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| Wild Women's Head Coach Steve Furber (left) with Assistant Coach Paddy Horner and Player Coach Leen de Decker (Photo by Widnes Wild Women IHC) |
The Widnes Wild women’s team have announced their leadership teams in preparation for the new 2024/25 WNIHL season, which starts this weekend.
The Head Coach for the new season is Steve Furber, with Thomas (Paddy) Horner as Assistant Coach. Leen De Decker, Katie Fairclough and Suzie Miller will all be Player / Coaches.
Charlotte Cramp returns as team captain in the role that she filled so admirably last season and Rachael Pearce and Elizabeth Loss are Alternate Captains.
The Wild Women will, once again, be playing in WNIHL Division 2 North where they will take on opposition from: Hull, Sheffield, Whitley Bay, Edinburgh, Telford and Leeds.
Last year’s strugglers Grimsby withdrew from the league during the summer and a new 3-team Northern Cup competition has been introduced between Widnes, Telford and Sheffield to provide extra matches to make up the shortfall.
The Wild Women start their season with a trip to Hull and back this Sunday 29th September when they take on the Kingston Diamonds. They then have two more away fixtures before their first home game against Whitley Bay Beacons on Sunday 24th November at Planet Ice Widnes, 4.25pm face off.
The full Wild Women’s fixture list for the 2024/25 season is:
- 29th Sept: away @ Kingston
- 12th Oct: away @ Sheffield
- 27th Oct: away @ Whitley
- 24th Nov: home v Whitley
- 7th Dec: away @ Caledonia
- 15th Dec: home v Sheffield (Cup)
- 12th Jan: away @ Telford
- 26th Jan: home v Telford
- 2nd Feb: away @ Sheffield (Cup)
- 16th Feb: home v Telford (Cup)
- 9th Mar: home v Sheffield
- 16th Mar: home v Kingston
- 22nd Mar: away @ Leeds
- 13th April: home v Leeds
- 27th April: home v Caledonia
- 3rd May: away @ Telford (Cup)
