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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:
Test |
Playing Position |
Criteria required |
Yo-Yo |
GK/GS |
16.5 |
GA/GD |
17.5 |
WA/WD/C |
18.5 |
Bleep |
GK/GS |
11 |
GA/GD |
11.6 |
WA/WD/C |
12 |
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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