DRAGONS SHOW INTENT WITH SUPER SIGNINGS
Starting the season with a bang! Read more about the import players who finish the Celtic Dragons line up for 2013 here

22nd January 2013
JENNA MURIE ARRIVES TO FINISH DRAGONS LINE UP
New Zealand player Jenna Murie arrives on the weekend to take her place in the defending line up for the Celtic Dragons. Read more here.

8th January 2013
BBC SPORT REPORT ON DRAGONS FASTNET CAMPAIGN
Read the BBC's report here

7th January 2013
SILVER FERN LIANA LEOTA GIVES DRAGONS TOP TIPS
The Dragons mid court were inspired at the Fast Net weekend as Coach Melissa Hyndman arranged for Ex Anz player and Silver Fern Liana Leota to train them ahead of their matches. Read what she had to say about this years' Dragons squad here.

DRAGONS FINISH 5TH AT FAST NET GRAND PRIX
After some tough fought matches, the Celtic Dragons made it through to the play offs where they faced Surrey Storm for a semi final place in this weekends Cathedral City Lighter Fast Net Grand Prix. Read more about the matches here.

6th December 2012
BBC Sport Wales write up on the Dragons 2013 squad. Read it here.

5th December 2012
CELTIC DRAGONS SQUAD ANNOUNCED
The 2013 Netball Superleague squad was made official yesterday and there are plenty of new faces in the team. Notably four of the new recruits are Wales U21 players. Read more here.

10 August 2012
Celtic Dragons Trials will take place at the Sport Wales National Centre, Sophia Gardens, Cardiff on Sunday 18 November 2012, starting with registration at 9 am.

Applicants must have FNSL/ANZ or International (U21 or above) experience. Experience in other areas will be considered, as will NTL representation.

To apply, download an Application and Profile below.

Application form
Player Profile

Send your completed forms to:
Welsh Netball
c/o Sport Wales National Centre
Sophia Gardens
Cardiff
CF11 9SW

Together with an application fee of £10 (cheques payable to Welsh Netball.)

Deadline for receipt of applications - noon, Monday 12 November

11 January 2012
The Celtic Dragons now have their own dedicated website - click on the Celtic Dragons logo across the page to find out more.

5 January 2012
The Celtic Dragons take on Team Bath in their first home fixture of the 2012 Fiat Netball Superleague on Friday 20 January at the Sport Wales National Centre, Sophia Gardens, Cardiff.

Doors open at 4.30 when there will be an U13 tournament involving local teams, followed by the Junior Dragons vs Team Bath NTL (match starts at 6 pm). The FNSL match will start at 8 pm.

Tickets now available here

15 December 2011
The Celtic Dragons are pleased to have the opportunity to take part in a Fastnet Grand Prix to be held on Sunday 8 January. Read more

16 September 2011
Celtic Dragons trials will be held on Saturday 1 October 2011 at the Sport Wales National Centre.

If you think you've got what it takes to be a member of the team and would like to be considered for a trial, please email melissahyndman@welshnetball.com

In order to be considered for a trial, It is important your fitness matches the following criteria:

Kyra Jones

10 August 2011
The Celtic Dragons have been confirmed as one of the eight successful franchises in the 2012 Fiat Netball Superleague. England Netball had decided to reduce the number of competing teams from nine to eight, asking all franchises to submit a bid. There was one additional bid from a franchise in the West Midlands, meaning 10 bids for eight places.

Chief Executive, Mike Fatkin said " We're naturally delighted. It's been a long and sometimes tortuous process, waiting for the outcome, but we can now focus on the coming season and start to put in place all of our provisional plans.

We sympathise with the two unsuccessful franchises. This is an important competition and as soon as the announcement to reduce the number of teams was made, we knew that someone was going to be extremely disappointed.

Melissa and the team made significant progress last season and we always felt we had a strong case as a result. We can now seek to build on that success. Our goal is to make the top four within the next four years and we'll be working as hard as possible to achieve that"

Read the England Netball Press Release

The Fiat Netball Superleague is the most prestigious netball competition in the UK, with teams featuring international players from the UK and worldwide!

The Celtic Dragons, the only team from Wales, is one of 8 franchise teams participating in the Netball Superleague having just taken part in a Franchise review which resulted in the number of teams being reduced from 9 to 8.

For the current league postions and results please click here.

The other 7 regionally based teams are:
Yorkshire Jets (Yorkshire and Humberside);
Northern Thunder (North West);
Surrey Storm (London and the South East);
Team Bath (South West);
Mavericks (East);
Loughborough Lightning (North Midlands)
Team Northumbria (North East).

Two additional teams make up the NTL, from West Midlands and Team South.

The Sky Sports coverage continues to heighten the awareness of netball as an exciting competitive team sport. During this season, Sky Sports will continue to broadcast weekly at prime time on Thursday evenings, right through to the Grand Final in May 2012.

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