This Thursday 18th July, Great Britain’s senior men’s team take on South Sudan in the Subway Summer Slam at London’s Copper Box. The game is an important test for the Eagles and GB head coach Marc Steutel’s squad ahead of the FIBA EuroBasket 2025 Qualifiers when they begin again in November. A training camp at…
Newcastle playcaller Marc Steutel insists his appointment as Great Britain’s permanent head coach aligns perfectly with a burning ambition to build on the Eagles’ proud legacy. The highly-rated playcaller came through a rigorous interview process before national team bosses rubber-stamped his role over the weekend. And Steutel — who led GB to landmark wins against…
Ben Mockford insists he has no regrets after revealing the time is right to step down from senior international basketball. The Newcastle Eagles guard has been one of the first names on Marc Steutel’s Great Britain team sheet in recent years. And the duo reprised that successful working relationship at club level last summer when…
Great Britain are braced for a battle of nerves ahead of Monday’s World Cup Qualifier against with Belarus. Acting head coach Marc Steutel insists the national team has never been better prepared for a pivotal qualifying window. And Steutel is confident GB can claim a hat-trick of Vertu Motors Arena wins when the Belarussians visit…
The 24-man squad for Great Britain’s FIBA EuroBasket 2022 Qualifiers against France and Montenegro this month has been named and includes one of our Eagles. GB go into the games in top form having won eight of their last ten games including a convincing 81-73 victory over Germany last time out at the Eagles Community…
Great Britain’s men will take on Germany at our Eagles Community Arena next month. Coach Nate Reinking’s team will host their opponents in a EuroBasket 2021 qualifier on Monday 24 February. The game comes three days after GB’s trip to Podgorica to face Montenegro in the opening game of their Group G campaign. It will…
Two Eagles have flown to to the FIBA Under-18 Men’s European Championships with our national team this summer and produced a stunning 87-85 overtime win against over reigning champions Serbia yesterday. Our Eagles Academy star Tosan Evbuomwan (pictured wearing jersey number 11) finished as the second-top-scorer of the clash, in part from his lay-up with…
Former Team Northumbria coach Deirdre Tozer-Hayes has paid tribute to North East basketball’s most successful export after hailing Chantelle Handy’s immense contribution to Great Britain’s biggest success. The national team were beaten by Serbia in Sunday’s bronze medal play-off match. But Handy, from Consett, County Durham won her 127th GB cap as part of the…
One of North East basketball’s hottest prospects will take on Europe’s biggest names after sealing his place in the national team for a second successive summer. Newcastle Eagles Academy star Tosan Evbuomwan broke into the Great Britain Under 18 squad last season as a raw rookie with bags of potential. And 12 months on the…
