Cardiff Dragons (netball)
Introduction '''Cardiff 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. Cardiff Dragons main partners include the Welsh Netball Association, the Wales national netball team and Cardiff Metropolitan University. The team changed its name from '''Celtic Dragons''' to Cardiff Dragons on 31 August 2023 in preparation for the 2024 season
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. 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. Flames finished in fifth place, ahead of all other invited international teams outside Australia and New Zealand.===Wales===Cardiff 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=== Season Winners  Score Runners Up  Venue2013Team Bath62–56'''Celtic Dragons'''University of Worcester Arena
Home venue Dragons' current home venue is the Cardiff City House of Sport, located adjacent to the Cardiff City Stadium, having moved to the 1100-seat venue in 2022.Until 2022 Dragons played 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 ===2024 squad======Internationals===;* Nia Jones* Chelsea Lewis* Nicola Lewis;* Lindsay Keable;* Adi Bolakoro* Episake Kahatoka* Afa Rusivakula;* Rebekah Robinson
Head coaches  Coach  Years Jess Garland2006–2007 Melissa Hyndman 2010–2014 Trish Wilcox 2014–2018 Julie Hoornweg 2018 Tania Hoffman 2018–
Honours *'''Netball Superleague'''**''Runners Up'': 2013: '''1'''
References
External links *  Celtic Dragons on Facebook*   Celtic Dragons on Twitter