Ballarat Roller Derby (BRD) is a roller derby league based in the Victorian city of Ballarat. Founded in 2008, the league has three competitive co-ed home teams, two junior roller derby teams, an all-female away/travel team and a referee team.

History

The Ballarat Roller Derby League was founded in June 2008, with the aim to have their first public bout by late 2009. In February 2009 they gained their first venue, and succeeded in hosting their first match in November of that year, The Derbytante Brawl. The two teams consisted of eight of their own skaters combined with members of the

Geelong Roller Derby League Geelong Roller Derby (GRD) is a roller derby league based in the Victoria (Australia), Victorian city of Geelong. Founded in 2008, the GRD has one team that competes and in interleague bouts. They support both men and women in the league, but t ...

. Their next public bout was in March 2011, when the BRDL appeared at the ''ChillOut Festival i''n

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– The Libertines reversing the outcome of their first match by defeating the Gold Diggers 189 points to 165. (Their appearance in Daylesford sparked interest in a league in the city, and thus the Daylesford Derby Dolls were formed, with the BRDL providing support and coaching in their initial stages). After their appearance in Daylesford, the team competed in an interleague season with the

, fielding the "Rat Pack" with the

Victorian Roller Derby League The 'Victorian Roller Derby League'' (VRDL or Victoria) is a flat track roller derby league based in Melbourne, Victoria. Founded in 2007, VRDL provides opportunities for all ages and at all levels to participate and compete in Roller Derby. VR ...

providing the players necessary to fill out their roster. Although unsuccessful in the five match series, this led up to their appearance at the Great Southern Slam hosted by

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 W ...

, the largest roller derby competition held outside of the United States. The "Maulrats", a combined team consisting of members of the BRDL and the Geelong league, finished sixth out of the 20 competitors. Towards the end of 2010, the BRDL competed against the South Seas Sirens in the first match in which the Ballarat league was able to field a full team, losing out by 114 to 96. Their first interstate interleague bout was also held in November, 2010, when the Rat Pack travelled to

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to take on the Convict City Rollers. This proved to be the Ballarat team's first win, by a convincing 213 points to 56. The formation of the Ballarat Roller Derby League was featured in the 2011 documentary film ''This is Roller Derby''.http://thisisrollerderby.com/

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Ballarat Roller Derby League

''This is Roller Derby'' (documentary)
{{AUS roller derby leagues Sports teams in Victoria (state) Roller derby leagues in Australia Roller derby leagues established in 2008 Sport in Ballarat 2008 establishments in Australia

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