Celtic Dragons And Green Army Fans Ready For Home Double-Header

Celtic Dragons and their Green Army fans join forces for a Vitality Netball Superleague double header over the Bank Holiday weekend.

Cardiff-based Welsh club Dragons have back-to-back home fixtures against Manchester Thunder on Saturday and Hertfordshire Mavericks two days later.

Thunder are on course for a top four finish.

The two matches are at the Sport Wales National Centre, Cardiff and Dragons are fired up for a big push to climb the table.

Dragons are bottom of the table with one victory, but still have five home fixtures to play plus two away matches.

Head coach Trish Wilcox has prepared her team for a huge weekend WD Stacey Peeters, C Kyra Jones, WA Bethan Dyke and shooter Kalifa McCollin among their key players.

Overall, this is a bumper Bank Holiday Superleague weekend which sees all teams face double-headers as the race for a spot in the final four play-off spots reach a crucial stage.

Leaders Loughborough Lightning could be the first team to clinch their place at the finals weekend in Manchester.

They will have their work cut out as they welcome an in-form Wasps Netball team in a top of the table clash on Saturday before travelling to Scottish team Sirens on Monday.

There is also an outside chance that Wasps could book their spot in the final four this weekend, but they would need to overcome Lightning, defeat Severn Stars and hope Team Bath slip up to guarantee a place.

Team Northumbria play two tricky games against Sirens and Thunder over the weekend and anything but two wins will more than likely end their faint 2017 title hopes.

A lot of focus is now switching to the fourth and final qualification spot.

Surrey Storm are currently in that position, but they face two opponents snapping at their heels in Rounds 12 and 13.

The first clash is against Hertfordshire live on Sky Sports this Saturday, while Storm welcome fifth-placed Team Bath to Guildford on Monday.

Two other sides who are hoping for a late season run into the top four are Sirens and Severn Stars.

Sirens have the advantage of two home fixtures this weekend and will be hoping to make full use of this when they take on Northumbria and Lightning.

It will be a trickier double-header for Stars as they face travelling to Bath on Friday night before playing Wasps away live on Sky Sports on Monday evening.

Vitality Superleague Netball 

Celtic Dragons remaining home fixtures – all at Sport Wales National Centre, Cardiff

April

Saturday 29 v Manchester Thunder (4pm)

May

Monday 1 v Hertfordshire Mavericks (4pm)

Monday 15 v Surrey Storm (7pm)

Saturday 27 v Wasps (4pm)

June

Saturday 3 v Team Northumbria (2pm)

Tickets for all Dragons home games can be found at celticdragonsnetball.com

Vitality Netball Superleague fixtures this weekend: 

Friday, April 28: Team Bath v Severn Stars (7.45pm).

Saturday, April 29: Sirens v Team Northumbria (2pm), Celtic Dragons v Manchester Thunder (4pm), Hertfordshire Mavericks v Surrey Storm (6pm), Loughborough Lightning v Wasps (7pm).

Monday, May 1: Surrey Storm v Team Bath (3pm), Celtic Dragons v Hertfordshire Mavericks (4pm), Wasps v Severn Stars (6pm), Manchester Thunder v Team Northumbria (7.30pm), Sirens v Loughborough Lightning (7.45pm).