Newcastle Eagles

California Girl Is New Eagle In Town

August 22, 2025

Newcastle Eagles are delighted to announce head coach Chloe Gaynor’s latest recruit to her new-look 2025/26 Women’s Super League Basketball (SLB) roster. Exciting and explosive point guard Alyssa Marin flies into Newcastle from NCAA Big West Conference University of California Santa Barbara. The 5’9” player has had a stellar USA collegiate career spending 5 years…

Alyssa Marin

2025/26 Men’s SLB Championship Fixtures Revealed

August 21, 2025

Newcastle Eagles men will tip-off their 2025/26 Super League Basketball (SLB) season on Sunday 21 September, over the boarder at Caledonia Gladiators in the Championship. The structure and key dates for the new SLB campaign promises another action-packed year of British basketball across four major competitions. SLB Championship fixtures start the calendar this season tipping-off…

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2025/26 Pre-Season Games On Sale Now

August 19, 2025

Newcastle Eagles will tip-off in two exciting pre-season games as they warm-up to the 2025/26 Super League Basketball (SLB) and European North Basketball League (ENBL) campaigns. The club’s popular welcome night, The Launch returns to tip things off in the build-up to the new season on Friday 5 September with your first chance to meet…

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2025/26 ENBL Schedule Confirmed

Newcastle Eagles will tip-off their third consecutive European North Basketball League (ENBL) season at home on Tuesday 21 October against Dziki Warsawa from Poland. The 2025/26 ENBL competition will be its biggest ever and sees 27 teams in action spanning 17 countries and four time zones. ENBL’s new format this season sees teams divided into…

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New Format and Three Groups Confirmed for 2025/26 ENBL

Newcastle Eagles will compete in a new format European North Basketball League (ENBL) for the 2025/26 season. A total of 27 teams, drawn in three pools of nine, will play a round-robin tournament of eight games each – four at home, four away – from September 23, 2025 until February 11, 2026. The pools draw…

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The Launch Is Back By Popular Demand

August 16, 2025

Newcastle Eagles is delighted to announce that The Launch is back by popular demand following the hugely successful first-of-its-kind event last year. In September 2024, the club tipped-off its build-up like no other, where fans got the chance to meet the men’s and women’s teams first, enjoy a Q&A session with club coaches, management and…

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SLB Cup Final Moves To Manchester

August 15, 2025

With a scintillating second season just weeks away from tipping off, Super League Basketball (SLB) have announced that one of the British basketball calendar’s showpiece events – the SLB Cup Final – will be heading to Manchester for the first time ever. The iconic AO Arena in Manchester is no stranger to the game, being…

Men

August 12, 2025

Ward-Hibbert Leads Eagles Into New Season

Newcastle Eagles are delighted to announce the return of guard/forward Josh Ward-Hibbert for a third consecutive season. Ward-Hibbert had a stellar last season in black and white, where the influential team player and leader firmly established himself as one of the most committed and driven players in the British game. Averaging 8 points and 4.9…

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April 3, 2025

Newcastle Eagles and Vertu Bounce Into A Decade of Community Basketball

Newcastle Eagles and Vertu have agreed to continue a decade-long partnership, which has supported community initiatives, introduced thousands of young people to basketball and helped drive the Eagles to become the most successful British basketball team of all time. Over the last 10 years, Vertu has expanded its sponsorship from providing a small number of…

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February 24, 2025

Preview: GB vs Czechia (FIBA EuroBasket 2025 Qualifier)

Let the EuroBasket celebrations begin — that’s the message from proud playcaller Marc Steutel as glory-hunting Great Britain wrap up Group F on Tyneside tonight. The hosts face Czechia at the Vertu Motors Arena with their ticket already stamped for August’s championship tournament. And after Friday’s nailbiting win in Holland secured qualification with a game…

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January 20, 2025

GB Back Home Next Month

One month from today, Great Britain will return to the Vertu Motors Arena to take on Czechia in the FIBA EuroBasket 2025 Qualifiers on Monday 24 February at 7:30pm. This will be the eighth time the home of Newcastle Eagles has hosted the national team and follows historic games recent years against basketball powerhouses of…

Arena

August 20, 2024

Robertson Homes Make A Difference

Long-time supporters of Newcastle Eagles basketball club and the Eagles Community Foundation, Robertson Homes recently donated two days of volunteering to refresh the Vertu Motors Arena ready for the new season. The arena, which is owned and operated by the Foundation, was in need of a lick of paint this summer after recent years of…

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December 22, 2023

Coming ‘Home’, Newcastle

Big time international basketball returns to the North East next year after Great Britain confirmed plans to revisit its popular Newcastle base. The Vertu Motors Arena has become a home from home for the senior men’s roster with bumper crowds backing the national team on Tyneside. And with Seriös Group Newcastle Eagles’ playcaller Marc Steutel…

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December 6, 2023

Feeding Families Collection This Week

This week at the Vertu Motors Arena we will be taking donations for Feeding Families, the North East-based charity hat offers support, hope and security to those experiencing food poverty. At this difficult time of the year for so many people and in tough economic times across the board, the Eagles family want to ensure that…

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July 7, 2023

Extreme Robots Are Coming To Newcastle

From the crew who brought you the sold-out Robot Wars Live Tours, now the robots have gone EXTREME and the Extreme Robots Live Tour coming to the Vertu Motors Arena on Saturday 22 and Sunday 23 July. The world’s most dangerous combat robots are getting ready to fight all across the country for the richest prize…

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June 21, 2023

Cage Warriors Returns To Newcastle

Cage Warriors – Europe’s Leading MMA Organisation – will return to Newcastle for the first time in nine years this November. The event – numbered CW 164 – will take place at the Vertu Motors Arena, home to the most successful team in British basketball history – the Newcastle Eagles – on Saturday, November 25th….

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April 6, 2023

New Scotswood Road Community Defibrillator at Vertu Motors Arena

The Eagles Community Foundation is proud to announce a new Automated External Defibrillator (AED) has been installed at its Vertu Motors Arena to support the local community and public on Scotswood Road. The Community Public Access Defibrillators (cPAD) has been donated to the community by Red Sky Foundation, who provides life-saving defibrillators for city centres, local…

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2025/26 Men’s SLB Championship Fixtures Revealed

August 21, 2025

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2025/26 Pre-Season Games On Sale Now

August 19, 2025

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2025/26 ENBL Schedule Confirmed

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New Format and Three Groups Confirmed for 2025/26 ENBL

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The Launch Is Back By Popular Demand

August 16, 2025

ENBL

SLB Cup Final Moves To Manchester

August 15, 2025

Men

August 12, 2025

Ward-Hibbert Leads Eagles Into New Season

ENBL

Big Man Returns To Tyneside

August 9, 2025

Newcastle Eagles head Coach Marc Steutel has delved into British basketball’s rich talent pool once again and plucked a huge prospect for his roster by securing Emmanuel Kanwei in a two-year deal. The 6’10” centre is the third pick for Steutel to move up to Super League Basketball (SLB) from the National Basketball League (NBL)…

Emmanuel Kanwei

Sauveur’s In Seventh Heaven

August 8, 2025

Head coach Marc Steutel has returned Eagles Academy graduate Sauveur Kande to his roster for 2025/26. It will be the 23-year-old’s seventh season involved with the senior side. Homegrown-hero Kande has shown improvement in each of his season’s as part of the Eagles team, after former head coach Ian MacLeod called him up through the…

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Newcastle Eagles and Vertu Bounce Into A Decade of Community Basketball

July 19, 2025

Summer 2025 Camps

Our 2025 Summer Camps at the Vertu Arena are available to book on the Nest now for ages Under-6 all the way through to Under-18 from 9am to 3pm daily. Whether it’s advancing your game with skills camps led by our performance coaches or just having fun and staying active during the holidays, we’ve got…

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April 3, 2025

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Junior Clubs Tip-Off With Hummel

April 2, 2025

The Eagles Community Foundation’s junior clubs will tip-off in a new range of playing and training kit from hummel. This exciting deal sees hummel’s iconic chevrons adorn reversible jerseys, shorts and brand new off-court and training apparel for the foundation’s junior clubs across the North East. Bespoke designs for all 13 of the foundation’s clubs,…

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Creating Inclusive Opportunities with Percy Hedley Foundation

February 6, 2025

Over the past two years, the Eagles Community Foundation has actively worked towards greater inclusion in keeping with its mission to make basketball accessible to everyone, regardless of background or ability. The foundation’s ‘Inclusive Basketball’ sessions for adults with learning disabilities and autism, run in partnership with LD: North East, have been such a huge…

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November 22, 2024

Rising Star Francis Ogbolu Honoured at Sport Newcastle Awards

The Sport Newcastle Awards night, held at Newcastle Civic Centre, celebrated the outstanding achievements and bright futures of North East athletes across a variety of sports. Among the many talented individuals recognised was Francis Ogbolu, a shining example of the success fostered by the Eagles performance pathway. Francis, a dedicated basketball player and key figure…

Academy

July 22, 2024

Summer Camps 2024

Our Eagles Community Foundation Summer Camps are on now until Friday 16th August. Catering for all age groups and abilities there’s a range of camp days available from fun and player development. Camps take place 9am until 3pm at the Vertu Motors Arena and are all £25 per day on the following weeks commencing: Monday…

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June 11, 2024

Unsung Eagles Awarded

Two of the club and foundation’s longest-serving volunteers have received special recognition for their contribution to sport in our region. Eric Wilson and Linda Williamson have been honoured in the 2024 Sport Newcastle Unsung Hero Awards. These prestigious awards are presented to recognise the true unsung heroes of North East sport who dedicate hours of…

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Second WilliamsAli Challenge Shooting For The Stars

May 30, 2024

The 2024 WilliamsAli 3×3 Basketball Challenge is just around the corner and the Newcastle business community is shooting for the stars with its Eagles Community Foundation fundraising target at the second annual event next Friday, 7th June. Even more companies jumped at the chance and signed-up to take to the court this year, with a…

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Eagles Academy Expands Girls Programme With New U18 Side

May 1, 2024

The Eagles Community Foundation (ECF) is delighted to announce the expansion of the girls programme with the introduction of an under-18’s side for the 2024-25 season. “We are dedicated to increasing our provision for girls and women’s basketball within our programme, I am happy with our trajectory, but there is more to do”, said Ian…

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California Girl Is New Eagle In Town

August 22, 2025

Alyssa Marin

The Launch Is Back By Popular Demand

August 16, 2025

ENBL

Basketball England Commit to Processing Governing Body Endorsements for SLB Clubs

August 7, 2025

Super League Basketball (SLB) have received confirmation from Basketball England (BE) that they will continue to process Governing Body Endorsements (GBEs) for SLB clubs, ahead of the new season starting next month. A GBE is the official approval required for overseas athletes and coaches to obtain a work visa to play or work professionally in…

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New Business-Backed Initiative Takes Flight to Support Eagles Women

August 5, 2025

A brand-new initiative bringing together North East businesses to support the Newcastle Eagles Women has been launched. ‘The W Club’ unites local business leaders who are pledging both financial and strategic backing to the team for the 2025/26 season and beyond. The founding group is working closely with the Eagles to create a supporter ‘Club’…

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July 25, 2025

Sarah B Back For Three

Newcastle Eagles women’s player-coach Chloe Gaynor has secured her first ever signing in the role by returning guard Sarah Birkett to the Eagles for a third consecutive season. Gaynor took the reins part way through last season and is now building her own Super League Basketball (SLB) roster for the first time. “I’m so pleased…

Chloe Gaynor

Lumo’s Pride In Extending Eagles Partnership

July 15, 2025

Newcastle Eagles partner Lumo is celebrating the renewal of its support for the club into a third year by organising a special treat for visitors to Newcastle Pride this weekend. Lumo’s logo will once again be proudly displayed on the back of the Eagles women’s jerseys and shooting shirts in the upcoming Super League Basketball (SLB)…

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Looking Back At Our 2024-25 End of Season Supporters Night and Awards

May 26, 2025

Wrapping-up one of the club’s most successful campaigns in recent years, Monday 19th May’s 2024/25 End of Season Supporters Night set another record for being the Eagles’ biggest event of its kind for back-to-back years. Once again the Vertu Motors Arena played host to this special annual awards presentations and party, where fans had their…

Chloe Gaynor

Report: Sheffield Hatters 102 – 68 Eagles Women (Play-Offs Semi Final)

May 13, 2025

It was five and out for Head Coach Chloe Gaynor and her players down at Sheffield yesterday afternoon. The fifth time Newcastle Eagles had faced the Sheffield Hatters this season and unfortunately the fifth loss to an excellent Sheffield side. It meant a season ending loss for the Eagles in difficult and disappointing circumstances as…

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