Dragons take on the Dragons Egg Challenge

The end of  September saw a new challenge to the Dragons squad in the shape of an egg, a Dragons Egg to be precise. Having been approached by Paul Turner of BBC’s Dragons Den fame on Twitter, a challenge was thrown down to see if some of our squad members could face the heat of Alf Turner Butcher’s Ltd new product the Dragons Egg

Taking place in the ASDA store in Llandudno North Wales, the Dragons in their Gap Personnel sponsored, Raging Bull made kits, enjoyed the Scotch eggs with a bite. Some of the proceeds from sales goes towards the charity Help For Heroes a charity the North Wales Dragons have supported in the past.

Offering the product out to the customers who were streaming in and out of the store it was plain to see that Alf Turners legacy is in safe hands with Paul, his brother and investor Peter Jones.

We wish to thank ASDA, Paul and Peter Jones for allowing us to be a part of this promotion and hope you can take on a challenge from our football team in the future.

Until next time

Gaz – Co Founder – 5

The Dragons App

The team is forever looking for ways to get our name out into the world. We have joined the millions of people on social networks Twitter and Facebook and can now boast of having a social fan base of over 4000 people. We connect locally too with Co-Founder Chris Roberts visiting networking groups and even some times making his way on to radio to speak about upcoming events. The one part of the new age of technology we haven’t been able to corner is the App market. That is until now. 

Introducing the North Wales Dragons app available on both Android and Iphone. This is a great way for everyone to find out the latest news on the North Wales Dragons, check out our sponsors, look at our upcoming events and chat with players and fans of the team.

The app is completely free. To download, head to your App Store and search for TeamApp. Select and download, once your download is complete, open the app and search for North Wales Dragons. Once selected you will have access to our app at anytime.

Until next time
Gaz Roberts – Co-Founder – 5

Daily Post Wish campaign

We are very pleased to announce that we are one of the groups that have been selected for the Daily Post Wish Campaign. The Daily Post will be sharing £25,000 cash pot amongst groups of people on their wish list, none of these groups will miss out on a cash sum.

How does it work?

The Wish Campaign works simply by tokens. Four tokens will be printed in the Daily Post everyday from Tuesday October 2nd to Monday 19th November with possible bonus tokens also appearing in the paper. The tokens are to be cut out of the paper and placed into a booklet held by any one of our players. These booklets will then be sent to the Daily Post and counted, we will then be informed on who has what amount.

How you can help?

You can help us if you are in the Daily Post Wales area by collecting the tokens and posting them to the Dragons headquarters in Colwyn Bay

North Wales Dragons, 70 Oak Drive, Colwyn Bay, Conwy, LL29 7YS

What will the money go towards?

As you may know, the Dragons are a football team that raise funds and awareness for various charities each year. We will be putting the fund into the North Wales Dragons Project, which is aimed to get children and adults away from their tv sets and into sports while raising funds and awareness for causes close to their hearts.

When are the results announced?

Once we have collected all of the tokens, they will be counted and sent to the Daily Post. The results will then be revealed in a special supplement in the newspaper from Monday 21st January and through our website and various social media feeds.

Thanks for reading – Until next time
Gaz Roberts – Co-Founder – 5

Partner the Dragons 2013

After a successful campaign of raising funds and awareness during 2012, we are now looking forward to 2013 with similar optimism and excitement.

It would take up too much space to list the successes of this year; however, some of the highlights are that we managed to have our breast cancer awareness campaign re-tweeted to over 10.25 million followers on Twitter during the Olympic Games. Some of the celebrities who assisted us in this were Kylie Minogue, Gary Barlow, Gok Wan, Katie Price and Elizabeth Hurley.

We were assisted greatly by MOBO Awards who went the extra mile to help us.

We were thrilled to have Entrepreneur and TV Celebrity Michelle Mone join us as an Honorary Dragon in 2011, however, this year we are also pleased to welcome David Gold – Chairman of West Ham United, Jacqueline Gold – Chief Executive of Ann Summers, Vanessa Gold – Managing Director of Ann Summers and Claire Young – Apprentice 2008 finalist, all joining us as Honorary Dragons.

As a result of the successes of 2012, we are pleased to offer the following sponsorship packages to businesses and hope that you will join us on our continuing journey.

NORTH WALES DRAGONS 2013 PARTNERSHIP OPTIONS
To commence from January 1^st 2013

Package B – Tracksuit partner –  Cost £1,500.00
Logo on all tracksuits
Logo on front page of website
6 months promotion via Dragons high profile social media
Table of 6 people for the Dragons 2013 premier event
Full page write up in 2013 program
Commemorative sponsorship plaque
Advertising leaflets on all tables at Dragons 2013 premier event

Package E – Season Ball Sponsor – Cost £150.00
Name on website 
3 months promotion via Dragons high profile social media
Advert in 2013 program

All sponsorships will be placed on a first come first served basis.

If you would like to be a part of something really special in 2013, then please don’t hesitate to contact us where we will be pleased to discuss the above packages with you.

We can be contacted on any of the following email addresses:

chris@northwalesdragons.co.uk

info@northwalesdragons.co.uk

gaz@northwalesdragons.co.uk

Until next time
Gaz Roberts – Co-Founder – 5

Dragons and social media

The use of social media for any person, club or business is now a must, the chances are that you have arrived at this little blog of ours via one of our links. It is through websites such as Twitter and Facebook that the Dragons name continues to grow.

On the 28th of July the Dragons set about making one last rallying call to raise awareness about Breast Cancer ( Their chosen Charity for 2012 ) before the end of the Olympics on August 12th. Turning our Twitter page pink we encouraged many people to do the same in our #Olympink promotion, we thank everyone who did this. While this was ongoing, Co – Founder Chris Roberts set himself a task of trying to get retweets off celebrity and sports personalities to get the Dragons message across 10 million twitter users.

We are very proud to say that this task proved highly succesful and we can not thank these people enough. The celebrities and personalities who retweeted are

Carol Decker – Lead singer of T’pau

Claire Bella – Fashion designer

Claudine Keane – Model, columnist and wife of LA Galaxy star Robbie Keane

David Greene – 400m hurdles World, European, Continental and Commonwealth medal winner

Dan Walker – BBC Football Focus presenter and a sports journalist

Gabby Logan – TV sports presenter for the BBC is daughter of former Wales International player and Manager Terry Yorath

Gary Barlow OBE – Singer, song writer and producer

Gok Wan – Fashion consultant author and television personality

Jinkksy Jewellery – Former Olympic rhythmic gymnast Debbie Georgiou is now a highly sought after  jewellery designer

Justice Williams MBE – Editor in Chief of City and Style

Kanya King MBE – Founder and CEO of the MOBO Awards

Kathy Ireland – Model, actress, designer and entrepreneur

Katie Price aka Jordan – media personality, author, glamour model, singer and businesswoman

Katy Livingston – World cup, World and European medal winning pentathlete

Kelly Sotherton – Olympic, World and European heptathlete

Kylie Minogue OBE – Multi award-winning singer, song writer and actress

Kym Marsh – An actress and former singer

Lee Dixon – Former pro footballer now a tv presenter

Elizabeth Hurley – Model and actress

Louise Mensch – MP and author

Melanie Schlanger – Two time Olympian and World championship

Melody Hossaini – Star of hit show The Apprentice, CEO of a multi award winning social enterprise

Michelle Mone OBE – Dragons honorary member, entrepeneur, model and founder of Ultimo

MOBO Awards – Music Of Black Origin awards

Natasha Hamilton – Singer, songwriter, dancer and stage actress

Oscar De La Hoya – Multi World title and Olympic gold medalist boxer

Robbie Savage – Former professional footballer turned tv pundit

Amy Williams MBE – Olympic, World and European medalist in skeleton racing

Smurfie Syco – Executive producer signed to Dizzee Rascsals label

Sophie Habibis – Singer and songwriter

Tony Fernandes – CEO of AirAsia, Founder of Tune Group, Principal of Caterham F1 Team, Chairman of QPR  and Entrepreneur

William Regal – Professional Wrestler and entertainer for the WWE

If you would like to, you can follow the Dragons on Twitter and on Facebook by clicking the links below.

https://www.facebook.com/nwdragons

https://twitter.com/nwalesdragons

Until next time
Gaz Roberts – Co-Founder – 5