After last weeks tough defeat against Manchester Magic, the home side played Manchester Giants, a team that they beat away by 1 point at the start of the season. The first quarter was fairly equal for the first 4 minutes as both teams failed to capitalise on key moments. Newcastle took a timeout with 6 minutes remaining…
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The Eagles went into the game in a strange environment having to play at Benfield while their usual court is under review from BE…. The home team playing in black started very slowly against the boys in white who were very guard heavy and seem to want to play at a million mile an hour…
After a dramatic weekend away in Sheffield, the U14 Newcastle Eagles were at home against one of the toughest opponents in the league, Manchester Magic. Initially the Eagles kept up with the firepower of Manchester and managed to take advantage of some easy transition points however common mistakes meant that Manchester would also score easily…
The Eagles playing in black were looking to expand on a great performance away to Sefton last Sunday took on top of the table and unbeaten Explorers in white in front another good crowd with a few travelling fans to make it a great atmosphere… The home team got off to a good start as…
The under 16s Eagles were back in action this weekend against Northamptonshire Titans. The league leaders had only lost one game and the home side knew they were in for a real battle against a good team. With the tip-off delayed because of Northamptonshire’s late arrival the Eagles felt well placed to get off to…
After a one week rest, the Eagles were back in action against Myerscough College. it was a depleted opposition with the away team travelling with only 7 players. However Myserscough started the strongest of the two teams with the Eagles struggling to contend with the height of their opponents and going into the second quarter…
This weekend saw the Under 16s Eagles back in league action at home to Cheshire Phoenix. Both teams had started the season with some mixed results and on paper it looked like it would be a really close game. Cheshire started the game brightly, frustrating the hosts with their 2-3 zone and moving the ball…
As the Newcastle Eagles took victory last week away to Cheshire Wire, it was time for them to host their first home game of the season against city of Birmingham. The away side opened the scoring up taking a 5-0 lead before Newcastle responded. Birmingham had no problem scoring and it this would be a…