It was labelled ‘The Big One’ as Newcastle attempted to smash the all-time attendance award for a WBBL Championship game. It was a home game at the Vertu Motors Arena and once again the Eagles as a club excelled. Off the court a brilliant crowd of 1,303 did indeed break Eagles own record and became…
Newcastle Eagles go into The Big One tonight against a strong Leicester Riders on a three-match winning run. The sold-out top-flight women’s basketball tip-off is set to see the club break the league attendance record once again this evening after 1,122 turned out to the first Big One just under a year ago. Our Eagles’…
Chloe Gaynor promised Newcastle’s powerful frontcourt trio will put the ‘Big’ into The Big One as top-flight women’s basketball takes centre stage this Friday. The homecourt Eagles host high flying Leicester Riders looking to set a WBBL attendance record for the second successive season. And all eyes will be on Gaynor and fellow bigs Nette…
Newcastle Eagles WBBL can go even bigger and better with a new record-breaking bid after it was revealed The Big One is back for 2023! That’s the verdict of head coach Noelia Cacheiro as women’s basketball prepares to take centre stage again next month. More than 1,120 supporters packed the Vertu Motors Arena to register…
Behind every big achievement is a big effort from everyone involved and the Eagles’ record-breaking women’s game dubbed The Big One last week is prime example of just that. A historic night with over 1,120 fans in attendance to a WBBL home game for the first time was made possible thanks in part to the…
Chloe Gaynor has conceded Newcastle cannot afford to let many more opportunities slip through their grasp with the business end of the WBBL season approaching fast. The Eagles’ centre hauled down a mammoth 15 boards against Caledonia Pride as Friday’s The Big One attracted a record-breaking crowd for women’s hoops. But Gaynor’s Herculean effort under…
The Big One became a tough one for Newcastle Eagles as border raiders Caledonia Pride spoiled the party on a record-breaking night for British basketball. More than 1,220 supporters packed the Vertu Motors Arena to register a new attendance high for a top-flight women’s league fixture in the UK. But 42 years after Hemel Tigers…
Last night at the Vertu Motors Arena a 42-year attendance record for a women’s basketball game in Britain was smashed as 1,122 got behind our Eagles WBBL team in The Big One. On International Women’s Day Eagles bosses set out to register a new attendance high for a top-flight women’s league fixture 42 years after Hemel Tigers…
Jessica Eadsforth-Yates has revealed the WBBL’s unrelenting rumour mill motivated her to make a much-needed comeback for Newcastle Eagles earlier this month. And the all-action guard has vowed to play through the pain barrier after quashing talk of a premature end to her rookie season on Tyneside. Eadsforth-Yates will start The Big One in front…
