Bethan Dyke

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Bethan Dyke
Personal information
Born (1994-12-25) 25 December 1994 (age 30)
Bridgend, Wales [1]
Height 1.64 m (5 ft 5 in) [2]
School Brynteg School
University Cardiff Metropolitan University
Netball career
Playing position(s): WA, C
YearsClub team(s)Apps
20xx–20xx Pen-y-bont Dragons
20xx–20xx Cowbridge
2013–2019 Celtic Dragons
2017Celtic Flames
2020–2022 Severn Stars 30
2023–2024 Team Bath
2025– Cardiff Dragons
YearsNational team(s)Caps
2014– Wales 77+

Bethan Dyke (born 25 December 1994) is a Wales netball international. She represented Wales at the 2014, 2018 and 2022 Commonwealth Games and at the 2015 and 2023 Netball World Cups. Since 2023, she has served as Wales' captain. In the Netball Super League, she has also played for Celtic Dragons, Severn Stars, Team Bath and Cardiff Dragons.

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Early life and education

Dyke is originally from Bridgend. She attended Brynteg School [1] [3] [4] and Cardiff Metropolitan University, where she trained to be a teacher. [4] [5] [6] [7]

Playing career

Early years

In her youth, Dyke played for Pen-y-bont Dragons and Cowbridge Netball Club. [3] [8] [9] [10] [11]

Celtic Dragons

Between 2013 and 2019, Dyke played for Celtic Dragons in the Netball Super League. [11] [12] She was a member of the Dragons team that finished as runners up in 2013, losing 62–56 to Team Bath in the grand final. [13] [14] She also played for Dragons when they played as Celtic Flames in the 2017 Netball New Zealand Super Club. [2] [15] In April 2018, while playing for Wales at the Commonwealth Games, she suffered an ACL injury. On 25 February 2019, she made her return in a 2019 Round 7 match for Dragons against Manchester Thunder. [16] [17]

Severn Stars

In September 2019, together with Nia Jones and Georgia Rowe, she was one of three Wales netball internationals to sign for Stars. [12] Between 2020 and 2022, Dyke made 30 Netball Super League appearances for Severn Stars. [18] On April 4 2021, while playing for Stars in a 2021 Round 9 match against Celtic Dragons, she suffered another ACL injury. [19] [20] [21]

Team Bath

Dyke played for Team Bath during the 2023 and 2024 seasons. She captained Team Bath for the 2024 season. [11] [22] [23] [24]

Cardiff Dragons

Ahead of the 2025 Netball Superleague season, Dyke signed for Cardiff Dragons. [11] [25]

Wales

On 30 May 2014, Dyke made her senior debut for Wales against the Republic of Ireland at the 2014 Netball Europe Open Championships. She subsequently represented Wales at the 2014, 2018 and 2022 Commonwealth Games and at the 2015 and 2023 Netball World Cups. [10] [26] On 7 April 2018, while playing for Wales against Scotland at the 2018 Commonwealth Games, she suffered an ACL injury. [4] [16] [17] [27] On 31 July 2022, at the 2022 Commonwealth Games, Dyke made her 50th senior appearance for Wales in a match against Scotland. [27] In December 2023, together with Nia Jones, she was named as Wales' co-captain for a series against Uganda. [28] [29] In November 2024, Dyke captained Wales as they won the 2024 Celtic Cup. [30] During the same tournament, on 8 November 2024, Dyke made her 75th senior appearance for Wales in a match against Northern Ireland. [10] [26] [31]

TournamentsPlace
2014 Netball Europe Open Championships [32] [33] 1st
2014 Commonwealth Games [1] [8] [34] [35] 8th
2015 Netball Europe Open Championships [36] 3rd
2015 Netball World Cup [8] [37] [38] 7th
2016 Netball Europe Open Championships [39] 2nd
2017 Netball Europe Open Championships [40] 4th
2019 Netball World Cup Regional Qualifier – Europe [41] [42] 3rd
2018 Commonwealth Games [8] [16] [43] [44] [45] 11th
2019 Netball Europe Open Championships [46] 2th
2022 Commonwealth Games [7] [27] 8th
2023 Netball World Cup Regional Qualifier – Europe [47] [48] 1st
2023 Netball World Cup [49] [50] 9th
2024 Celtic Cup [30] [31] 1st

Source: [10]

Honours

Wales
Celtic Dragons

References

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