Jessica Eadsforth-Yates has revealed the WBBL’s unrelenting rumour mill motivated her to make a much-needed comeback for Newcastle Eagles earlier this month. And the all-action guard has vowed to play through the pain barrier after quashing talk of a premature end to her rookie season on Tyneside. Eadsforth-Yates will start The Big One in front…
Jessica Eadsforth-Yates is ready to answer Newcastle’s SOS call as the short-handed Eagles prepare for this week’s energy-sapping WBBL double header. Noelia Cacheiro’s side face two road trips inside 15 hours as the playoff chasers tackle Gloucester City Queens tonight prior to a lunchtime showdown with title challengers London Lions tomorrow. But the phased return…
It’s another big game at the Vertu Motors Arena in Newcastle tonight as the Eagles take on Manchester Giants. The Giants sit fourth in the BBL table with a 9 – 8 win-loss record whilst Newcastle are on 8 – 9 in seventh position. A win for the Eagles would not only level the records…
Newcastle Eagles cannot afford to look beyond the next play as the women in black return to the Vertu Motors Arena for the first time in seven weeks. That’s the verdict of playcaller Noelia Cacheiro as the hosts prepare to take on former favourite Ebony Horton and her Sheffield Hatters tonight. Newcastle took their eyes…
Newcastle Eagles fly into tonight’s BBL Championship clash against Plymouth City Patriots looking for a fourth successive league win to keep their play-off challenge rolling. It won’t be easy against a Patriots side who are also in great form having won seven of their last ten games. That run has seen the Eagles’ visitors rise…
Chloe Gaynor is convinced new-look Newcastle Eagles can inspire the next generation of North East basketball stars to chase their sporting dream. The popular forward has made an instant impact for the women in black after signing for the Tynesiders last summer. And as head coach Noelia Cacheiro takes charge of her first WBBL Championship…
Is momentum the key? That will be the question on most people’s lips as for the second time in five days old rivals Newcastle Eagles and Glasgow Rocks face off in the BBL Championship at the Vertu Motors Arena. Last Sunday on the road in Glasgow, the Eagles made it a double-winning weekend with a…
It was a spectacular return for flying Eagles forward Justin Gordon on Friday night at the Vertu Motors Arena. His return to Newcastle colours after a successful campaign with the Tyneside franchise last campaign sparked a terrific winning performance from his teammates. True Surrey arrived in Newcastle bottom of The BBL and minus four senior…
It’s the British Basketball League’s bottom of the league side Surrey Scorchers that roll into the Vertu Motors Arena tonight for a Championship match-up. Back in early November last year Surrey came to Newcastle and the Eagles prevailed 90 – 81. More of the same will be the aim for an Eagles side that is…
