A very disappointing night in the Vertu Motors Arena for Head Coach Matt Newby and his Eagles players ended in an overtime loss at the first hurdle in the Betty Codona Trophy. Going into the game Newcastle were confident about progressing to the next stage of the competition having home court advantage against a side…
It’s been three weeks since the Seriös Group Newcastle Eagles played and lost their last match in the Women’s British Basketball League. Three weeks to relax, re-group and re-assess before tonight’s first round Betty Cordona Trophy match-up against Nottingham Wildcats. A lot of the squad including American Power Forward Katie Nolan took the opportunity to…
The Newcastle Eagles WBBL side continued their recent excellent form and significant improvement this weekend with a fabulous road trip that brought them two superb wins, After Saturday’s nail-biting 68 – 67 win over Essex Rebels that saw them through to the WBBL Trophy Semi-Final they stopped off in Nottingham on the way home and…
Noelia Cacheiro is confident Newcastle can kiss goodbye to old foes Nottingham in the race to finish inside this season’s top six. The Spanish play-caller has challenged her roster to complete a statement clean sweep against the homecourt Wildcats tonight. And Cacheiro is determined to follow up last night’s nailbiting 68-67 WBBL Trophy win at…
As the WBBL returned for the New Year with a packed weekend of Trophy first round action played centrally at the Essex Sports Arena, the week 13 All-Star Five sees an Eagle flying straight in after a huge double-double to open 2023. Antoinette Lewis has made her second showing in the weekly team after her 19 points…
Newcastle Eagles WBBL made it three wins in a row albeit over three different calendar months to secure a place in the Trophy Quarter Finals. It will mean a last eight matchup against Essex Rebels on a date and venue to be confirmed. The Eagles win over the Nottingham Wildcats was the second time they’ve…
The WBBL returns to the court this weekend in spectacular style with a unique and inventive event that promises a cracking weekend of women’s basketball, writes Jeff King 16 elite teams across the UK will make their way to University of Essex, Colchester, to compete in the WBBL Trophy First Round hoping of making it…
The stage is set for the opening weekend of the 2023 WBBL Trophy as our Eagles join 15 other elite women’s clubs from across the UK in an exciting two days for British basketball. Essex Rebels will host the centralised Trophy First Round where 16 teams hope to make it one step closer to being…
Last night live on YouTube the draw took place for the 2023 WBBL Trophy opening ties, which sees our Eagles face the Nottingham Wildcats. The bracketed tournament in which the first round games take place over the weekend of January 7 and 8 will see the winners go on to the next stage to tip-off against…
