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…
Eagles Community Foundation and Northumbria Healthcare Bright Charity are celebrating 13th anniversary of their long-running partnership. The two North East charities have worked together since the start of 2013 to engage young people with informative sessions about exercise and healthy lifestyles through the Eagles’ award-winning Hoops 4 Health initiative. Bright Charity directly support their native…
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…
Newcastle Eagles run of successive SLB Championship wins ended at four after a heavy 98-71 loss to league leaders London Lions on the road in The Copper Box on Sunday afternoon. Perhaps despite Eagles having played some great basketball lately not a surprising loss. The margin of victory and in particular the first half of…
Newcastle Eagles made it four successive SLB Championship wins with an excellent all-round team performance beating Caledonia Gladiators 104-80 in the Vertu Arena on Friday night. The Eagles had six players with double-digit scoring led by Maceo Jack and Ray’Sean Taylor. However, the MVP award on the night went to tough Aussie guard Mitch Clarke…
Newcastle Eagles made it four successive SLB Championship wins in the Vertu Arena on Friday night. Their 104-80 victory being the latest in a string of fine team performances which have seen them taste victory by double-digit margins on all four occasions. Head Coach Marc Steutel’s team have really gelled over the last few weeks…
Last weekend was a fantastic double-winning pair of signature victories for Head Coach Marc Steutel and his Newcastle Eagles. Not just convincing score lines, 108-97 over Cheshire at home last Friday and then 98-76 in Bristol last Sunday, but excellent performances as well. Now the Eagles fly into another double-header weekend with confidence and optimism…
Since February 2020, the Great Britain Men’s team has enjoyed some of their best moments at Newcastle’s Vertu Arena. In eight international games played in front of one of the most passionate basketball cities in the country, GB have beaten established nations such as Greece, Czechia and the current FIBA EuroBasket champions Germany at the…
Tickets are on sale for the Great Britain Men’s team’s FIBA Basketball World Cup European Qualifier against Italy in Newcastle at the Vertu Arena next month. The game, which will take place on 27 February (7.30pm), is GB’s third in the competition’s First Round Group D after November’s narrow loss to Lithuania in London and…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Newcastle Eagles run of successive SLB Championship wins ended at four after a heavy 98-71 loss to league leaders London Lions on the road in The Copper Box on Sunday afternoon. Perhaps despite Eagles having played some great basketball lately not a surprising loss. The margin of victory and in particular the first half of…
Newcastle Eagles made it four successive SLB Championship wins with an excellent all-round team performance beating Caledonia Gladiators 104-80 in the Vertu Arena on Friday night. The Eagles had six players with double-digit scoring led by Maceo Jack and Ray’Sean Taylor. However, the MVP award on the night went to tough Aussie guard Mitch Clarke…
Newcastle Eagles made it four successive SLB Championship wins in the Vertu Arena on Friday night. Their 104-80 victory being the latest in a string of fine team performances which have seen them taste victory by double-digit margins on all four occasions. Head Coach Marc Steutel’s team have really gelled over the last few weeks…
Last weekend was a fantastic double-winning pair of signature victories for Head Coach Marc Steutel and his Newcastle Eagles. Not just convincing score lines, 108-97 over Cheshire at home last Friday and then 98-76 in Bristol last Sunday, but excellent performances as well. Now the Eagles fly into another double-header weekend with confidence and optimism…
Here come the Eagles! A fabulous performance on the road down at Bristol gave them a third successive win in the SLB Championship and made for a superb double-winning weekend. Newcastle’s aggressive zone defence the key to their victory. That defence forced 18 turnovers from which they garnered 23 points as Head Coach Marc Steutel’s…
Newcastle Eagles although under strength produced a great team performance to take down Cheshire Phoenix in the Vertu Arena on Friday night 108-97. Aussie guard Mitch Clarke who had 17 points in the game gave his reflections on the win. “It was a high paced high tempo game. Cheshire always like to get out and…
Sometimes when adversity stands in front of you, you have to just smack it in the face and march on through it. Not always easy to do but when you do it is doubly satisfying. Such was the circumstance and rewards that Newcastle Eagles got for facing and conquering adversity. With seven fit players going…
After a two-week break, the Newcastle Eagles men’s team return to SLB Championship action at the Vertu Arena on Friday night against Cheshire Phoenix. It will be Phoenix’s third visit to Newcastle this season and the sixth time the two sides have clashed during the campaign. Last time out the Eagles had a tremendous 99-72…
An astonishing individual record-breaking performance from rookie professional guard Ray’Sean Taylor was at the heart of Newcastle Eagles emphatic 99-72 win over Surrey 89ers in the Vertu Arena on Friday night. Taylor smashed the Newcastle club record for points in a game with fifty-one in a herculean effort that inspired his teammates to end a…
Eagles Community Foundation and Northumbria Healthcare Bright Charity are celebrating 13th anniversary of their long-running partnership. The two North East charities have worked together since the start of 2013 to engage young people with informative sessions about exercise and healthy lifestyles through the Eagles’ award-winning Hoops 4 Health initiative. Bright Charity directly support their native…
North East sports clubs and foundations, together with North East Mayor Kim McGuinness and the North East Housing Partnership, are coming together to make sure that no child is left on the sidelines with the launch of a new campaign to raise funds to provide sporting opportunities for children across the region. The Together Through…
Eagles Community Foundation have been awarded the English Basketball Fellowship Trophy for 2025. The honour was presented on court just moments before Newcastle Eagles tipped-off in their Super League Basketball home game at the Vertu Arena last Friday, November 14. The English Basketball Fellowship, founded in 1980 by members of the English Basketball Association, consists…
A pioneering data connectivity firm is strengthening its links with the North East community after pledging a four-figure sum to two life-changing regional charities. Tyneside-based Fuse Media is seeking to switch up its fundraising plans after raising £500 apiece for the Eagles Community Foundation and the Great North Children’s Hospital. And after bagging a podium…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
