Bath Roller Derby is a roller derby league based in Bath,

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. Founded in 2012, the league plays to the

Women's Flat Track Derby Association The Women's Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA) is the international governing body for the sport of women's flat track roller derby, and association of leagues around the world. The organization was founded in April 2004 as the United Leagues Co ...

(WFTDA) ruleset. The league has been a member of the United Kingdom Roller Derby Association (UKRDA) since May 2015.

League History

The league was founded in 2012 by several local skaters as Bath Roller Derby Girls but rebranded in 2018 and dropped the 'Girls'. They held their first public session in September 2012 and henceforth began holding regular training sessions. Half a year later, the league held their second recruitment intake and numbers begun to increase with a third intake following in November of that year. In April 2014, they played their first international game against Lisbon Grrrls Roller Derby, taking home a 152–132 victory. Bath won the 2018 Bath Sports Awards' Community Club of the Year award in 2018. League skater Amy Buller (

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Scarlett O’ Harma) died of

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in September 2020, and the league have since hosted the "Peeka Hurt You Cup" in celebration of her life and to raise money fo
Dorothy House
a local hospice charity.

League Structure

The league currently has two teams drawn from all league skaters: * Bath Spartans (A Team) * Bath Roman Rollers (B Team). The Bath Gladiators team is made up of those skaters not currently drafted to a Travel Team or currently injured and not skating. The Bath Skeleton Crew is the league's official crew, providing skating and non-skating officials (NSOs) for home and away games.

Five Nations Roller Derby Championships

The league participated in the

British Roller Derby Championships The Five Nations Roller Derby Championships is an annual competition for roller derby leagues in the United Kingdom. History The tournament originated as the End of the World Series, a 2012 league of six roller derby teams in central England. T ...

2015 Women T4 South West tier. They played Wiltshire Roller Derby, North Devon Roller Derby, Bridgend Roller Derby and

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, winning three out of their four games. This performance qualified them for Women T4 Playoffs - Western, where they won against North Wales Roller Derby, 165-128, but lost to Wirral Roller Derby's Savage Lilies, 294-78. In 2016, they found themselves in Women Tier 3 South. They had a difficult start to the competition, losing their first four games against North Devon Roller Derby, Kent Roller Derby, Cornwall Roller Derby and Surrey Roller Girls, before beating Plymouth City Roller Derby. A restructured tournament in 2017 saw the league in the Womens T3 Regional tier. They faced

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, North Devon Roller Derby, Dorset Roller Girls,

and Cornwall Roller Derby. In 2018, they were promoted to Womens T2 UKRDA National in a further-restructured competition. They won their game against North Devon Roller Derby, but lost all their other games against SWAT Roller Derby, Royal Windsor Roller Derby, London Roller Derby's Batter C Power (C). Their performance qualified them in 2019 to compete in the Womens T1 Premier tier. They faced up to London Roller Derby's Batter C Power,

, SWAT Roller Derby and Cambridge Rollerbillies. In 2021, the British Championships rebranded as the

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Ranked Games

The table below lists the bouts played by Bath Roller Derby Girls as recorded b
Flat Track Stats

Unranked Events

This table lists unranked and one-day tournament events in which BRDG has competed

References

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