WORCESTER Wolves director of basketball Mick Donovan has paid tribute to the University of Worcester facilities team who have worked tirelessly to repair electrical problems that were threatening to ruin his side's preparations for Sunday's massive National Trophy final showdown with Sheffield Arrows.

The power cable that supplies the retractable electronic baskets in the university's sports hall snapped this week, which meant the players could only use half of the court to train.

The international company which supplied the electronic baskets has only one UK-based call-out team and they could not get to Worcester before today to repair the fault, so the University's facilities team hired a crane to carry out the work themselves.

Not only can Wolves now prepare as normal for the biggest game in their history, but the club also avoids a massive fine from the league which they would have incurred by the cancellation of tomorrow's home English League Division One game with Nottingham Knights.

Donovan said: "If we'd had to cancel Saturday's game it would have cost us about £2,000 -- that is a league fine of about £1,000 for not fulfilling the fixture, plus we would have had to pay expenses for Nottingham and the officials.

"The crane we had to hire to carry out the work cost about £500, but to be able to train normally and fulfil the game on Saturday is priceless.

"If we had to go into the National Trophy final having only had half a court to train on all week, it would have been a major disadvantage.

"We are grateful to everyone who has helped get the work done, especially the university's facilities team."