After a two-week break, the Newcastle Eagles men’s team return to SLB Championship action at the Vertu Arena on Friday night against Cheshire Phoenix. It will be Phoenix’s third visit to Newcastle this season and the sixth time the two sides have clashed during the campaign. Last time out the Eagles had a tremendous 99-72…
Newcastle Eagles travel to the North West on Sunday night to take on Manchester Basketball in a crucial SLBW Championship clash. One look at the respective teams’ records shows how vital a win for either side will be. Newcastle sit fourth in the standings on a six-win four loss record whilst Manchester are sixth on…
Wednesday night the Newcastle Eagles lost their sixth successive SLB Championship game down in Manchester 105-79 after a dramatic second half collapse. At the half Manchester had been 39-35 ahead but those initial twenty minutes gave no real hint of what was to come. In the final two periods of basketball the Eagles lost the…
After a ten-day break, the Newcastle Eagles will return to the court on Wednesday night down in Manchester looking to break a five-match SLB Championship losing streak. Last time out it was a devasting loss on the final play of the game 102-100 to Leicester Riders. The Eagles have in in that run of defeat…
Newcastle Eagles go into their home Super League Basketball Women’s Championship game at the Vertu Arena against a very tough B. Braun Sheffield Hatters side buoyed by last week’s 105-53 win on the road at Cardiff. Head Coach Chloe Gaynor referred to that game and her thoughts following it as her side prepare to return…
Newcastle Eagles astonishing 128-68 win in the ENBL game against BK Olomoucko on Friday night was not enough to help them qualify for the end of season play-offs in that competition, but it was a morale-boosting win to take to Leicester on Sunday afternoon. Ray’Sean Taylor led the way for Newcastle with 38-points, and the…
Newcastle Eagles flew down to Wales on Friday in readiness to return to SLB Championship action against Cardiff Met Archers on Saturday afternoon. It’s been a torrid couple of weeks for Head Coach Chloe Gaynor and her injury-ravaged squad. Such was the extent of the injury crisis that the SLB and Manchester Basketball agreed to…
Newcastle Eagles go into Friday night’s home European North Basketball League (ENBL) match-up against BK Olomoucko of Czechia looking to bounce back from the disappointment of last Sunday’s Super League Basketball (SLB) Trophy Final loss against London Lions. The Eagles still have a mathematical chance of qualifying for the round of 16 play-off stages, but…
With the SLB Trophy Final against London Lions at Birmingham looming large on the horizon next Sunday, you could almost forgive Newcastle Eagles for thinking they do not need the distraction of a midweek European game. The Eagles are at home to KK Dubrava of Croatia on Tuesday night in the Vertu Arena in a…
