Celtic Dragons


Celtic Dragons are a Welsh netball team based in Cardiff. Their senior team plays in the Netball Superleague. In 2005–06 they were founder members of the league. Their best performance in the Superleague came in 2013 when they finished as runners up to Team Bath. Playing as Celtic Flames, Dragons also played in the 2017 Netball New Zealand Super Club. Celtic Dragons main partners include the Welsh Netball Association, the Wales national netball team and Cardiff Metropolitan University.

History

Netball Superleague

Celtic Dragons were formed in 2005 and were named as the Wales franchise in the new Netball Superleague. Together with Brunel Hurricanes, Galleria Mavericks, Leeds Carnegie, Loughborough Lightning, Northern Thunder, Team Bath and Team Northumbria, Dragons were founder members of the league. Their best performance in the Superleague came in 2013 when they finished as runners up to Team Bath.

Celtic Flames

Playing as Celtic Flames, Celtic Dragons played in the 2017 Netball New Zealand Super Club. They finished in fifth place, ahead of all other invited international teams outside Australia and New Zealand. The Celtic Flames squad featured past and present Dragons players, including Chelsea Lewis and Nia Jones, and two guest players, Anna Thompson and Temalisi Fakahokotau of Mainland Tactix. Both were also New Zealand internationals.
;Pool B
;Play-offs
;5th/6th place match

Wales

Celtic Dragons work in partnership with both the Welsh Netball Association and the Wales national netball team. Melissa Hyndman, Trish Wilcox and Julie Hoornweg all served as joint head coach of both Dragons and Wales. At the 2018 Commonwealth Games eleven of the squad were Dragons players and the twelfth, Chelsea Lewis was a former player.

Senior finals

Netball Superleague Grand Finals

Home venue

Dragons play the majority of their home Netball Superleague games at Sport Wales National Centre in Sophia Gardens. They also train and play some home games at Cardiff Metropolitan University. They have also occasionally played home games at Wrexham Glyndŵr University and at Cwmbran Stadium.

Notable players

2020 Squad

Internationals

Honours