Belfast Roller Derby

Belfast Roller Derby
League logo
Metro area Belfast
Country Northern Ireland
Founded 2010
Teams Belfast Banshees (A team)
Norn Iron Maidens (B team)
Track type(s) Flat
Venue Valley Leisure Centre
Affiliations UKRDA, WFTDA
Website belfastrollerderby.net

Belfast Roller Derby (BRD) is a women's flat track roller derby league based in Belfast in Northern Ireland. Founded in January 2010, the league consists of two teams that play teams from other leagues, and is a member of the Women's Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA).[1]

History

Belfast Roller Derby was founded in 2010.[2] With increasing interest in the sport throughout the UK,[3] helped by the release of the film Whip It in 2009, the league was able to arrange training with skaters from Dublin and Glasgow.[4] BRD was the first roller derby league in Northern Ireland,[4] founded six months after Dublin Roller Derby, the first league in Ireland.[5]

BRD played its first home bout in November 2011 as an intra-league competition with the Titanic Titans and the Hellfast City Hit-Girls.[6]

Affiliations

In May 2012, BRD was accepted as a member of the United Kingdom Roller Derby Association.[7]

The league has been sponsored by Laverys Bar Belfast since January 2014. In May 2014, the league was accepted as an Apprentice League of the Women's Flat Track Derby Association[8] and became a full member league in December 2014.[9]

Six members of BRD (Hannahbolic Steroids, Maul'er Malone, Ra-Ra Rasputina, Roisin "Jessica Rammit" McGrath, Puscifer and Patricia The Ripper) were members of the 2014 Team Ireland training squad.[10] In September 2014, four of them (Maul'er Malone, Ra-Ra Rasputina, Puscifer and Roisin "Jessica Rammit" McGrath) were chosen to be part of Team Ireland at the 2014 Roller Derby World Cup.[10]

Teams

From the outset of the league, the 'A' team has been known as the Belfast Banshees. They played their first bout against Dublin in February 2012. In 2013, the Norn Iron Maidens were formed as the BRD 'B' team and competed in their first major bout against the Limerick Roller Girls 'B' Team on 28 September 2013.[11]

WFTDA rankings

Season Final ranking[12] Playoffs Championship
2015 248 WFTDA[13] DNQ DNQ
2016 270 WFTDA[14] DNQ DNQ

References

  1. ↑ "Belfast Roller Derby – WFTDA". wftda.com. Retrieved 17 April 2017.
  2. ↑ Naoise Wolsey (29 November 2012). "Belfast Roller Derby girls: A lean, mean fighting machine you really don't want to tangle with..." The Belfast Telegraph. Retrieved 4 May 2015.
  3. ↑ Hilary Osborne (4 February 2010). "Roller derby takes Britain's women by storm". The Guardian. Retrieved 28 April 2015.
  4. 1 2 Alex Gulrajani (18 August 2010). "Roller skate revolution". BBC News.
  5. ↑ Richard Davis (20 January 2012). "Belfast Roller Derby Needs New Recruits". Culture Northern Ireland. Retrieved 28 April 2015.
  6. ↑ "The Frightmare Before Christmas". Belfast Roller Derby. 6 November 2011. Retrieved 28 April 2015.
  7. ↑ "UKRDA welcomes new Member Belfast Roller Derby". UKRDA. 26 May 2012. Retrieved 28 April 2015.
  8. ↑ "WFTDA Accepts 14 Apprentice Members". WFTDA. 2 May 2014. Retrieved 28 April 2015.
  9. ↑ "WFTDA Welcomes 29 New Member Leagues". WFTDA. 22 December 2014. Retrieved 28 April 2015.
  10. 1 2 "Team Ireland Roller Derby". Team Ireland Roller Derby. 2014. Retrieved 28 April 2015.
  11. ↑ "9/28/13: LRG: Limerick B team (151) @ BRD: Norn Iron Maidens (210)". FlatTrackStats.com. 28 September 2013. Retrieved 6 May 2015.
  12. ↑ "Current Rankings", WFTDA
  13. ↑ "Rankings: December 31, 2015 – WFTDA". wftda.com. Retrieved 17 April 2017.
  14. ↑ "Rankings: December 31, 2016 – WFTDA". wftda.com. Retrieved 17 April 2017.

Belfast Roller Derby results on Flat Track Stats

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