from the continent. Point guard Giulia Simioni skippered the team last season during a transitional campaign that saw Chris Bunten’s side move to the new Eagles Community Arena. And the coveted playmaker was crowned Newcastle’s WBBL Most…
On Friday 24 May 2019 we hosted our first ever End of Season Awards Dinner at our new Eagles Community Arena and our first event of its size in our new home. Just two years beforehand the club and foundation told everyone attending the organisation’s 21st birthday party that plans were in motion towards the…
Captain fantastic Giulia Simioni insists Newcastle Eagles WBBL are peaking at the perfect time ahead of a full-on playoff assault. The Swiss star is the reigning Molten WBBL Player of the Month after racking up an average of 11 assists and 13 points per game in February. But Simioni’s form will be tested to the…
Giulia Simioni has turned up the heat in our Eagles Community Arena with big displays both in leadership as our WBBL team captain and on-court in recent home wins. This has being recognised by the league who have awarded our Swiss International point guard the Molten WBBL Player of the Month for February. Across the…
