Today (Friday 5 April 2019) Kyra Jones, Celtic Dragons centre, has announced that she will be retiring from Superleague netball as of the end of the season. Jones has been a Celtic Dragons player since the 2009/10 season, spending her whole Superleague career with the Welsh franchise, with the exception of 2015 when she spent…
Celtic Dragons is pleased to announce the return of the successful ‘Celtic Clash’ fixture at Cardiff Metropolitan University for a second year. Cardiff Metropolitan University, already the official training home for Celtic Dragons, will be the venue for Celtic Dragons v Strathclyde Sirens on Saturday 13 April at 4pm. The game will take place in…
Celtic Dragons 62 London Pulse 51 It was a frantic and scrappy first quarter for both sides at the Sport Wales National Centre as Celtic Dragons took on London Pulse in Round 11. Dragons, looking to bag their first home win of 2019 were aiming to replicate their thumping 67-40 win at the Copperbox earlier…
Celtic Dragons 57 Loughborough Lightning 70 Celtic Dragons’ best hopes of a home victory so far in 2019 went up in flames by the third quarter as Loughborough Lightning proved the more accurate side in Round 9 of the Superleague. After home games against Mavericks, Wasps and Thunder, there was a sense of optimism that…
Surrey Storm: 46 Celtic Dragons: 48 Celtic Dragons hit the road once again for Round 8 of VNSL 2019 looking to re-gain momentum after a string of tough home matches as Tania Hoffman came up against her former franchise, Surrey Storm. It was a calamitous start for the hosts as centre pass after centre pass…
Strathclyde Sirens: 46 Celtic Dragons: 50 Celtic Dragons returned to winning ways on their away trip to Glasgow in what was a knife-edge encounter. Those in attendance were treated to a breathless display of physicality and flair with both teams firing themselves at every ball and where the winner would be decided on the fine…
Celtic Dragons: 44 Saracens Mavericks: 66 It was a classic game of two halves as Cardiff welcomed the Vitality Netball Superleague back for the first time in 2019 and Celtic Dragons took on newly-rebranded Saracens Mavericks. It was a poor start from Dragons whose first centre pass fell into the hands of the visitors and…
Celtic Dragons is pleased to announce that, for the first time ever, our fans will be able to get their hands on official Celtic Dragons teamwear, courtesy of our official kit suppliers, O’Neills. The shop, launched today (Monday 4 February) will allow fans to get their hands on the same activewear as their Dragons heroes,…
The trip up to the all-new English capital franchise, London Pulse was more than worthwhile for Celtic Dragons as the franchise recorded a first away victory in the Vitality Netball Superleague for many a moon. Past exploits of previous Dragons squads were of no concern to Tania Hoffman’s 2019 outfit as the players put on…
On Saturday 8 December, Celtic Dragons made their annual visit to Deeside Leisure Centre for their first public warm-up match against Manchester Thunder. In the morning, some of the Dragons payed a visit to the North East Junior League to see some of the North’s future talent play. Then, later in the day, Celtic Dragons…