What you see is what you Gettys with Newcastle Eagles’ all-action new signing. In fact, you get more. CJ Gettys is seven feet of pure power, passion and unrelenting professionalism. And after waiting four weeks to make a home debut he described as ‘long overdue’, the new kid on the block made up for lost time…
Newcastle Eagles head into 2020 as firm favourites to contest silverware this season following another decisive victory on the road. Chris Bunten’s side shot to the top of the WBBL Championship table on the back of a sixth straight league win. And a 96-69 demolition of mid-table Oaklands Wolves was achieved without in-form skipper Giulia…
An incredible game of basketball down in Plymouth yesterday afternoon saw Newcastle Eagles take a tough road victory to open their BBL Championship campaign. In a proverbial game of two halves, Newcastle held off a late Raiders charge to take a deserved win. It was also Coach Ian MacLeod’s first official league game and win at…
Coach of the Month Chris Bunten is one victory away from this season’s WBBL Cup final after guiding in-form Newcastle to another big win. The Eagles join derby rivals Durham Palatinates in today’s semi-final draw following a thrilling tie on Tyneside. And few would bet against Bunten’s roster bagging a place in the first of 2020’s…
Captain fantastic Giulia Simioni led the Newcastle charge as the in-form Eagles crushed a shellshocked Cardiff Met Archers in Wales. The Swiss star bagged 21 points and dished up 11 assists as Chris Bunten’s side cemented second spot in the WBBL. And Simioni was one of four Newcastle players to claim a double double as…
In their biggest game of the season so far and perhaps Head Coach Ian MacLeod’s biggest career game so far, the Eagles went out of the BBL Cup down in Worcester. It was a rip-roaring affair that ebbed and flowed and could have gone either way all throughout the forty pulsating minutes but it was…
A nerveless second half display from Newcastle Eagles WBBL laid the foundation for an eye-catching 82-75 win against Sheffield Hatters. And a second victory in two days against a top four rival set the seal on a perfect weekend for Chris Bunten’s fast-improving roster. An inspired Mante Kverderaviciute fell just three assists short of what…
Against the backdrop of John Mitchell’s exit less than 24 hours before tip-off, a dead rubber of a BBL Cup tie had suddenly acquired extra significance. But if the American rookie’s short-lived stay on Tyneside had dominated the pre-match narrative then a convincing Newcastle Eagles victory dispelled any sense of a roster in crisis. In…
Going into last night’s BBL Cup North Group match down in Manchester, the Newcastle Eagles knew they had already qualified for the quarter-final stage of the competition. That was courtesy of results elsewhere earlier in the weekend. So, the focus for Ian MacLeod’s men was to take a road victory to reverse their recent run…
