Dragons Bulletin - 17 January 2014
Although Dragons have now slipped to fourth in the EBL division 1 table after losing three of the last four games and now have a 8 – 4 record, Dragons are still close on the heels of Reading who only have two losses and Dragons have yet to play Reading away and Hemel [3 losses] at home. The Worthing Thunder game tomorrow is therefore a big test for Dragons to get the win and stay in touch with the league leaders and is the start of three consecutive home games which Dragons want to win to keep in the title race
DRAGONS FIRST TEAM NEEDS YOUR ACTIVE SUPPORT FOR THE FOLLOWING THREE CRUCIAL GAMES
Tomorrow Saturday 18/1/14, tip off 6.15pm, Dragons v Worthing Thunder. They beat us earlier in the season in the National Trophy away 71 – 76 so we are looking for a big win and need all the support we can get on Saturday in the Dragons Den in the sports hall, Bradford College, Trinity Road, Bradford BD5 0JE
Sunday 26/1/14, tip off 2.15pm, Dragons v Medway Park Crusaders – this game is subject to the appeal by Crusaders to EB to remain in the league so check game is on
Saturday 1/2/14, tip off 6.15pm,.Dragons v Leeds Carnegie the big local derby game, you don’t want to miss this one
All games in the Dragons Den in the sports hall, Bradford College, Trinity Road, Bradford BD5 0JE
Admission is £5 for adults, £2.50 for under 18s, students, concessions etc and £10 for a family ticket [2 adults + 2 children].
Note, both games are FREE for Dragons club members and Directors/Trustees
For more details on the Bradford Dragons go to www.bradforddragons.co.uk or visit Bradford Dragons for the Community on Facebook
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We are delighted to announce we have engaged the Naked Marketing Company to promote sponsorship and publicity for Dragons and all our activities. The NM Company is based in Bradford and the Managing Director of the Company – Philip Gwynne - wants to speak to any member or supporter of Dragons about possible sponsorship suggestions. Do you know any company or businesses looking to discharge their social responsibility by sponsoring a sports club? We can offer all sorts of sponsorship packages which will give the businesses valuable publicity and help us as we expand the number of people involved with the sport of basketball. Contact Stuart if you have any ideas on who to approach for sponsorship or if you have a contact willing to sponsor/support us in any way. We need positive leads, names and phone numbers to Stuart and we will follow them up to try to get a sponsorship package signed. The website now has a sponsorship brochure as a downloadable link on it http://www.bradforddragons.co.uk/wp/sponsorship/
Deb & Jacqui from Dragons juniors have come up with an initiative to raise funds for your Bradford Dragons.
RAG-BAG SPORTS FUNDRAISING - a textile recycling scheme which collects unwanted textiles and pays by the kilogram. We have the collection bags - our idea is to distribute these throughout the club with an information sheet. The bags will be kept at the individual's house until 'multi-collection day' whereby the individual will have the option to bring the full bag(s) to said location or I will come to you to collect. This will be 'rolled out' shortly but in the meantime please start checking your wardrobe etc for unwanted items (time for a makeover!)
We have just received another cheque from easy fundraising.co. for £30+, not a lot but if everyone does their internet shopping though the easy fundraising portal and nominates Dragons as their worthy cause, we will make money easily for the club
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Bradford Eurocamp takes place between Monday 04/08/14 and Friday 08/08/14 based at Bradford College, visit www.bradfordeurocamp.co.uk for more information and contact info@bradforddragons.co.uk to order a free colour brochure. Now 58 of the 150 places on the camp are booked with a deposit and we know 15 more deposits are on their way. This is unprecedented demand this early for the camp. Secure your camp place now with a £70 deposit. Camp costs £200 for a non-residential place including 5 lunches and a reversible numbered kit to keep
Anyone got a whole camp or individual shots, tapes of Bradford Eurocamp 2011?
We are trying to update and create a library of images from the ten previous Eurocamps since 2004 and we seem to have lost/deleted all the useable images for the 2011 camp. Can you email any images of the 2011 camp to Stuart at info@bradforddragons.co.ukif you have any. We particularly need a group all campers image as the one we have is poor
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Recruiting for Dragons
As ever we need more volunteer coaches at all levels but we urgently need some assistant coaches for the junior programme to help the coaching team. This is an ideal setting for anyone wanting to learn the coaching trade from the best. Please let Coach Tamas know on tamasokros@yahoo.co.uk if you are interested or phone him 0794 466 2140
CALLING ALL BUDDING BASKETBALL PLAYERS! Wharfedale Dragons sessions are held on Mondays [starting back 6/1/14], 4.30- 6pm, small gym, St Mary's. Cost £4, drop in session, pay on door. (Term-time only). Mixed age (years 1-7), beginners welcome. Any queries please contact Cathy Hemsley ( 01943 877145) or cathyhemsley@btinternet.com
We are looking for a new Dragons U18 junior men coach and a new women’s coach for next season who can start laying the foundations now to restart both teams. Both posts are voluntary but we can pay reasonable expenses. Discuss with Stuart [women’s coach] or Tamas Okros [U18’s] if you want to know more
Next Bradford U12 CVL [central venue league] will be held on Saturday 8/2/14 from 2 – 5pm at Buttershaw College, BD6 3PX. Cost £4 per player. Enter your team now, helpers to referee/table needed
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Are you on Twitter? If yes then follow @DragonsBradford for news of the Dragons. We have 422 followers to date and we want to double that number
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We have two tickets for the 2014 National Cup Finals at the University of Worcester arena on Sunday 26/1/14
1.00pm women’s final Cardiff Archers v Team Northumbria
3.30pm men’s final Reading Rockets v NASSA
Available for a suitable donation to Club funds, get in touch with Stuart
DRAGONS FIRST TEAM NEEDS YOUR ACTIVE SUPPORT FOR THE FOLLOWING THREE CRUCIAL GAMES
Tomorrow Saturday 18/1/14, tip off 6.15pm, Dragons v Worthing Thunder. They beat us earlier in the season in the National Trophy away 71 – 76 so we are looking for a big win and need all the support we can get on Saturday in the Dragons Den in the sports hall, Bradford College, Trinity Road, Bradford BD5 0JE
Sunday 26/1/14, tip off 2.15pm, Dragons v Medway Park Crusaders – this game is subject to the appeal by Crusaders to EB to remain in the league so check game is on
Saturday 1/2/14, tip off 6.15pm,.Dragons v Leeds Carnegie the big local derby game, you don’t want to miss this one
All games in the Dragons Den in the sports hall, Bradford College, Trinity Road, Bradford BD5 0JE
Admission is £5 for adults, £2.50 for under 18s, students, concessions etc and £10 for a family ticket [2 adults + 2 children].
Note, both games are FREE for Dragons club members and Directors/Trustees
For more details on the Bradford Dragons go to www.bradforddragons.co.uk or visit Bradford Dragons for the Community on Facebook
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We are delighted to announce we have engaged the Naked Marketing Company to promote sponsorship and publicity for Dragons and all our activities. The NM Company is based in Bradford and the Managing Director of the Company – Philip Gwynne - wants to speak to any member or supporter of Dragons about possible sponsorship suggestions. Do you know any company or businesses looking to discharge their social responsibility by sponsoring a sports club? We can offer all sorts of sponsorship packages which will give the businesses valuable publicity and help us as we expand the number of people involved with the sport of basketball. Contact Stuart if you have any ideas on who to approach for sponsorship or if you have a contact willing to sponsor/support us in any way. We need positive leads, names and phone numbers to Stuart and we will follow them up to try to get a sponsorship package signed. The website now has a sponsorship brochure as a downloadable link on it http://www.bradforddragons.co.uk/wp/sponsorship/
Deb & Jacqui from Dragons juniors have come up with an initiative to raise funds for your Bradford Dragons.
RAG-BAG SPORTS FUNDRAISING - a textile recycling scheme which collects unwanted textiles and pays by the kilogram. We have the collection bags - our idea is to distribute these throughout the club with an information sheet. The bags will be kept at the individual's house until 'multi-collection day' whereby the individual will have the option to bring the full bag(s) to said location or I will come to you to collect. This will be 'rolled out' shortly but in the meantime please start checking your wardrobe etc for unwanted items (time for a makeover!)
- clothes
- shoes (tie together)
- bed linen
We have just received another cheque from easy fundraising.co. for £30+, not a lot but if everyone does their internet shopping though the easy fundraising portal and nominates Dragons as their worthy cause, we will make money easily for the club
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Bradford Eurocamp takes place between Monday 04/08/14 and Friday 08/08/14 based at Bradford College, visit www.bradfordeurocamp.co.uk for more information and contact info@bradforddragons.co.uk to order a free colour brochure. Now 58 of the 150 places on the camp are booked with a deposit and we know 15 more deposits are on their way. This is unprecedented demand this early for the camp. Secure your camp place now with a £70 deposit. Camp costs £200 for a non-residential place including 5 lunches and a reversible numbered kit to keep
Anyone got a whole camp or individual shots, tapes of Bradford Eurocamp 2011?
We are trying to update and create a library of images from the ten previous Eurocamps since 2004 and we seem to have lost/deleted all the useable images for the 2011 camp. Can you email any images of the 2011 camp to Stuart at info@bradforddragons.co.ukif you have any. We particularly need a group all campers image as the one we have is poor
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Recruiting for Dragons
As ever we need more volunteer coaches at all levels but we urgently need some assistant coaches for the junior programme to help the coaching team. This is an ideal setting for anyone wanting to learn the coaching trade from the best. Please let Coach Tamas know on tamasokros@yahoo.co.uk if you are interested or phone him 0794 466 2140
CALLING ALL BUDDING BASKETBALL PLAYERS! Wharfedale Dragons sessions are held on Mondays [starting back 6/1/14], 4.30- 6pm, small gym, St Mary's. Cost £4, drop in session, pay on door. (Term-time only). Mixed age (years 1-7), beginners welcome. Any queries please contact Cathy Hemsley ( 01943 877145) or cathyhemsley@btinternet.com
We are looking for a new Dragons U18 junior men coach and a new women’s coach for next season who can start laying the foundations now to restart both teams. Both posts are voluntary but we can pay reasonable expenses. Discuss with Stuart [women’s coach] or Tamas Okros [U18’s] if you want to know more
Next Bradford U12 CVL [central venue league] will be held on Saturday 8/2/14 from 2 – 5pm at Buttershaw College, BD6 3PX. Cost £4 per player. Enter your team now, helpers to referee/table needed
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Are you on Twitter? If yes then follow @DragonsBradford for news of the Dragons. We have 422 followers to date and we want to double that number
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We have two tickets for the 2014 National Cup Finals at the University of Worcester arena on Sunday 26/1/14
1.00pm women’s final Cardiff Archers v Team Northumbria
3.30pm men’s final Reading Rockets v NASSA
Available for a suitable donation to Club funds, get in touch with Stuart
