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Women
September 6, 2024
Willis For Three

Head coach Matt Newby continues to build a very solid, exciting roster for Newcastle Eagles’ Women’s Super League Basketball 2024/25 roster. Part of that is bringing back a core of players who have experienced what it’s like to be part of the Eagles franchise. So it’s a big welcome back to guard Zoe Willis who…

Women
September 3, 2024
T-errific Return For Eagles All-Star

Newcastle Eagles Women’s Super League Basketball squad are delighted to share the huge news of the return to Tyneside for last season’s star, Tierra Hodges. The powerful all-round forward coming back to lead from the front after a stellar first season in the Women’s top-flight league is a major coup for coach Matt Newby and…

Women
August 29, 2024
Chloe Back For More In Season Four

Newcastle Eagles women’s roster for 2024/25 is coming together nicely as head coach Matt Newby adds a returning fans favourite to the fore. Power forward Chloe Gaynor will lace them up and step onto the court for her fourth consecutive campaign as an Eagle to bolster their inside strength. Last season Gaynor was a vital…

Women
August 25, 2024
Swann Glides Into Newcastle

Matt Newby hopes his newest recruit can add some fine tuning to his roster as Lyric Swann glides into Newcastle. The 5’ 5” guard started her collegiate career at the University of Maryland-Baltimore County back in 2019/20, the same college that her mother Karyn earned legendary status winning the East Conference Defensive Player of the…

Women
August 23, 2024
Assists Leader Lauren Lands Again

Newcastle Eagles women’s head coach Matt Newby is delighted that he has been able to bring last season’s play-maker Lauren Saiki back for the 2024/25 Super League Basketball season. This will be Saiki’s first full campaign as an Eagle after she first landed on Tyneside in December last year as one of Newby’s first changes…

Women
August 18, 2024
Academic Ace Means Business

Head Coach Matt Newby’s next signing for the Newcastle Eagles Women’s team comes with an impressive CV as 5’ 8” guard Jada Guinn joins the club following graduation from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. After four impressive seasons with Tennessee Tech University where she improved year on year and was named Ohio Valley Tournament…

Women
August 15, 2024
Number 1 Signing For Eagles

Hot on the heels of the great news that Matt Newby will return to Newcastle Eagles for the 2024/25 season to continue as head coach of the women’s team, the club are delighted to announce his first signing for the forthcoming campaign. In in a lovely bit of synergy his first signing will wear #1…

Women
August 10, 2024
Newby’s New Era

Matt Newby is excited to helm a women’s basketball programme dedicated to developing the game on and off the court after committing his future to Newcastle Eagles. The experienced playcaller led the women in black to a sensational 2024 playoff final place after he was parachuted in to shake things up at the Vertu Motors…

Women
May 16, 2024
Newby’s Eagles Soaking In Playoffs Success

Seriös Group Newcastle Eagles Women’s Head Coach Matt Newby has had a tremendous effect on both his team and The Club since arriving in November. So much so that he has taken a side from the lower reaches of the Women’s British Basketball League and transformed them into a team looking forward to playing in…