Coarse DragonMania schedule for 2026 announced

Angling Cymru can now unveil the full match schedule for the 2026 edition of DragonMania for coarse anglers.

The competition will follow the same format as last year, with 20 qualifying matches at five different venues across Wales between April and September.

The winners of each will qualify for the 20-angler final – which this year returns to White Springs Fishery near Pontarddulais, Swansea, on Sunday 4^th October. It will be the third time the venue has hosted the final since DragonMania’s inception in 2021.

Andrew Mann was the inaugural winner at White Springs that year, before Dan Bowen made familiar surroundings count there with victory in 2022. After the competition took a break in 2023, Matty Dawes took the honours at Fachwen Pool, near Newtown, in 2024.

Dawes went agonisingly close to making it back-to-back DragonMania wins in the 2025 final last October, at Weston Pools, missing out by only 4oz to Harry Billing.

The match list for 2026 is below, with bookings to open over the coming weeks.

Saturday 11th April

Stamford Way

Sunday 19th April

White Springs (Match Lake)

Sunday 26th April

Sylen Lake

Saturday 2nd May

Stamford Way

Sunday 17th May

Bron Eifion

Sunday 24th May

Sylen Lake

Saturday 6th June

Stamford Way

Sunday 14th June

White Springs (Canal)

Saturday 20th June

Eisteddfa Fishery

Sunday 28th June

Sylen Lake

Sunday 5th July

White Springs (Canal)

Saturday 11th July

Stamford Way

Sunday 19th July

Sylen Lake

Saturday 1st August

Stamford Way

Saturday 1st August

White Springs (Match Lake)

Sunday 9th August

Bron Eifion

Sunday 16th August

Sylen Lake

Sunday 30th August

White Springs (Match Lake)

Sunday 6th September

Bron Eifion

Sunday 27th September

White Springs (Match Lake)

Final:

Sunday October 4th

White Springs (Canal)