Save Our South Dragons

The Save Our Dragons Co-Ordinators have organised a Save Our Dragons event, to help raise the profile of the campaign. It is open to everyone, and we endeavour to get plenty of Dragons fans to dress up in their Dragons gear and to attend the Melbourne Tigers home game on the 20th Of January 2010.

Cost of tickets will not be paid for by the campaign, you must do that yourselves, however we will pay for it together, so we can get group ticketing, meaning cheaper tickets and u...

``It isn't all doom and gloom -- year one is a time for consolidation before we see the return of Sydney and Brisbane along with a second club back in Melbourne. It has been shown in the past Melbourne can sustain a second team.'' – Larry Sengstock, The Australian, 29 August 2009.

"We have to have Brisbane and Sydney, and we believe there is also an opportunity in Melbourne for a second team as well." - Larry Sengstock, Sydney Morning Herald, 14 October 2009

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At the Save Our Dragons campaign we recognise that Saving Our South Dragons will require a team effort from the whole community, and that many South Dragons supporters have numerous talents that can be utilised which is why have already recruited some volunteers with various expertise. Yet, there are never too many.

So we have an open door policy, meaning if anyone wants to jump on board to spread the word,and have qualities or expertises that you feel could come ...

A BERWICK18-year-old has launched a bold bid to resurrect the South DragonsBasketball Club from the sporting abyss. The Dragons dropped out of theNational Basketball League earlier this year – after winning lastseason’s championship against the Melbourne Tigers. The move leftplayers and staff without a job and fans without a team to support. Butdiehard fan Hayden Ostrom Brown is taking it on himself to save theDragons and has started an aptly-named Save the Dragons campaign.

The Save Our Dragons campaign will be hitting the radio airwaves tomorrow night when group founder Hayden Ostrom Brown joins In the Paint host, Brett Phillips, on 1116 SEN.

Hayden will be live on the show between 8.30pm and 9pm, spreading the word about returning the South Dragons to the National Basketball League.

In the Paint is a new 2-hour program devoted entirely to hoops, and can be heard every Sunday night from 7pm on 1116am in Melbourne, or ...

The Save Our Dragons movement would like to announce thatMarkWorthington has agreed to become an abassador for the Save OurSouthDragons movement. We would greatly like to thank Mark Worthingtonforhis amazing support, and pass on our best wishes for him forthe2009-2010 NBL season. Mark Worthington also joins Donta Smith andPete(the voice of the Dragons) who are both members of the facebookgroup!