Support Our WBBL Team Post-COVID-19

Aim: Support the next season and future development of the Newcastle Eagles WBBL team post-COVID-19.

What We Need

Support for the next season and future development of the Newcastle Eagles Women's British Basketball League team post-COVID-19.

Whether it's a small donation, purchasing a t-shirt or signing up for a season ticket, all the way up to your business sponsoring the team's jerseys, you will be helping to support the only top-flight female sports team in our region and empower us to continue the development and growth women’s basketball across the North East of England.

In addition we are delighted to announce that the North East Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) have pledged an extra boost of up to £5,000 in match funding alongside all the money raised here on Crowdfunder.

About The Club

Over the last two seasons since becoming the Newcastle Eagles’ Women’s British Basketball League (WBBL) team, the franchise had developed both on and off the court to a point whereby we were seeing our biggest home crowds for a WBBL game all in support of a group of inspirational sportswomen with the Play-Offs silverware in their sights.

The Impact of COVID-19

Sadly like many organisations the impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic lockdown meant that the 2019-20 WBBL season had to be cancelled just before we could carry our momentum into what we hoped was set to be an historic Play-Offs run.

The lockdown has had significant financial implications for the future of the club with lost sponsorship and ticket revenues.

In addition to this, all our extensive community outreach programmes, involving WBBL players visiting schools across the North East of England throughout the playing season, were halted by coronavirus.

Over the games that remained hundreds of young people would have attended WBBL games to see these role models in action at the newly opened Eagles Community Arena.

What Your Support Will Do

Your support will help to support the only top-flight female sports team in our region and empower us to continue the development and growth women’s basketball across the North East of England.

A post-lockdown  team will see coaching clinics before games and at half-times across the season, school visits inspiring girls into keeping active by playing basketball, plus create opportunities for local women to excel by competing in the WBBL - our sport's highest level of competition in the UK.