Noelia Cacheiro heads into next weekend’s league opener confident that a team growing on and off the court can make some serious noise in the WBBL this season. Newcastle Eagles face Caledonia Gladiators on Friday sweating on the fitness of star duo Chloe Gaynor and Courtney Clasen. And the club is working around the…
Newcastle Eagles’ energetic blend of youth and experience blew away the touring USA Select last night as Marc Steutel’s men put on an explosive midweek show. In stark contrast to Saturday night’s sobering defeat to Surrey Scorchers, the men in black jumped on their opponents from the start and never looked back. Steutel was able…
Newcastle Eagles failed to build on the previous night’s 8-point win against Surrey as the Scorchers turned the tables and turned on the style in the second of two back-to-back pre-season clashes. Even an eye-catching 22 points from former Mean Green Javion Hamlet couldn’t save Marc Steutel’s men from a heavy homecourt loss. And the…
There was Turkish delight on Tyneside last night as hundreds of visiting fans celebrated an eye-catching World Cup win inside a sold-out Vertu Motors Arena. Nate Reinking must go back to the drawing board after overseeing successive defeats on his long-awaited return to the Great Britain ranks. But Turkish playcaller Ergin Ataman boldly predicted an…
Newcastle Eagles face a summer of serious self-reflection after the most successful franchise in British basketball history failed to make the playoffs for the first time in 22 years. Owner Paul Blake has already launched his search for the club’s new head coach after it was revealed Ian MacLeod will move to a role within…
An incident-packed season punctuated by illness, injury and off-court instability finally caught up with short-handed Newcastle Eagles in St Albans. Second-bottom Oaklands Wolves set the seal on a frustrating campaign for the women in black with a commanding 84-47 homecourt win. But Newcastle can finally draw a line under a difficult year as head coach…
Newcastle Eagles and Plymouth City Patriots will battle it out for the BBL’s final playoff berth tomorrow as a frustrating regular season heads for a thrilling finish in the south west. With the two sides locked together on 22 points — and with the league series tied at 1-1 — both teams can still secure a…
It always looked like mission impossible for short-handed Newcastle as a five-strong Eagles roster headed to the Welsh capital last night. So it proved for Noelia Cacheiro’s side as Cardiff Met Archers claimed a predictable 83-62 win in the final week of the WBBL’s regular season. But not for the first time since the turn…
Newcastle’s playoff destiny is no longer in their own hands after the battling Eagles suffered an agonising last-second loss at Bristol Flyers last night. A thrilling clash was tied at 81-81 with 26 seconds on the clock and it looked like advantage Newcastle after Trejon Jacob rimmed out with the second of two free throws….
