Coventry Crusaders will be playing at home on Saturday against current league leaders Worthing Thunder. 

Crusaders, who are still finding their form and struggling to get 10 fit players on court for any one game, have been showing some great improvement and have created a lot of excitement in their recent matches. 

Worthing will be a difficult game, but after Crusaders cut their 25-point deficit to just four last weekend against Reading before eventually losing by 9, the Coventry Sports Centre crowd can hope for another entertaining match.

On Sunday the Crusaders will be travelling south to play Solent Stars at the Mountbatten Centre, Alexandra Park, in Portsmouth. Solent has enjoyed a recent run of victories and are finding their form late in the season as well, so the game should be another very competitive match-up between the two sides. 

Crusaders are hoping that all their players except injured Marcin Twierdzinski should be fit to play this weekend. Last weekend new signing Malik Omar had to sit out due to a sore knee.  His height and presence would have been useful against the height that Reading brought to Coventry, but it looks like he will be available for this weekend’s action. 

Player/coach Dip Donaldson relishes the challenge of the weekend.  

“After a strong showing in the second half against Reading (last week), we are hoping to build on that, boost our confidence, and use it to come out strong against Worthing. 

Crusaders could be without Roy Owen because of an injury, but Malik Omar should be back, which would be very helpful.” 

This week’s game, which is being sponsored by Coca-Cola, will be at the usual time of 7:30. Tickets are £6 Adults and £4 Concessions.