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Convict City Roller Derby League (CCR) is a women's flat track
Convict City had their first interstate interleague bout in November, 2010, when
Convict City Roller Derby League
{{Authority control Roller derby leagues in Australia Sports clubs and teams in Tasmania Sport in Hobart Roller derby leagues established in 2009 2009 establishments in Australia
roller derby
Roller derby is a roller skating contact sport played by two teams of fifteen members. Roller derby is played by approximately 1,250 amateur leagues worldwide, mostly in the United States.
Game play consists of a series of short scrimmages (jam ...
league based in Hobart
Hobart ( ; Nuennonne/Palawa kani: ''nipaluna'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian island state of Tasmania. Home to almost half of all Tasmanians, it is the least-populated Australian state capital city, and second-small ...
, 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
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.
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("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.
In September 2014, Convict City joined the WFTDA Apprentice Program, and was made a full member of the WFTDA in January 2016.
WFTDA rankings
References
External links
Convict City Roller Derby League
{{Authority control Roller derby leagues in Australia Sports clubs and teams in Tasmania Sport in Hobart Roller derby leagues established in 2009 2009 establishments in Australia