At the beginning of 2023 Worcester Crocodiles ”home” pool was closed for refurbishment. This brought about many challenges for the club with the nearest pool suitable for training in Tewkesbury and the nearest “match ready” pool in Hereford.
We lost all adult (over 18’s) training because Tewkesbury is not deep enough for a good training session and we also withdrew our Mens team from the league. 2023 was all about developing our junior section.
A very young under 16’s mixed team took part in The Midland Youth League during the summer of 2023. A difficult season, the team grew in confidence and experience throughout. Finishing with only one win is tough but with no pool, no regular training together and being so much younger than most the players held their heads high.
For a second year running Worcester Crocodiles were able to enter The Midland Youth Junior Men’s League in 2023. After coming a respectable 4th in 2022/23 the lads were hoping to better their fledgling performance. Many thanks to the Welsh boys who came and assisted the team, they managed to improve and come in 3rd place! Will Bamborough was the team hot shot with a total of 32 goals this season and Harry Davey was the teams Major King with 11 fouls all season, hazard of being a pit defender! We all look forward to seeing this team develop and improve as the years go on.
The ladies team were defending their title in 2023/24 but with illness, unavailability and the lack of training the team struggled to get off the ground. In fact some matches we only had the bare minimum of players attend, which was disappointing. The team managed to finish on a high though beating second placed Solihull, coming from 5-1 down in the first quarter. Final placing was bottom of the table but the last 3 places were very close, all teams had the same amount of points it was decided on goal difference. Team hot shot was Lottie Martin with 19 goals she was also Major Queen with 11 fouls all season. Hopefully 2024 will see the ladies able to train together again and them being a threat to the title once more.
