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Team Australia (roller Derby)
Team Australia represents Australia in women's international roller derby, under the Women's Flat Track Derby Association, WFTDA rule set, in play such as at the Roller Derby World Cup. The team was first formed to compete at the 2011 Roller Derby World Cup, 2011 World Cup in Toronto, and finished the tournament in fourth place, beating Team Sweden (roller derby), Team Sweden by 126 points 80 in their quarterfinal, but losing to USA Roller Derby, Team USA 532 to 4 in the semifinal, and to Team England (roller derby), Team England 203 to 85 in the third-place playoff. Before the event, coach Thigh-dal Wave stated that the team aimed to play against the United States and to beat Team New Zealand (roller derby), Team New Zealand. Team Australia finished in third place at the 2014 Roller Derby World Cup in Dallas, Texas, Dallas, and competed in the 2018 World Cup in Manchester, where they were defeated in the finals by USA Roller Derby. Team roster 2017-18 team roster Current team ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2011 Roller Derby World Cup
The 2011 Roller Derby World Cup was an international women's roller derby tournament organized by ''Blood & Thunder'' magazine. Teams of amateur skaters from around the world were fielded to compete for their respective nations. The inaugural 2011 Roller Derby World Cup was hosted by Toronto Roller Derby, and was held December 1 through 4, 2011, at Supply Depot (Toronto), The Bunker at Downsview Park in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It was won by Team USA (roller derby), Team USA, who beat Team Canada (roller derby), Team Canada by a score of 336 points to 33 in the final. Live online coverage of the entire event was broadcast on the Derby News Network. Participating countries The 2011 Roller Derby World Cup had thirteen countries taking part. Each team sent a roster of 20 skaters, plus alternates, to take part. Though not affiliated with the Women's Flat Track Derby Association, the World cup competition, World Cup was played and officiated under a ruleset developed and standar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tui Lyon
Tui Lyon is an Australian roller derby player. Born in Tallangatta in Victoria, Australia, Lyon began skating with the Victorian Roller Derby League in Melbourne in 2008. In 2010, she moved to Cardiff in Wales, where she played for the Tiger Bay Brawlers, then she returned to Victoria in 2012. At the 2014 Roller Derby World Cup, Lyon played for Team Australia. She also became a coach of the Australian men's roller derby team, the Wizards of Aus, and was their bench coach at the 2016 Men's Roller Derby World Cup. While Victoria played roller derby at the highest level, Lyon found the expense of regularly travelling to the United States to compete to be too high. As a result, in January 2016 she moved to Los Angeles Los Angeles ( ; es, Los Ángeles, link=no , ), often referred to by its initials L.A., is the List of municipalities in California, largest city in the U.S. state, state of California and the List of United States cities by population, sec ... to join th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paradise City Roller Derby
Paradise City Roller Derby was a women's flat track roller derby league based in Burleigh, Queensland, Australia. Founded in 2013, the league consisted of two teams, which competed against teams from other leagues, and was a member of the Women's Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA). 2017 was the league's last active year. The league was founded in 2013, spending its first years training at the Police Citizens Youth Club in Nerang, before being asked to relocate for fear of damaging its floors from skating on it. Paradise City hosted the Royal Rumble tournament at Carrara Indoor Stadium, and was considered a favourite after defeating Sydney Roller Derby League the week before. Paradise City finished in second place to Sun State Roller Girls, losing the final 235-122. By 2016, the league's All Star squad was ranked third in Australia and 65th overall. In April 2016, Paradise City again hosted Royal Rumble, billed as the year's biggest Asia-Pacific roller derby tournament in Aus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Northern Brisbane Rollers
The Northern Brisbane Rollers is a women's flat track roller derby league based in Queensland, Australia. Founded in 2008, the league is a member of the Women's Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA). History The league was founded in 2008, and initially represented the Albany Creek area. Its first bout was held in April 2009, with early games attracting crowds of 500 to 600 people. By early 2010, the league moved many bouts to the Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre, in order to accommodate its growing number of supporters. This move proved successful and, by August, its bout against Gold Coast was expected to attract 5,000 fans. Northern Brisbane has a longstanding rivalry with local opponents the Sun State Roller Girls, although Sun State have had the upper hand in contests. Among their meetings was the quarter-final of the 2010 Great Southern Slam tournament, which Northern Brisbane lost by 184 to 28. The league again reached the quarter-final of the 2012 Great Southe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charm City Roller Girls
Charm City Roller Derby (CCRD), is a flat track roller derby league in Baltimore, Maryland. Founded in 2005, Charm City is a member of the Women's Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA). History and league structure The league was established in 2005 as Charm City Roller Girls, when Caroline Donaghy returned to Baltimore from Houston, where she had skated with the Space City Roller Girls, and began promoting the intention to start a league in Baltimore. The first public Charm City game was held in 2006 at Skateland in Putty Hill. Upon the league's formation, it comprised four teams: the Junkyard Dolls, the Mobtown Mods, the Night Terrors and the Speed Regime. As early as 2008, games were being held at the Fifth Regiment Armory in Baltimore, and by 2009, the league was holding games at Du Burns Arena in Canton before sellout crowds of 2,000 fans. As of 2017, Charm City has three travel teams: the All-Stars represent the league in WFTDA competition, and Female Trouble and the Trou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brisbane City Rollers
The Brisbane City Rollers (BCR) is a roller derby league based in Queensland, Australia. It consists of 3 women's intraleague teams, two women's travel teams and 1 men's travel team, which play against teams from other leagues. It is the oldest co-ed league in Australia.Beck Wise,Feature Preview: The Great Southern Slam", ''Derby News Network'', 8 June 2012 The league was founded by a group of skaters, including "Evil Doll", who was a founding member of the Sun State Roller Girls. Initially based in central Brisbane, it relocated to Ipswich to find good practice facilities, and built up a following in the west of the city. Two BCR skaters, Fang Fiend and Juke Nukem, were selected to skate for Team Australia at the 2010 Roller Derby World Cup. The league took third place in the Tropicarnage Cup. At the 2012 Great Southern Slam, it reached the quarter-finals, where it lost 139 to 173 against Adelaide Roller Derby.Beck Wise,TGSS Day Two Recaps", ''Derby News Network Der ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adelaide Roller Derby
Adelaide Roller Derby (ADRD) is a roller derby league based in Adelaide, South Australia. Founded in 2007, the league has four competitive home teams; The Mile Die Club, The Salties (formerly The Salty Dolls), The Road Train Rollers and The Wild Hearses, an officiating 'Team Zebra'. and a combined representative team, the "Adeladies", that compete against other leagues. Adelaide Roller Derby's home season is held at the Adelaide Showgrounds, and the league is a member of the Women's Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA). Adelaide Roller Derby also host The Great Southern Slam. History Adelaide Roller Derby was founded in 2007, with their inaugural season launching in July 2008. Between the club's formation and the start of their first season, the club hosted the first interstate roller derby competition in Australia, ''Skate of Origin'', against the Victorian Roller Derby League. Their first local competition started in 2008 and featured two teams, the Mile Die Club and the S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Devil State Derby League
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Canberra Roller Derby League
The Canberra Roller Derby League (CRDL) is a Canberra-based roller derby league. It was created in 2008, with the first bouts occurring in 2009. Canberra currently holds the Division 1 trophy for The Great Southern Slam. Canberra is a member of the Women's Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA). The league features a four-team home league, plus the all-star Vice City Rollers, which represents the league in interleague play. At home bouts, the league has had attendances as high as 5,000, and has its own stable of officials who officiate the league and interstate bouts. The league's bouts are aired on ChannelVision, and they have had media coverage from 666 ABC Canberra. History The Canberra Roller Derby League (CRDL) was established in 2008 as a volunteer organisation intended to promote roller derby, women's health and sport in the Australian Capital Territory (ACT). The league was created by Bullseye Betty (Kate Murphy) and Dr Hell (Helen Doyle). Other early members include ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Convict City Roller Derby League
Convict City Roller Derby League (CCR) is a women's flat track roller derby league based in Hobart, Tasmania. It was Tasmania's second league at its formation in 2009. Convict City is a member of the Women's Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA). History Convict City's first public bout, "Inaugural Brawl", came courtesy of Van Diemen Rollers in late 2010, where they were soundly defeated by the Diemens. Convict City had their first interstate interleague bout in November, 2010, when Ballarat Roller Derby League ("The Rat Pack") travelled to Tasmania to take them on. Ballarat won by a convincing 213 points to 56. Convict City was the 2011 Tasmanian champion, winning the three-way tournament "Queens of the Skate Age" with Tasmania's two other Leagues, the South Island Sirens and Van Diemen Rollers. Convict City defeated Van Diemen to win the championship. The championship victory was Convict City's second-ever win; their first was the preliminary victory over South Island. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boston Roller Derby
Boston Roller Derby, (BRD), is a flat-track roller derby league based in Boston, Massachusetts. The league was founded as Boston Derby Dames in May 2005, and is a founding member of the Women's Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA). The league's all-star team, the Boston Massacre, was one of the top 25 WFTDA Division 1 teams in the world through most of the duration of the divisional ranking system introduced in early 2013, and as of December 31, 2015, the Massacre was ranked at 21. Boston won the WFTDA Division 2 Championship in 2017 and the North America East Continental Cup in 2018. Boston Roller Derby is skater-owned and -operated, sporting more than 70 full-time skaters who both skate and work as part of their duties. BRD plays at Aleppo Shriners Auditorium in Wilmington for all home team games and Simoni Ice Rink in Cambridge for its all-star match-ups against rival teams from around the world. In late October 2015, Boston Roller Derby announced its new name as part of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Perth Roller Derby
Perth Roller Derby (PRD) is a women's flat track roller derby league based in Perth, Western Australia. Founded in 2008, the league is a member of the Women's Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA). History The league was formed in June 2008, and began bouting in mid-2009. By the end of 2010, it was selling out its 700-seat venue. Perth Roller Derby competed in the 2010 Great Southern Slam, where they reached the quarter-final before losing 207–51 to the Pirate City Rollers from Auckland. The league again entered the 2012 tournament, but narrowly lost both opening round bouts, to Gold Coast and the Canberra Roller Derby League. In September 2013, Perth Roller Derby's representative teams both competed in the first statewide roller derby tournament, the Boom State Clash. The West Coast Evils played through the tournament undefeated, making it through to the grand final where they played fellow Perth league, WA Roller Derby. The West Coast Evils took out the win 305 - 98. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
