England Roller Derby represents England in women's international

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, at events such as the

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. The team was first formed to compete at the

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in Toronto, Canada, and competed in the

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in Dallas, USA and the

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in Manchester, UK.

Results

2011

Finished the tournament in third place, losing by 161 points to 90 to

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in the semifinal, but beating Team Australia by 203 points to 85 in the third-place playoff. Before the event, ''

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'' noted that the team was one of the three favourites, with Canada and Team USA, to reach the final.

2014

Finished the tournament in second place, losing by 291 points to 105 to Team USA in the final.

2018

Finished the tournament in fourth place, losing by 173 points to 147 points to

in the semifinal.

Lineups

2011 team roster

Six tryout sessions were organised for prospective skaters, and this enabled the coaches to draw up a shortlist of forty. They were invited to attend a final tryout, from which the final roster of twenty was selected. The final line-up was announced in August 2011; more than half the skaters selected for the team were from the

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. (''league affiliations listed as of at the time of the announcement'')

2011 coaching staff

*Ballistic Whistle,

*Barry Fight,

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*Rollin' Stoner,

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2014 team roster

Initial tryout sessions for the Team England training squad 2014 were held in both Manchester and London. Prospective skaters were also invited to submit video tryouts if unable to attend the initial sessions. Shortlisted individuals were then invited to a second tryout session in Birmingham from which the final training squad would be selected. The final training squad line-up was announced in January 2014.

2014 coaching staff

*Ballistic Whistle,

*Stefanie Mainey,

*Rollin' Stoner,

2018 team roster

Initial tryout sessions for the England Roller Derby training squad 2018 were held in both Oldham and Haywards Heath in August 2016. Prospective skaters were also invited to submit video tryouts if unable to attend the initial sessions. Shortlisted individuals were then invited to a second tryout session in Birmingham in October 2016 from which the final training squad would be selected. The final training squad line-up was announced in October 2016. The final roster for the tournament was announced in December 2017 (indicated below with *).

2018 coaching staff

*Tomi "Illbilly" Lang, Southern Discomfort *Shane Aisbett, Southern Discomfort

References

{{National sports teams of England

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