Here you’ll find all the latest updates from Dundee Dragons Wheelchair Sports Club
Volunteer recruitment event
On Thursday, we attended the Dundee Volunteer and Voluntary Action (DVVA) annual volunteer recruitment and celebration event.
It was a fantastic day, and we attracted lots of attention from potential volunteers as well as other local organisations who stopped by to chat with us and see what the club is all about! We are incredibly excited to expand and enhance support for this volunteer-led club.
GMac’s Cycling Diary: Dundee Stroke Exercise Club
15 Years Young . . .
Today I had the privilege to join the DSEC family to celebrate 15 years of supporting Stroke Survivors become active during their ongoing rehabilitation 🩷.
I was there representing the Dundee Dragons Wheelchair Sports Club as we have found our Adaptive Cycling is a positive force in helping Stroke Survivors continue their rehabilitation. I would go as far as say we have a shared goal in supporting people to become more active and in so doing be better placed to meet the challenges their disability can bring to them on a daily basis.
Huge congratulations to Margaret and her great team of volunteers and instructors who work tirelessly to support their members.
Needless to say the Adaptive bikes were a huge success and we look forward to welcoming new members to our Dragons Family 💙💙.
GMac’s Cycling Diary
We started our week at Triple locations on Saturday with our usual sessions at Dawson Park and myself and Kevin attended the official launch of Pedal Together Angus at Monikie Country Park. It was great to see the park busy and the bikes were being enjoyed by the riders.
It’s always a nervous time whenever a new activity launches, both Laura and Stefan from Angus Alive didn’t show any signs, and as the people arrived the bikes began to roll. The bikes looked great and the riders enjoyed exploring the country park.
Next I was off to Royal Victoria Hospital and Ward 4s Family Day where I was joined by Janice Rae our Dragon of the Year 2026. Janice is a stroke survivor and she came along to talk about her Stroke journey through being in hospital to how she has learned to grasp each day as it comes and rise to each challenge as it presents itself 🩷.
As we moved onwards into the week ahead all eyes were on the weather. The mini heatwave we had experienced appeared to be over 🥺.
How wrong can we be, yes it did rain, early in the morning, but come Adaptive Cycle time we were basking in sunshine. Dundee had a visitor berthed from the Danish Navy the HDMS Esbern Snare. The Dragons were setting off to say ” Hej” Hello. But the ongoing works at the road bridge sadly barred our way. But never mind we managed a wave 🤪.
We were still all eyes on the weather come Thursday. Did we need to worry, not at all, we found ourselves like we were on the French Riviera. It was a beautiful day down at Castle Green and we had 2 glorious rides along the cycle way towards Monifieth.
Such a great week, seeing new projects begin and our Adaptive Cycling fortunes with the weather continue 👍.
GMac’s Cycling Diary
Another busy week for our Dragon Riders, with our Dawson Park sessions being followed up by some nice wheelchair Badminton coaching at Menzieshill Community Centre. Showing just how our club provides participants with good quality coaching.
Our Waterfront sessions were back and our rides were enjoyable along the waterfront in some amazing weather. One of our Riders stepped up to try a different Trike. Ann was out of her comfort zone for sure but by taking things nice and easy she soon began to feel her confidence build 🩷.
If it’s Thursday it must be Castle Green, and this day we were pleased to host a visit to the Dragons from Michelle, All Ability Co-ordinator at Kinross-shire Trishaws and Community Cycling. Michelle had a fantastic time riding out with our Dragons along the new cycle route to Monifieth. We look forward to visiting KTACC very soon.
As I write this, we are at the end of a very busy Saturday. We have had our regular Dawson Sessions, plus Kevin and myself were present at the Angus Alive community cycling project launch of “Pedal Together”. Where we met with Laura Smith OBE. It was fantastic to see the bikes at Monikie Country Park. Especially knowing that they have been able to replicate this at Forfar Loch and Montrose. Then it was off to Royal Victoria Hospital for me to join Ward 4s Family Fun Day. I had 2 of our Adaptive bikes along, promoting ways to get active following a stroke. The event was made complete when Dragon Rider Janice spoke to a very attentive audience, focussing on Janice’s journey through her stroke. She had created a way to portray her journey using the letters S T R O K E to describe different aspects of her journey. Amazing Janice 🩷.
Busy Weekend Across Dundee Dragons Sessions
This past weekend was a busy one for Dragons.
Alongside cycling at Dawson Park, we held our weekly session at Change Centre, as well as a long-awaited badminton coaching session at Menzieshill Community Hub.
At Dundee Dragons, our sessions are adapted to participants, not the other way around.
The Change Centre session hosted an inclusive basketball session, celebrating Callum’s recent graduation.
The session was also joined by a cameraman capturing footage ahead of the Dundee Get Together event on 13th June from 3–6pm in the City Square.
Badminton coaching at Menzieshill was a huge success for everyone involved. Alongside the die-hard badminton players were some of our more familiar cycling members, keen to give it a try for the fun of it.
If you think you can’t participate, come along anyway, you might surprise yourself.
Off-road Adaptive Cycling
Here is a great opportunity to take Adaptive Cycling to the next level.
11th July at North Inch Community hub, sign up to a free session of Off-road Adaptive Cycling. Check out the link for more details. . . 👍
https://www.facebook.com/share/p/17tpRpo9Js/
G Mac’s Cycling Diary
It’s been a mixed bag this week for our Dragon Riders, with our Saturday Riders enjoy our park sessions and those with energy left joined our Activities Co-ordinator, Jon for some Wheelchair tennis at the Dawson Park Courts, handily placed next to our Cycling Hub 😀.
Unfortunately the weather conspired against us on Tuesday with wind and rain forcing us to take the decision to cancel.
Thursday down at Castle Green made up for missing out on Tuesday, weather was behaving for us and we enjoyed a first ride out to the beach Sauna at Monifieth along the cycle path. Conditions were warm and with only the merest hint of a breeze. Oh JOY. This is what we look forward to in the months to come. 2nd ride found us meander our way from Castle Green to the Royal Tay Yacht Club. By the time we arrived, the river Tay was beautifully calm, it was like a mirror🩷 and it was warm. We hope this is a sign of times to come.
Quick quiz, find the picture of Ride leader Alex taking a photo. What has she spotted ? Answer An announcement : Dundee’s Get Together on Saturday June 13th. A celebration of community organisations that make a huge difference. The Dundee Dragons Wheelchair Sports Club will be taking part, showcasing sports at City Square and our Dragon Riders will be in the parade of community organisations
GMac’s cycling diary
What a week this has been, with our Dragons in 2 locations at one time on Saturday, followed by our usual midweek sessions seeing our Dragons cycling through rain and sunshine within each session.
Saturday along with our usual Dawson Park Dragons sessions, myself and Kevin took Dragons Adaptive Cycling to the Fife Family Fun Day at Beath High School. Lots of interest and parents loved hearing about who we are and what we do, of course the kids on the bikes, just loved the bikes. The older ones especially enjoyed the hand bikes and learning about who hand bikes benefitted. A long day but very worthwhile. It was great to work alongside Mark Conlan and the Carnegie Cyclones too.
Tuesday and we return to our sessions at the Waterfront by the Forks Cafe and the V&A. Glorious sunshine and heavy rain and incase we weren’t wet enough a wee run through the Fountains as always finished the sessions perfectly.
Thursday sees us return to Castle Green and probably some of the darkest skies we have cycled under. Did it stop our Dragons not a jot! Weather is that all you have . . . Whatever you throw our way, we adapt. We’re not Adaptive Cyclists for no reason 😄
GMac’s Cycling Diary
A great day down at Castle Green with our Dragon Riders setting off into a gentle breeze. If only every day was a gentle breeze 😉. Anyway we made really good time reaching the beach Sauna in record time (apparently). It was good to see that everyone was more or less together all the way there and all the way back.
Second session and off we headed to Royal Tay Yacht Club. Surprisingly warm on the way out, but oh what a difference coming back. But un-deterred our Dragon Riders rose to the challenge and we’re soon back at Castle Green for a hot beverage and biscuits to replenish our spent energy. Cycling days = Happy days
GMac’s Cycling Diary
Our Dawson Park Dragon Riders had a great time today. Cycling around the park paths, some under a pink sky of cherry blossom 
and not a dark cloud to be seen. Today was an important day for 2 reasons. Firstly the utterly amazing Karen Cox, from Outfit Moray (AKA the Wobbly Cyclist) joined us for our first session and had fun exploring Dawson Park on a Jorvik MT e trike. Karen was also able to let us see her newly acquired “TriRide” Wheelchair power adaption. A true game changer for our community that are wheelchair users.
Secondly we were marking the start of Stroke Awareness Month with our Dragons, wearing purple or a purple ribbon 
. We celebrated with some cupcakes to enjoy with our Tea and Coffee 
With some cupcakes left they were taken up to the staff at Ward 4 Royal Victoria Hospital, the Stroke Neuro Rehabilitation ward
2026 Wheelchair Basketball Home Nations Selection Annoucements
6 Dragons have been selected for the Home Nations in August! We are incredibly proud of both players and staff who will be representing both Scotland and Dragons on the international stage!
GMac’s Cycling Diary 30th April
Our Dragon Riders enjoyed the best of the sunshine today, firstly cycling to Monifieth, then riding out to the Royal Tay Yacht Club.
Tomorrow is 1st May, marking the beginning of Stroke Awareness Month .
Let’s get together and support our community and those living with Stroke.
Let’s make May Purple
Fantastic Fun at the Fountains
GMac’s Cycling Blog 21st April 2026
Fantastic Fun at the Fountains. When our Dragon Riders are riding our Adaptive bikes at the Waterfront, there’s no better way to finish than with a Cycle through the Fountains by the Tay Whale.
Cherry Blossoms in the Park
GMac’s Cycling Diary 26th April 2026
From a dull, cool start to our Dawson Park sessions on Saturday to a beautiful sunny day with the Cherry Blossom to compliment our Dragon Riders out in the Park
Riding in the Sunshine
GMac’s Cycling Diary 23rd April 2026
More fun for our Dragon Riders in the glorious Dundee Sunshine today!
GMac’s Cycling Diary 18th April 2026
More Cherry Blossom Delight!
Our Dragon Riders were out in force today at Dawson Park, enjoying Adaptive Cycling and the Beautiful Cherry Blossom
Could You Master The Fountains Challenge?
No outing at Dundee’s Waterfront would be complete for our Dragons Riders without a wee shot at the Fountains Challenge!
Come and Join Our Dragons Riders
Interested in coming along to one of our Adaptive Cycling Sessions? Click Here to Register and we’ll be in touch!
Dragons Family Enjoys Our Annual Fun Day & BBQ
We had a fantastic time at the now legendary annual Dragons Family BBQ & Push at Monikie Country Park today!
The weather was fine, the food was fantastic and it was great to take the opportunity to showcase our Adaptive Bikes too.
Chapeaux to the Dragons BBQ crew with special mention to Jon and Scott, for keeping everyone fed and watered. Thanks also to Andy Anderson for his assistance, loading our Minibus. And of course it was an extra treat to see club legend Kevin Rattray out and about following his knee surgery!
Here are some snaps from the day – we’re already looking forward to next year!
For The Most Up To Date Club Info
Be sure to check our Facebook Page as that is where you’re most likely to find the latest posts about club activities.
As a volunteer led charity we don’t have as much time as we’d like to dedicate to our social media presence, meaning our website can lag a little when it comes to posting club news.
(This seems like the perfect point to give a shout out to all those budding social media specialists out there; we’d love to help you use your skills for good through volunteering for us! Maybe you can’t play wheelchair sport just now but you’d still like to be involved with the club? Here’s a great opportunity!)
We’ll of course do our best to update this site as regularly as possible, and please don’t worry; all contact form enquiries made through the website are answered as soon as they come in.
To be on the safe side though, head over to Facebook, have a look at the latest posts on our Page and drop us a line through Messenger.
New Visitor? Start Here ⬇️
If it’s your first time visiting our website then it’s our pleasure to say hello!
All the latest club info is published and updated regularly via our social media channels like Facebook and instagram.
If you’d like to get involved with the club either as a new participant or volunteer, then please do drop us a line via the contact form below.
You don’t need to be a full-time wheelchair user to participate in any of our sports, nor do you need any special equipment. If you can self propel a manual wheelchair then we can find a team sport for you to enjoy!
The same goes for our adaptive cycling section; we have a fleet of battery assisted bikes and trikes to suit all ages and abilities, just waiting to take you on adventure.
Our charity is completely volunteer led so we’re always keen to welcome new helpers. You don’t need to be a specialist sports coach or physiotherapist – literally every task from updating the socials to pumping up tyres or from catching stray balls to driving our minibus requires the help of volunteers, so if you have a few hours per month to give us we’d love to hear from you too!
*All our volunteers are provided with the training required for their role and all are subject to an enhanced criminal records check as per the policies of the sporting governing bodies to which we subscribe.
Dundee Dragons Wheelchair Sports Club Coordinator – DEADLINE EXTENDED
Dundee Dragons recently celebrated 10 Years of changing lives through the power of sport. To enable us to continue changing lives and providing inclusive sport and physical activity opportunities for the next 10 years and beyond, we are looking to hire a Club Coordinator who will be instrumental in the development of the club.
For more information on this role please read the job description below (if you would prefer this in an alternative format please email contact@dundeedragons.net).
Revised Recruitment Timeframe
16/10/23 – Advert goes live
31/10/23 – Application closes at 5pm
5/11/23 – Notify successful applicants
9/11/23 – Online interviews (evening)
10/11/ 23- Online interviews (evening)
Role Commences ASAP
To apply for this role please send a covering letter, which provides clear examples of how you meet the person specification and a copy of your CV to contact@dundeedragons.net
We welcome, and actively encourage, applicants from diverse backgrounds especially from ethnically diverse, LGBTQ+ and disabled communities as well as those with lived experiences of tackling inequalities. We believe diverse voices are instrumental in creating transformational change.
The Nuts and Bolts of Wheelchair Sport
Our sports wheelchairs are reliable workhorses given all the activities we expect of them, so it’s no surprise they need some TLC from time to time!
Yesterday after the session we started on what is the epic task of overhauling our chair stock.
(Mega shout out to the volunteers who gave even more of their Saturday to help with this!)
Sports chairs are really just like bicycles when it comes to their upkeep – lots of bolts to tigten and tires to inflate (Never mind the fact a lot of ours could also do with a good lick of paint at this point!)
We would love to make connections with some of the local #MensShed organisations, bicycle shops or college DIY courses as apart from this project, the sports wheelchairs have ongoing maintenance needs throughout the year too, which is ideal for anyone who likes to fettle bicycles!
So please do share this post as we’d love to connect with suitable volunteers who could help us out!
Remember to head over to any of our social media channels (@DundeeDragons) for the most up to date club news and information too.
The Wheels on The Bus…
Our bus has sadly reached the end of its working life.
We know that the cost price for a vehicle that meets our needs could be anything up to £60K so we’ve had to look at every available option we can in order to get the club moving again.
Sadly though, whilst our beloved old DragonsWagon was waiting to go to the forever home in the sky for busses, it was vandalised.
This was a really sad end to what had been a faithful friend to the club, and it has greatly impacted how we were planning to offload it.
So where are we now?
The club is currently without a bus and that’s a big blow.
The minibus was a vital tool to get us to matches, local events and club outings.
Our old bus took us everywhere from Elgin to Wrexham and many stops in between, so at the moment we’re reliant on using multiple cars to complete these journeys, or where that’s not feasible we face not being able to make the journey at all.
What’s next?
Given the huge costs involved, we had to look at every avenue open to us in order to fund a new minibus.
Our options included corporate partnerships, longterm sponsorship prospects and good old fashioned bucket shaking!
We’ve been very fortunate to secure the support of a wonderfully generous corporate donor who, in partnership with a well known motoring brand have granted us almost all the funding we will need to take ownership of our own brand new, fully wheelchair accessible minibus.
This is such an exciting prospect for the club; we’re absolutely thrilled to be the recipients of such generosity, and we simply can’t wait to share more information about our donors as time goes on, and of course to get the wheels of the new bus turning!
So why do we need your help?
Despite all this exciting news, there’s still one major hurdle to overcome.
We still need to raise approximately £10,000 to meet the remainder of the purchase costs.
Being 90% of the way to the target is a fantastic feeling, but it doesn’t see us over the line, and until we can hand over all of the costs, we won’t be able to call the bus our own.
We know that everyone is tight for cash just now.
It’s a difficult time for the entire community and that makes it all the harder for us to ask for your help.
Being this close to our target and not being able to see it through would be a devastating blow to the club, and so we’re appealing to all our friends and supporters to help us get our bus.
Specifically we’re asking that if you can support us, you to donate to our KiltWalk Team Page.
The fabulous folks at The Hunter Foundation will top up any donation by 50% meaning any pennies you can spare will go even further!
You can find our Club Page below, where you can follow the team as they prepare for their walks on 21st August, and where you can donate directly to their efforts.
https://dundee.thekiltwalk.co.uk/teams/DundeeDragons2022
We know this is a big ask, but you can be sure that when the new bus arrives it will straightway be put to use taking the Dragons Family all across the U.K. to participate in Wheelchair Sporting events.
Our members have told us how they’ve missed the camaraderie of being together on the bus, travelling to events that help boost their confidence, improve their physical and mental health and most of all provide a fun and consistent way to live their lives fully embracing the Dragons’ motto of #AllAboutAbility.
So please, if you can spare a few pounds to help us make that a reality once more, head over to our fundraising page.
💙🐲💙 Thank You 💙🐲💙
DDWSC Newsletter: Issue 9
The DDWSC Newsletter is back! Find out what we’ve been getting up to this summer by clicking the download button below.
DDWSC Newsletter Issue 8
This issue features lots of club updates (We’ve been very busy!), the inside scoop on our surfing trip and an interview with our wonderful trustee Brian McArtney.
Download the latest issue here
Thank you Baillie Gifford!
We have some very exciting news to share with you all…. Baillie Gifford, who are an independent investment business based in Edinburgh have been incredibly generous and donated to the club. Their funding will support our club coordinator to continue in their role, which is vital for the growth and day to day running of the club. This ultimately allows us to change even more lives through sport! As you can probably all guess we are over the moon, here is what our chairperson Elizabeth Ferris had to say about the donation ….
“We were absolutely bowled over with the news of Baillie Gifford’s generous donation to the club.
It honestly took me a little while to digest it when I first heard – what a fantastic gift!
Every penny of this money will go to ensuring we can continue to provide active wheelchair sport for all; and specifically in this “new normal” we all find ourselves in just now – having such support means more to the club than words can say”
DDWSC Newsletter: March/April 2021
This issue features club updates, Scotland callups and chat corner with our newly appointed wellbeing leads and champions!
As mentioned in the newsletter Kevin, Gemma and Blair are taking on the Kiltwalk this weekend!
Gemma is raising money for the club, you can donate here; https://virtual.thekiltwalk.co.uk/fundraising/ScotlandsVirtualKiltwalk2021-GemmaLumsdaine
Kevin and Blair are raising money for Dundee City Disability Sport, who have supported us from day one, you can donate using the links below;
https://virtual.thekiltwalk.co.uk/fundraising/ScotlandsVirtualKiltwalk2021-KevinRattray
DDWSC Newsletter: February 2021 (Issue 6)
This issue features club updates and chat corner with one of our wonderful volunteers, Adam Elder! Click the link below to download this issue.
New Virtual Sessions Incoming
As a result of amazing support from the Scottish Government and STV Children’s Appeal Winter Support Fund, we are delighted to be teaming up with Helen Singleton (Lotus Lily Yoga) and Cal Owens (Caledonia Fitness) to deliver some new online sessions for all ages and abilities.
Helen will be running adaptive yoga sessions every second Wednesday at 7pm, starting on the 10th February. Read her bio below!
Cal will be running strength and conditioning sessions every second Saturday at 11am, starting on the 20th February. Read his bio below!
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