Sometimes it takes more than just a team performance to get a win over the line in basketball. That was very evident on Friday night when a superstar performance from rookie professional Andrea Daley took Newcastle to a vital win in the Vertu Arena on Friday night. The Eagles took down Leicester Riders on Friday…
The old adage of a ‘win is a win’ was probably never truer than on Friday night in the Vertu Arena. After three quarters the Newcastle Eagles looked to be cruising to a big victory over the Leicester Riders. But a very nervy uncharacteristic final ten minutes almost cost them a vital win. Coaches analyse…
It’s a big night for Head Coach Chloe Gaynor and her this week in the Vertu Arena. A rare chance for them to play at home on a Friday night. With there being no men’s game this weekend, the Club are hoping that the Eagles loyal fanbase will get behind their women’s team in big…
Ahead of this week’s Newcastle Eagles Women’s fixture against Leicester Riders, the club can announce that guard Maria Mongomo will miss the remainder of the 2025/26 season due to pregnancy. Both Maria and her family are doing well, and the team has expressed its full support as she focuses on her health and this exciting…
The bad luck that just seems to not want to go away once again dogged the Newcastle Eagles again on Saturday night in Essex. The Rebels taking a revenge win 92-79 from their opening night SLB Championship loss in Newcastle back in November last year. That luck? Well, Head Coach Chloe Gaynor was delighted to…
Newcastle Eagles women’s team face a long journey south to the University of Essex, Colchester on Saturday for their afternoon clash against the Essex Rebels in yet another crucial SLB Championship match-up. Last time out before the international window the Eagles had a superb 86-62 road win over Manchester. That win lifted Head Coach Chloe…
Newcastle Eagles produced a sensational signature statement performance on the road in Manchester on Sunday night highlighting the talent and firepower they have within their ranks in emphatic style. If this 86-62 win does not make the rest of the League sit up and take notice of a team that is still yet to play…
Newcastle Eagles travel to the North West on Sunday night to take on Manchester Basketball in a crucial SLBW Championship clash. One look at the respective teams’ records shows how vital a win for either side will be. Newcastle sit fourth in the standings on a six-win four loss record whilst Manchester are sixth on…
Ultimately it was a loss and on paper a comfortable win for Sheffield. But it was far from that on-court and the final margin of victory was perhaps more than Hatters deserved and definitely not the score line the Eagles efforts on the night warranted. Once again Newcastle went into a game short-handed as has…
