Worthing Thunder eyeing more silverware

Worthing Thunder are aiming for a second piece of silverware in nine months on Sunday.
Worthing Thunder celebrate play-off glory last season. Picture: Kyle HemsleyWorthing Thunder celebrate play-off glory last season. Picture: Kyle Hemsley
Worthing Thunder celebrate play-off glory last season. Picture: Kyle Hemsley

Thunder take on Loughborough Student Riders at the University of East London for the right to be crowned National Trophy champions.

Worthing were National League Division 1 play-off winners at the end of last season and the hope is they’ll be able to lift another piece of silverware.

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The club prepared for the showpiece with mixed results over a double-header weekend.

It started on Saturday as they took on Bradford Dragons for the second time in the space of a week.

After a successful visit to West Yorkshire securing their spot in the National Trophy final, Thunder toppled Dragons again - this time 98-67 in a home league fixture.

In the end it was another comfortable victory for Thunder. An incredible second period saw them blow the Dragons away with a burst of three-pointers.

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In a fast, exciting period the home team hit six three-pointers as a rampant Thunder amassed 37 points to lead at the halfway stage by 61-27. It was in essence a five-minute period and a 22-0 run that saw Thunder seal the game in dramatic style.

However, Worthing came up short in their quest for a double-win weekend.

In a pulsating, physical encounter Hemel Storm ran out 114-109 winners at Worthing Leisure Centre.

It was Storm who won it in overtime as Thunder sorely-missed their fouled-out players.

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That meant Worthing’s last action prior to the National Trophy final ended in defeat.

They hope that will not have a negative impact on the squad as Loughborough Student Riders stand between them and a second piece of club silverware in the space of nine months.

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