Dundee Roller Derby is a flat track

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Dundee Dundee (; sco, Dundee; gd, Dùn Dè or ) is Scotland's fourth-largest city and the 51st-most-populous built-up area in the United Kingdom. The mid-year population estimate for 2016 was , giving Dundee a population density of 2,478/km2 or ...

, Scotland. There are two travel teams, the Silvery Tayzers (A), and the Bonnie Colliders (B), as well as three home teams who play in intraleague competitions: Jutes of Hazzard, Press Gangsters and Jammin' Dodgers. Dundee Roller Derby is a member of the Women's Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA) and has had several members play for Team Scotland Roller Derby.

Teams

Travel teams

* Silvery Tayzers (A) * Bonnie Colliders (B)

Home teams

Inspired by the Dundonian heritage of "jam, jute, and journalism", there are three home teams: * Jutes of Hazzard * Press Gangsters * Jammin' Dodgers

League history

Initially skating as the Dundee Destroyers from March 2007, the league became the Dundee Roller Girls in early 2011, and finally transitioned to Dundee Roller Derby in 2018. DRD was the fourth Scottish roller derby league, after

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. The league has some items in the archives of the National Museum of Roller Derby, a project by a previous

skater to collate roller derby memorabilia. Dundee Roller Derby joined UKRDA in 2013. During 2016, they were a WFTDA Apprentice League, graduating to full membership in March 2017. The league has some outstanding achievements, and several players have made it to their national teams. In 2011, some members of DRD made it as far as the

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training squad for Team Scotland Roller Derby but ultimately didn't make the roster. Plans were discussed in 2016 for an outdoor skating track in

Baxter Park Baxter Park is a park located in the east of Dundee, Scotland. It was designed between 1862-63 and is the only complete park wholly designed by Sir Joseph Paxton in Scotland. The park is included in the Inventory of Gardens and Designed Land ...

, of which Dundee Roller Derby were supportive. As yet, this has not come to fruition though there is a community group campaigning for it to become reality.

WFTDA competition

Rankings

*Please note that rankings were suspended in March 2020 in light of the pandemic.

In the media

Dundee Roller Derby have been featured on STV News in a piece on their preparations for a game, and the appeal and challenges of roller derby.

References

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