Christmas came early for Newcastle Eagles Academy Under 14 girls as head coach Ellen Totton (pictured) and her side wrapped up 2021 in style. The Eagles hit the road to take on a short-handed Lancashire Spinners. And despite a second quarter stumble, Newcastle dominated from start to finish as the visitors pulled off an impressive…
Newcastle Eagles had been looking to bounce back last night in Leicester after a poor showing last week at the Vertu Motors Arena had seen them lose heavily to Bristol Flyers last weekend. Unfortunately, it was the league leading Riders that were in their path. The Riders have only lost two games all season and…
Playmaker Ollie Finlay anchored a flawless victory as Newcastle Eagles Under 16 boys headed into the Christmas break on the back of a big road win. The visitors defeated Cheshire Phoenix 119-41 to head into 2022 as one of the teams to watch. And it was point guard Finlay who showed the way with pin-sharp…
The gulf in class between the WBBL’s leading teams and the chasing pack was brutally exposed in Sheffield last night as the homecourt Hatters cruised to a 20-point win against Newcastle Eagles. The visitors, missing head coach Chris Bunten and GB 3×3 star Abby Lowe, endured a slow start and a nightmare finish as Vanessa…
A dreadful Newcastle Eagles performance saw them crash to a woeful 18-point defeat at home to Bristol Flyers, ending their recent BBL revival. Just a week after back-to-back wins over a previously unbeaten London Lions team and a triple-overtime thriller at Cheshire Phoenix, t’was a nightmare before Christmas at the Vertu Motors Arena. Ian MacLeod’s…
Ahead of this month’s hotly anticipated BBL clash at the Morningside Arena, Newcastle Eagles Under 14 boys took on the Riders in Leicester. And the Academy’s rising stars pointed the way for Ian Macleod’s men with a thumping 62-41 road win. Leicester made the early running to bag two early baskets but it wasn’t long…
WOW, just WOW. In what must rank as one of the most memorable BBL Championship games in the history of both sides, the Newcastle Eagles came away with a memorable road win at Cheshire Phoenix last night. Why was it so memorable? Because it took three five-minute periods of overtime to finally separate one of…
Rahmon Fletcher ripped up the form book and rolled back the years as Newcastle Eagles finally kickstarted their season with a 12-point demolition of London Lions. The unstoppable guard added 17 assists and four steals to his game-high 25 points on a night to remember for the Kansas City native. And the savaged Lions limped…
Newcastle Eagles Under 14 girls accelerated towards another big win despite a nightmare trip to South Yorkshire. Tip-off was delayed against the homecourt Sheffield Hatters after the visitors got stuck in traffic. But once the game got underway Newcastle moved through the gears to grab a convincing 73-55 win. Grace Rae (19) and Sophie Hawkins…
