Worcester Wolves WPL Team Continue Preparations For The Opening Game Of The 2023/24 Season.

By George Chapman

The start of the BWB Women’s Premier League season is getting closer with wolves travelling to Cardiff Met Archers on Saturday 25^th November 2023 as Lucas Warburton‘s side continue their preparations for the new season.

Warburton who has previously coached Rhine River Rhinos in Germany’s Bundesliga Wheelchair Basketball League and has coached team England’s 3×3 team at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, takes charge of his first Women’s Premier League game on the 25th of November.

Talking about how pre-seasons been going so far the Wolves head coach said; “Pre-season training has been going well, it’s been a bit of an adjustment period with me coming into a new squad, but also bringing in new additions to the team this year, I feel like we are gelling well together and starting to really buy in to the principles I want us to focus on this year.”

New signings Lena Knippelmeyer and Alice Mchaffie have joined Wolves squad adding experience to the team with Knippelmeyer playing for Germany in last summer’s World Championships in Dubai winning a Silver Medal with her national team.

Alice Mchaffie joins the squad from East London Phoenix where Mchaffie won a Silver Medal in last season’s WPL Play Offs finishing behind Loughborough Lightning who are two-time WPL winners as well as winning a Silver Medal at the Under Twenty-Five World Championships in Thailand.

Commenting on the new additions, Warburton said; “The new signings really bring in some experience, whilst still maintaining our young squad, for example adding Alice Mchaffie, another of the GB under twenty-five World Championship Silver Medallists’ shows that whilst still being young, she brings experience.”

Previewing the trip to Cardiff Met Archers Warburton added; “We know they are a tough, physical team with some very talented forwards, so we know it’s going to take a lot to slow them down, but the first game of the season is always exciting it’s a good game to start the season with.”

Worcester Wolves WPL player Ellan Fraser is looking forward to the new season, Fraser said; “Pre-season has gone well, there’s a real positive atmosphere around training, we can’t wait to get going into the first game now”.

Fraser who made her senior Great Britain debut at last summer’s World Championship in Dubia and won a Silver Medal at the Under Twenty-Five World Championship in Thailand alongside Alice Mchaffie

Commenting on the new signings Fraser said; “Lena (Knippelmeyer) and Alice (Mchaffie) have fitted into the group straight away, both on and off court the girls who have played for Wolves in previous seasons have welcomed the new players to Worcester.”

On the opening game of the season Fraser added; “I’m expecting a tough game against Cardiff, every team that we play against in the league will be tough we’ve got to be respectful of their team but untimely we have focus on our performance.”