The Newcastle Eagles tipped off their third successive European North Basketball League campaign on Tuesday night in The Vertu Arena. Their opponents and visitors were a familiar rival making their first trip to Newcastle, Dziki Warszawa of Poland’s top-flight Oblen League. Newcastle had actually crossed swords with The Poles twice last season in the 2024/25…
The end analysis will show a loss in the L column for Newcastle and a third successive SLB Championship defeat in a row. A statistic no-one involved whether it be coaching staff, players or even fans. What needs to be addressed is how to reverse the trend and quickly. Especially as The Eagles face another…
The Newcastle Eagles head for the Ellesmere Port Sports Village on Sunday evening. They will face a home side thirsting for revenge. Last month the Cheshire Phoenix travelled to The Vertu Arena and a fine Eagles effort saw them defeated 88 – 70. But past games often count for nothing once the ball is thrown…
The end analysis is of course another loss in the L column and a second successive SLB Championship defeat that takes the Newcastle Eagles to a 2 – 2 level record after four games played. Perhaps the more in-depth analysis that will follow will give Coach Marc Steutel positives to take. A question only his…
The MVP honours for the Newcastle Eagles Men’s impressive 88 – 70 SLB home win over Cheshire Phoenix in a packed Vertu Motors Arena on Friday night went to former Nix Maceo Jack. The explosive shooting guard went for 24 points and 4 rebounds to continue his fine start to his fledgling Eagles career and…
The Newcastle Eagles opened their home SLB campaign with an impressive 88 – 70 win over Cheshire Phoenix in front of a packed Vertu Motors Arena on Friday night. It was a very solid all-round team performance built on the ‘defensive blueprint’ that Head Coach Marc Steutel wanted. It also meant that The Eagles made…
The Newcastle Eagles men’s team have their first SLB Championship home game on Friday night with the visitors to the Vertu Motors Arena being the Cheshire Phoenix with a 7:30pm tip-off scheduled. Phoenix have already played twice on the road this season losing narrowly at Manchester and London and will be desperate to avoid a…
Head Coach Marc Steutel and his men’s Newcastle Eagles head north of the border to open their SLB campaign for 2025/26. East Kilbride is the destination, PlaySport Arena is the venue and Caledonia Gladiators are the opponents. A tough opening fixture for Steutel and his charges in what is always a fiercely contested rivalry that…
Newcastle Eagles have made a men’s roster change on the eve of their opening 2025/26 Super League Basketball season tip-off with the signing of 6’5 USA guard Maceo Jack. This time suiting-up up in black and white, Jack will be familiar to British basketball fans after two very successful campaigns with Cheshire Phoenix from 2022…
