Weekend Highlights: 26 May 2019

Devil State Derby League host an Open To All open scrim, mins-passed skaters welcome (with insurance).

Event starts: 1400 Sunday

Venue: Westbury Sports Centre, 25 Franklin Street, Westbury, TAS, Australia

Sun: Durban, South Africa

[FACEBOOK LINK] [FTS LINK (Bundesliga)] [FTS LINK]

Durban Roller Derby host their regular social beach skate event, open to anyone on wheels, and finishing with the "DRD Brekkie Special" for participants at the end of the route!

Event starts: 0800 Sunday (sharp)

Venue: Afro's, 2 OR Thambo Parade, South Beach, Durban, South Africa (start point)

Sun: Freiburg, Germany

Blockforest Roller Derby host a double-header of games, including a Bundesliga D3 bout!

Blockforest (Freiburg) versus Bashlorettes (Kassel) [Bundesliga D3]
RockARollers (Karlsruhe) versus Rhine Rebels (Basel)

Event starts: 1200 Sunday

Venue: Jahnhalle, Lameystraße 4, Freiburg, Germany

Sun: Enschede, Netherlands

Roller Derby Twente host their monthly Sunday open training, where the interested can get a taste of roller derby.

Event starts: 0930 Sunday

Venue: Brug de (C) (Enschede), Schipholtstraat 45, Enschede, Netherlands

Sun: Utrecht, Netherlands

[FACEBOOK LINK] [FTS LINK 1] [FTS LINK 2] [FTS LINK 3]

Dom City Roller Derby host a double header of derby for your Sunday. We're interested particularly in the second bout, as we've not seen much of Vagine Regime's Lowlands chapter before this...

Thunderdoms (Dom City B / Utrecht) versus Ruhrpott Roller Derby B
Dom City Dolls (Dom City A) versus Vagine Regime Lowlands (Dutch area? LGBT)

VR Lowlands are not listed in FTS at present, so the second bout is not in FTS as a result

Event starts: 1300 Sunday (doors open)

Venue: Manitobadreef 8, Urecht, Netherlands

Sun: Lille, France

Roller Derby Lille host an exciting triple header of French (and a little Belgian) derby, with all three of their teams on track.

Switchblade Roller Grrrls (Lille A) versus Duchesses (Nantes A)
Baronnes Von Schlass (Lille B) versus Atomium Kittens (Brussels B)
Smashing Machettes (Lille C) versus Canailles (Lutece Destroyeueses C / Paris)

Event starts: 1330 Sunday (first bout)

Venue: 80 Rue de Marquillies, Lille, France

Sun: Caen, France

Roller Derby Caen and Caen Mixed Roller Derby (Facebook link :( ) co-host a Nationale-2 level bootcamp, Open To All genders. This bootcamp is coached by Dédé Froquée and Booty Fool of Roller Derby Caen! As with most bootcamps, the day will end with a scrimmage to test all the skills you've practised.

Event starts: 0930 Sunday

Venue: Halle des Granges Rshc, 15 Rue du Carel, Caen, France

Sun: Oldham, UK

Rainy City Roller Derby host an NSO bootcamp, focused on the skills of score and jam timing positions

Scorekeeping
Scoreboard Operating (CRG)
Jam timing

as well as the responsibilities of being HNSO, including statsbook completion. There will then be a chance to try out your skills officiating a Rainy City scrimmage at the end of the day.

Event starts: 1000 Sunday

Venue: The Thunderdome, 51-53 King St 1st Floor, Oldham, UK

Sun: Santiago, Chile

Metropolitan Roller Derby host the sixth edition of their "Skates and Friends" (Patines y Amigas) open days, with both introductory skating lessons, direct recruitment into Metropolitan, and a host of stalls.

Event starts: 1300 Sunday

Venue: Liceo Paula Jaraquemad, Juárez Larga, Recoleta, Chile

Sun: San José, Costa Rica

[FACEBOOK LINK] [FTS LINK 1] [FTS LINK 2] [FTS LINK 3]

Liga Roller Derby Costa Rica host a fundraising bout with themed teams.

Super Héros versus Villanos [mixed mashup teams]

This bout is not listed in Flat Track Stats, as it's a mashup game.

Event starts: 1300 Sunday (doors open?)

Venue: Polideportivo Aranjuez, De la Iglesia Santa Teresita en BºAranjeuz, San José, Costa Rica

Sun: Mexico City, Mexico

Mexico City Roller Derby hosts a triple header round robin of Mexican derby.

Mexico City All Stars (Mexico City A) versus Aniquiladoras Roller Derby (Querétaro / CDMX)
Mexico City All Stars versus Rock City (Querétaro Roller Derby A?)
Aniquiladoras versus Rock City

Event starts: 1000 Sunday (doors open)

Venue: Escuela de Formación Deportiva Salvador Allende, Av. Antonio Díaz Soto y Gama, Itzapalapa, Mexico

Weekend Highlights: 25 May 2019

Posted: by aoanla 2019-05-22 13:50
Tags: argentine derby australian derby belgian derby brasilian derby chilean derby costa rican derby danish derby finnish derby french derby german derby icelandic derby italian derby mexican derby new zealand derby polish derby swedish derby swiss derby uk derby weekend highlights

There are far too many valuable fixtures to cover all of them (especially in France and the UK, which tend to have multiple tournaments, bootcamps etc all on one weekend), but we also don't want to be so strict as to have just 1 per country. So, we'll be doing the following:

Two highlights a weekend - Sat + (All Weekend); and then a smaller one for Sunday.

The Scottish Clause means that this is a pretty packed update, as no less than 4 leagues or skaters from Scotland are involved in events this weekend! (Unfortunately, the density of tournaments in France once more means that we're having to make a hard choice in picking just one to represent all the activity there, in consequence.)

Locations are roughly organised East-West (with things before the weekend out sequence at the start).

Sat: Palmerston North, New Zealand

Swamp City Roller Derby (link to Facebook as they seem to have no other presence?) host a double header event with some national teams action.

Swamp City Roller Rats (Palmerston North) home teams: Trauma Queens versus Quad Bombers
New Zealand Men's Roller Derby versus mashup team

These bouts are not listed on Flat Track Stats due to the mashup teams not being rateable.

Event starts: 1430 Saturday (doors open)

Venue: Bush Multisport Park, Palmerston North, New Zealand **

Sat-Sun: Albany, WA, Australia

[FACEBOOK LINK SAT] [FACEBOOK LINK SUN] [FTS LINK SAT] [FTS LINK SUN 1] [FTS LINK SUN 2] [FTS LINK SUN 3]

Albany Roller Derby League hosts the second fixture of this year's Boom State Clash, the Western-Australia-wide single-division tournament. This is a two day event, with 6 bouts in total.

Sat:
- WA Roller Derby (Perth) versus Geraldton Roller Derby
- Dread Pirate Rollers (Kwinana) versus Perth Roller Derby
- Albany Roller Derby League versus Margaret River Roller Derby
Sun:
- Perth Roller Derby versus Geraldton Roller Derby
- WA Roller Derby versus Albany Roller Derby League
- Margaret River Roller Derby versus Dread Pirate Rollers

Event starts: 1400 Saturday (first bout)

Venue: The Track Albany, Roundhay Street, Gledhow, WA, Australia

Sat-Sun: Tampere, Finland

Tampere Roller Derby and Tampere Rollin' Bros host a two-day Finnish spectacle. On the Saturday, the fifth fixture in the Finnish Nationals (Suomi Cup). On the Sunday, an international MRDA-gender round robin tournament! The Saturday, and possibly the Sunday will also be streamed on the Roller Derby Finland YouTube

Sat (Suomi Cup):
- Tampere Roller Derby versus Dirty River Roller Derby (Turku)
- Queen Bs (Helsinki Roller Derby B) versus Jyväskylä Roller Derby.
- Kinapori Fistfunkers (Kallio Rolling Rainbow "tournament" / Helsinki) versus Oulu Roller Derby
Sun ("Brozen" international tournament)
- Tampere Rollin' Bros versus Gothenburg Salty Seamen
- Gothenburg Salty Seamen versus Granite City Brawlers (Aberdeen M)
- Tampere Rollin' Bros versus Granite City Brawlers

Event starts: 1200 Saturday (doors open)

Venue: Kauppi Sports Center, Kuntokatu 17, Tampere, Finland

Sat-Sun: Gdańsk, Poland

Gdańsk Chrome Sirens Roller Derby accelerate from their initial double-header of Short Track Roller Derby to a Polish tournament under those rules! This is a full 10 games of 5-teams round robin tournament, with teams from across Finland, in just one day, thanks to the short-format.

Teams:
- Tsunami Surfers (Gdańsk Chrome Sirens exhibition)
- Seaquake Hunters (Gdańsk Chrome Sirens exhibition)
- 3City Piranhas Roller Derby (Gdańsk)
- Vratislavia MadChix Roller Squad
- Worst Warsaw Derby Team

These bouts are not currently listed on Flat Track Stats as it does not yet list Short Track bouts or rate them

Event starts: 1200 Saturday (doors open)

Venue: SkateArena, Stadion Energa Gdańsk, ul. Pokoleń Lechii Gdansk, Poland

Sat: Norrköping, Sweden

Norrköping Roller Derby is organising a juniors and adults try-derby-day in collaboration with East Pride. No previous skating experience necessary. After the open-day, the event ends with a "Pride-themed" exhibition bout.

Junior try-Derby (1200)
Adult try-Derby (1300)
"Pride-themed" bout (1500)

Event starts: 1200 Saturday

Venue: Ektorpshallen, Trestegsgatan 4, Norrköping, Sweden

Sat-Sun: Malmö, Sweden

Crime City Rollers host their Level 1 Summer Bootcamp, the basic edition for minimum-skills passed skaters. This bootcamp is Open To All genders, and also contains provision for junior skaters (13+, approval from parent or guardian, confirmation in writing from coach of league that mins-passed and contact-ready). This is a two-day bootcamp... ...but the first day ends with Crime City's bout against Paris Roller Girls, which is free entry for bootcamp attendees!

Bootcamp [0900 Sat - 1700 Sat]
Crime City A (Malmö) versus Paris Roller Girls A [1700 Sat]
Bootcamp [0900 Sun - 1800 Sun]

Event starts: 0900 Saturday

Venue: Kopparbergsgatan 7, Malmö, Sweden

Sat-Sun: Dresden, Germany

Roller Derby Dresden 's "Dresden Derby Days" bootcamp series continues with a Purple Edition Female edition (WFTDA-gender policy?) aimed at nearly-mins-passed or just-mins-passed skaters. This is a two-day bootcamp, covering both on and off-skates skills, and finishing with a scrimmage or equivalent event at the end of Sunday.

Event starts: 0900 Saturday

Venue: Pestalozziplatz 20, Dresden, Germany

Sat: Munich, Germany

Munich Rolling Rebels host a double-header of Roller Derby, where perhaps the most exciting bout is the opener, as Munich's junior derby play Emden/Hamburg's Northern All-Stars! (Munich A then play Berlin's Bear City's Wallbreakers in a Bundesliga Division 1 bout which will also be exciting, but isn't a first for junior derby ;)

RebelLIONS (Munich J) versus Northern All Stars (Emden/Hamburg J)
Munich Dynamite (Munich A) versus Bear City Wallbreakers (Berlin X)

Event starts: 1500 Saturday (doors open)

Venue: Städtische Sporthalle Allach, Everbuschstr. 124, Munich, Germany

Sat: Bologna, Italy

Bone-Crushing Hyenas, Bologna's finest Roller Derby league, host a triple-header of Italian Roller Derby.

OTA "Scrimmage" Derby Moms and Dads themed
AnguanAss B-side (Vicenza B) versus Stray Beez (Rimini)
Bone-Crushing Hyenas (Bologna) versus Banshees (Udine)

Event starts: 1000 Saturday (doors open)

Venue: Centro Sportivo Comunale "Pederzini" Calderara Di Reno, Via Giuseppe Garibaldi 8, Calderara Di Reno, Bologna, Italy

Sat: Lucerne, Switzerland

The Hellveticats host a single-header international game against Austria's Dust City!

Hellveticats (Lucerne) versus Dust City Rollers (Graz)

Event starts: 1600 Saturday (doors open)

Venue: Allmend Mehrzweckhalle, Murmattweg 6, Luzern, Switzerland

Sat-Sun: Belfort, France

The Knee Breakers on Wheels host a two day bootcamp in Belfort, which we believe is Open To All genders (the phrase used in French is "Players Mixte"). This is an intermediate through to advanced level bootcamp coached by Pépé le Punch (Team France 2014,2018).

Event starts: 0900 Saturday

Venue: Gymnase Georges Thurnherr, Rue Ernest Renan, Belfort, France

Sat: London, UK

Team Unicorn Roller Derby host a one-day bootcamp on both blocking and jamming technique coached by Power of Scotland's (and now New Wheeled Order) Optimus Grime. This 4 hour mini-bootcamp is Open To All genders, and open to all experience levels (mins-passed).

Event starts: 1200 Saturday

Venue: City of London Academy, 240 Lynton Road, London, UK

Sat-Sun: Milton Keynes, UK

Rebellion Roller Derby are celebrating 10 years of roller derby in Milton Keynes with a two-day Roller Derby Sevens extravaganza! On Saturday, they're hosting an "intermediate level" WFTDA-gender-policy Sevens tournament; whilst Sunday sees an "advanced level" Open To All genders Sevens tournament! Both days are closed door due to venue restrictions (which is why we also can't give you an address.)

Flat Track Stats currently does not rate Roller Derby Sevens bouts, so none of this is listed there.

Event starts: 1000 Saturday

Venue: An undisclosed location in Milton Keynes.

Sat: Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK

Newcastle Roller Girls host a double header, with Scottish interest, as Glasgow's Mean City travel down to play Newcastle C, whilst Leeds engage in a battle of the B teams in the second bout.

North Cs (Newcastle C) versus Mean City Women (Mean City W / Glasgow)
Whippin' Hinnies (Newcastle B) versus Leeds Roller Derby B

Event starts: 1230 Saturday (doors open)

Venue: Benfield Sports Centre, Benfield Road, Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK

Sat: Dundee, Scotland

Dundee Roller Derby host Mansfield Roller Derby for a single-header event against the Bonnie Colliders. You can read more about this bout, and Dundee's recent history in our update earlier in the week.

Event starts: 1450 Saturday (doors open)

Venue: Dundee International Sports Centre, Mains Loan, Dundee, Scotland

Sat: Edinburgh, Scotland

[FACEBOOK LINK] [FTS LINK 1] [FTS LINK 2] [FTS LINK 3]

Auld Reekie Roller Derby host a double header event, including a WFTDA Sanctioned bout for their A Team.

ASTROs (Auld Reekie C / Edinburgh) versus Space Bears (challenge team)
All-Stars (Auld Reekie A) versus Hellfire Harlots (Nottingham A)

Event starts: 1230 Saturday (doors open)

Venue: Dalkeith Community Campus, 4 Cousland Road, Dalkeith, Scotland

Sat: Brest, France

B.M.O. Roller Derby Girls host a Tournoi Interceltique, a battle of teams with Celtic history, including As Brigantias from A Coruña, Spain.

Teams:
- B.M.O. Derby Girls (Brest)
- Roller Derby Rennes
- As Brigantias (A Coruña)

Event starts: 1230 Saturday (doors open)

Venue: Complexe Sportif du Petit Kerzu, 105bis Rue Jules Lesven, Brest, France

Sat-Sun: Madrid, Spain

Roller Derby Madrid hosts a double-header with international roller derby and a chance to see one of the new "hybrid" Teams formed for the ARDE Spanish Nationals for the first time. "Frankensteam" consists of a fusion of skaters from Salamanca, Cáceres and Badalona, and this will be the first time they've played in public!

Roller Derby Madrid A versus Gothenburg A
Roller Derby Madrid B versus Frankensteam (Spanish hybrid)

Event starts: 1530 Saturday (first bout?)

Venue: Centro Deportivo Municipal Francisco Fernández Ochoa, C/. las Catorce Olivas s/n, Madrid, Spain

Sat: Reykjavík, Iceland

Roller Derby Iceland host an international bout, as they play Faultline Derby Devilz (all the way from south California)!

Ragnarök (Iceland) versus Faultline Derby Devilz (San Benito, CA)

Event starts: 1430 Saturday (doors open)

Venue: Hertz Höllin, Reykjavík, Iceland

Sat-Sun: São Paulo, Brazil

Ladies of Helltown host a two-day bootcamp coached by Bogotá Bone Breakers and Team Colombia's Kitsch, covering strategy, technical skating and scrimmage. This is a multi-level bootcamp, with beginner's bootcamp in the Saturday morning, and advanced bootcamp for the rest of Saturday, and Sunday.

Beginners bootcamp (1000 Sat)
Advanced bootcamp (1400 Sat - 1400 Sun)
Scrimmage (1400 Sun)

Event starts: 1000 Saturday

Venue: Centro Esportivo Tietê, Avenida Santos Dumont 843. São Paulo, Brazil

Sat-Sun: Chillán, Chile

Chillanrolleros host the semi-finals of Chilean Men's National tournament, Torneo X Men for 2019. As with previous coverage of the Torneo X Men, there's almost nothing public about this event, and we can't even confirm the venue! (It's since become more clear that this is also the finals of the Torneo X, on the Sunday. Standby for more info as it is made public.)

Bototos Bandidos (Valparaíso) versus Indomitos (Valdivia M)
Terror SQuad (Santiago M) versus Chillanrolleros (Chillán M)
(Losers for 3rd Place) Sunday
(Winners for 1st Place) Sunday

Event starts: 1200 Sat (first bout)

Venue: ??

Sat-Sun: San José, Costa Rica

Dark Side Roller Derby are part of the "Women's Urban Meeting" in San Jose this Saturday. As well as Roller Derby demonstrations, the event will include all kinds of other activities, including breakdancing, hula workshops and other sports. There will also be merch and "special guests" providing autographs.

Event starts: 0900 Saturday

Venue: Parque La Liberdad, Pattará, San José, Costa Rica

Sat-Sun: Tlalpan, CDMX, Mexico

Fugaz Roller Derby hosts the second edition of the Copa Quinto Sol, a 6 teams, two-day Mexican tournament arranged as a Group stage (2 Groups of three) followed by placement bouts between the Groups. (Position N in Groups 1 and 2 play for overall position 2N-1).

Group A
- Aguamalas (La Paz)
- Fugaz (Toluca/CDMX)
- Roller Derby Mérida Yucatán
Group B
- Reinas Rojas (Cancùn)
- Medusas (Pachuca)
- Vipers (Tijuana)

Event starts: 0800 Saturday (doors open / registration)

Venue: Centro Deportivo Villa Olimpica, Avenida Insurgentes Sur, Tlalpan, Distro Federal, Mexico

SPECIAL MENTION TO, ALSO, THESE NORTH AMERICAN TOURNAMENTS, OF INTEREST AS THEY FEATURE EUROPEAN COMPETITORS:

Sat-Sun: Rome, NY, USA

Mohawk Valley Roller Derby hosts the Mohawk Valley Cup 2019, the regular Men's Roller Derby tournament sanctioned by MRDA. This is of interest to us due to the attendance of Brussels' Manneken Beasts.

Competing:
- Chinook City Roller Derby
- Flour City Fear
- Toronto Men's Roller Derby
- Mass Maelstrom
- Twin Cities Terrors
- Montréal Roller Derby Masculin
- Manneken Beasts
- Mohawk Valley Roller Derby
Event starts: 0900 Saturday

Venue: John F. Kennedy Arena, 500 West Embargo St, Rome, NY, USA

Dundee Roller Derby - Midseason and Mansfield

Posted: by wearethedrd 2019-05-21 10:00
Tags: british championships dundee roller derby scottish roller derby tournaments

With home games in Dundee coming few this season, DRDs Bonnie Colliders have only hosted Auld Reekie Roller Derby's C team, ASTROs last month. The two sides had played each other back in 2016, with 2 wins for Colliders to ASTRO's 1. However the inherent nature of constantly altering B/C teams rosters led to this match up being two brand new teams facing each other.

Shiv #165 (Colliders Co-Captain)

Shiv #165 (Colliders Co-Captain): “The ASTROs game was a tough season opener for us and even though we lost we had a fantastic time out on track! We learned a lot about how we work together as a team and it gave us some areas to focus our training on going forward”

A closely fought game, with the new Colliders being led by Shiv #165 and Macfarlane #606, showed a settling in period for the new Dundee roster with the ASTROs side taking the win [221 v 166]. With a month of training and working together under their belt the Colliders are looking forward to hosting Mansfield Roller derby on the 25th May at the DISC in Dundee!

Macfarlane #606 (Colliders Co-Captain): “Playing against the Astros was a good way to start our season. We knew they would be a challenge but we learned a lot from it.”
Shiv #165: “We’re going into the Mansfield game with a fourteen skater roster which is pretty much unheard of for Dundee! We’ve been working so hard at training and I’m hoping that we see all that hard work come together in the game.”

A previous match up, again back in 2016, saw the Colliders take on Mansfield B to a 275 v 75 victory. What will 2019 Collider roster have to offer on the against the Mansfield A side? Will Mansfield return South triumphant?

Photo of Macfarlane (Colliders Co-Captain)

Macfarlane #606 (Colliders Co-Captain)

Macfarlane #606: “We are looking forward to the game this weekend. We've had plenty of time to train together for this game and we are really feeling the benefit of this.”

With this single header opening its doors at 2:50, and the action starting at 3pm, you are ensured some fantastic derby! For more information on the upcoming event, visit the facebook page!

Date: 25/05/2019

Where: Dundee DISC

Time: 2:50pm

Event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/881902268809143/

Upcoming European Short Track Events (June-August 2019)

Posted: by aoanla 2019-05-20 16:30
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Note, in accordance with our general policy, team links here are to their website, if they have one, and instagram if not. We try to avoid linking to Facebook if possible, except for Events.

The Short Track Roller Derby events calendar is building for the year already, and there's a lot of things to talk about, so we're bringing you a new edition of the Short Track News roundup earlier than we expected to!

Our first development is that Rolla Skate Club now host a dedicated Short Track Roller Derby Resources page, with the rules and other info. (We know that it's also set to gain more resources, too, as they're produced.)

Animated Gif of Short Track resources page

The new Rolla Skate Club "Short Track Resources page"!

In the USA, the biggest Short Track event upcoming is probably the Rollercon event series. Building on their appearance at the last Rollercon (the public debut of the ruleset, in fact),

Rollercon 2019 will feature multiple items:

"AA-level" Short Track Exhibition Game "Short Skirts versus Sleeves" (20 July, 20:45)
2 MVP-pass holder on Skates sessions on Short Track with Rolla Skate Club [19 July 16:50, 20 Jul 18:00]
Open Track Scrimmage for Short Track (19 July, 20:00)

If you're at Rollercon from the 17th July, then we encourage you to go check it out!

Many other US and Canadian teams continue to use Short Track Roller Derby; Pittsburgh Short Track Roller Derby, in particular, continue to be a purely Short Track league, and are holding regular open training sessions.

In Canada, we know that Nelson Killjoys of British Columbia, will be hosting a tournament for 6 teams, at some point later this year.

In Alberta, Canada, Fort McMurray Roller Derby are planning to use short track rules for their home teams season, allowing them to support more home teams with their current roster. (Scheduled for around October 2019)

The first edition of Iru Navarro's fanzine, including an introduction to Short Track rules.

Further afield, Latin America continues to explore the Short Track ruleset [an Argentine fanzine is covering the rules in translation issue by issue], and in South Korea, OH! Roller Derby (Facebook link) are hosting scrimmages using the ruleset.

In South Africa, Cape Town Rollergirls are planning a second Short Track event after the success of their first on the 26th April. Whilst not announced officially yet, the 8th June is the provisional date.

Calendar image showing colour coded types of event for the next 3 months.

Calendar of events (blue - games, yellow - Rollercon, purple - bootcamps and workshops)

In Europe, however, there's a bunch of exciting workshops / bootcamps / tournaments coming up:

Literally next weekend: Gdańsk Chrome Sirens Roller Derby are following up on the previous success of a Short-Track double header with a Polish Short Track Tournament.

25 May

[FACEBOOK EVENT]

Vratislavia MadChix Roller Squad
Worst Warsaw Derby Team
3City Piranhas Roller Derby (Gdańsk)
Gdańsk Chrome Sirens Roller Derby [two teams]
mystery 6th team

This will be a full round-robin tournament, with 10 bouts to decide the overall winner. Entry will be free - and the whole event will be livestreamed at https://www.twitch.tv/chromesirens

In the very near future, GO-GO Gent Roller Derby host a special edition of Star Track (their SKOD spin-off) with a Short Track focus.

1 - 2 June 2019

[FACEBOOK EVENT]

Coached by UAE Roller Derby All-Stars' Inga Knee'her, the current design has:

1st June:
- Morning session: Short Track Rules & Drills with Inga Knee'her and UAE Roller Derby (including low-contact and other variants, potentially)
- Afternoon session: Short Track mini-tournaments
2nd June:
- Short Track mini-tournament continues

Changes for this structure are still possible, depending on attendance.

Russia continues its promotion of Short Track with multiple events:

19 June

Public Short Track Roller Derby exhibition bout (St-Petersburg Roller Derby)

In August

public Short Track Roller Derby bout (Baltic Witches (St-Petersburg C) versus Raptors Derby Moscow)

Next up, the

13 July

[FACEBOOK EVENT]

ALL IN Roller Derby Community host their "Short Track Experiment"

A 1 day workshop exploring the Short Track ruleset - including low-contact rules as well as the full contact standard. Includes OTA and WFTDA-gender policy games (open to not-quite-mins-passed-but-internal-scrim-ready skaters for the Low Contact games). Includes time for discussion between games, and a low-pressure environment.

This will run from midday to 5pm in the Ramgarhia Sikh Sport Centre, Leeds.

Also on the

13 July

No event yet

Bad Rangers Poznań are also planning a Short Track fixture, details to be confirmed.

Perhaps the most exciting UK-based event is planned for

16-18 August: No event yet

Save the date, and we'll bring you more info on this event when we can confirm it (which will hopefully be soon)!

Weekend Highlights: 19 May 2019

Posted: by aoanla 2019-05-17 07:50
Tags: argentine derby australian derby belgian derby brasilian derby danish derby french derby german derby mexican derby new zealand derby swedish derby uk derby weekend highlights

This is the Sunday edition of this weekend's highlights, with just a few entries. As always the hardest picks are France and the UK, who tend to have so many high quality events on at once that picking just one is almost impossible.

We're sticking to our limit of 1 event per country, with an "extra" event allowed for a different kind of fixture (so, 1 tournament and 1 bootcamp), or if they involve Scottish leagues (since we are the Scottish Roller Derby Blog). Other notability might also allow the extra event - great posters, notable teams, etc.

Locations are roughly organised East-West (with things before the weekend out sequence at the start).

Sun: Maylands, WA, Australia

WA Roller Derby (WARD) are prepping for the upcoming Royal Rumble by hosting an open scrim against a challenge team drawn from the skaters of West Australia. Spectators welcome by donation.

WARDS of the Skate (WARD A) versus WA (pick-up team)

This fixture is not listed on Flat Track Stats as one team is a hybrid, unrateable, team.

Event starts: 1600 Sunday (doors open)

Venue: The Rise, 28 Eighth Avenue, Maylands, WA, Australia

Sun: Durban, South Africa

Durban Roller Derby hosts a "Learn to Skate" day, which also doubles as an open day for any interested skaters.

Event starts: 1000 Sunday

Venue: Watercrest Mall, 141 Inanda Road, Durban, SA

Sun: Vicenza, Italy

Manneken Beasts are on a coaching tour (we're a little concerned by their obvious love for late 1990s dance, given they're calling it "The VengaBeast on Tour"), and we're calling out this Italian part of it to represent both parts.

This is an Open To All genders bootcamp at intermediate level, coached by Track Vader (blocking), Trick or Threat (jamming), Goofy (jamming).

All profits from the coaching tour support Manneken Beasts even larger plans for a competitive tour of the USA, which you can also support on GoFundMe.

Event starts: 0915 Sunday (registration)

Venue: Pattindromo Comunale Viale Arturo Ferrarin 67, Vicenza, Italy

Sun: Cologne, Germany

Cologne Roller Derby host a single header bout against a hybrid team from Bielefeld and Oberhausen.

Unbreakabellas (Cologne B) versus hybrid team (Bashing Battlecats (Bielefeld) + Mine Monsters (Oberhausen))

This fixture is not listed on Flat Track Stats as one team is a hybrid, unrateable, team.

Event starts: 1330 Sunday (doors open)

Venue: Sporthalle, Everhardstraße 50, Köln, Germany

Sun: Antwerp, Belgium

Antwerp Roller Derby hosts a B-teams battle against one of the rising leagues in French derby, Lomme Roller Girls!

Pack of Destruction (Antwerp B) versus Glorious Batardes (Lomme B)

Event starts: 1100? Sunday

Venue: Cafetaria Sporthal Kiel, Antwerp, Belgium

Sun: Saint-Gratien, France

Roller Derby Panthers host a double header of derby for their A and B teams. (To be honest, there's a lot of great derby in France this Sunday, and we decided which one to pick partly on the team names.)

Panthers Graou (RDP A / Saint-Gratien) versus Petites Morts (Bordeaux)
Panthers Miaou (RDP B) versus Bloody Angels (Melun)

Event starts: 1400 Sunday (doors open)

Venue: 28 Rue du Picolo, Saint-Gratien, France

Sun: Grimsby, UK

Grimsby Roller Derby host the next fixtures of the British Championships Tier 3 East (WFTDA-side). For the hosts, this is a battle for the the top of the league table, as they play current top-spot-holders Deathrow Hull. In the other bout, Roller Derby Leicester will be hoping to pick up a second win against York Minxters to avoid the bottom of the table and potential relegation.

York Minxters versus Roller Derby Leicester
Grim Reavers (Grimsby A) versus Deathrow Hull

Event starts: 1145 Sunday (doors open)

Venue: Grimsby Leisure Centre, Cromwell Road, Grimsby, UK

Sun: Oldham, UK

Rainy City Roller Derby host an All-Stars coached jammer bootcamp, covering everything you'd expect: individual skills, techniques for dealing with walls (evasion or otherwise), and working with offense. This bootcamp is 16+ WFTDA-gender policy, mins-passed only.

Event starts: 1100 Sunday

Venue: The Thunderdome, 51-53 King St 1st Flor, Oldham, UK

Sun: Valencia, Spain

Rayo Dockers host a "social day" on Women's Sports, including both a round table session with women athletes, and a "dynamic workshop" on LGBTQ and queer theory.

Event starts: 1200 Sunday (doors open)

Venue: Inciativa Dàhlia, camino viejo de Xirivella, 23 bajo, Valencia, Spain

ARDE launch a new era of Spanish Championships

Posted: by aoanla 2019-05-16 10:00
Tags: arde national tournaments spanish roller derby

Whilst it's not true for every country, the history of National Tournaments in Roller Derby is often tied up with legitimate organisation and representation within that nation. (For example: the French Championnat is, in a sense, what it is, because it is backed by the FFRS).

Whilst Spain has had a national tournament since 2016, this was run by the Spanish Skating Federation. That body, as with several around the world, does not well reflect the interests of Roller Derby, having a particular alignment with World Skate; this extended to them not providing any support to the Spanish national team at the last World Cup in 2018.

As such, attendance at the Campeonatos has been dropping steadily since they were initiated.

From last year, however, Roller Derby in Spain has legitimate representation. The Asociación de Roller Derby de España (ARDE - which also nicely means implies "fire" and "passion") represents the WFTDA-rules and WFTDA-aligned teams in Spain (of all gender and age policies).

This year, then, there is finally a more representative Spanish National tournament, backed by ARDE. With ARDE's greater inclusion, there's enough teams to require two divisions for the WFTDA-gender tier; a single division Men's tier will also provide a MRDA-gender champion.

Leagues are allowed to submit multiple teams (A and B teams, for example), with the restriction that only one team is allowed per division, and no skaters can be shared between team rosters. Given that only the WFTDA-gender tier has two divisions, this effectively means that we can expect only WFTDA teams to have more than one entry.

Flat Track Stats' Global rating is used to seed these divisions for 2019.

Map of teams in the ARDE championships, coloured by division/gender-policy. (Red = Division 1 WFTDA, Yellow = Division 2 WFTDA, Dark Red = Division 1 MRDA). Hybrid teams are indicated by linking of the stars for their constituent teams.

Division 1 (WFTDA) [8-9 Jun, plus final 7 July] [Valencia]

The Division 1 teams competing are pretty much the ones you would expect. The top rated teams in FTS Europe from Spain, they consist of:

Roller Derby Madrid A
Barcelona Roller Derby “All Stars”
Rayo Dockers (Valencia)
Black Thunders (Madrid)
Sicarias de Cierzo (Zaragoza)

Division 1 will run as a full round-robin tournament, with those 10 games deciding the candidates for the Championship game to be held on the 7th of July in Madrid.

Division 2 (WFTDA) [22-23 June plus final 7 July?] [Murcia]

Division 2 is a little more complex. As with some of the teams in other National tournaments (for example, France's Championnat), we have a few "hybrid" teams competing, pooling the resources of several leagues into a single roster. The list is rounded out by two B teams from Division 1 competitors: Roller Derby Madrid and Valencia's Rayo Dockers competing in both divisions.

There are a mix of "city" and "regional" teams in this division: Asturias is an "autonomous community" (something between a county and a nation in UK terms), and the Bonitas del Norte effectively represent the remaining autonomous communities to their east on the north coast (Cantabria and Navarre are actual autonomous communities, and Bilbao and Donostia/San Sebastián together represent the largest cities within the Basque Country). (The Frankensteam are less easy to categorise, as Salamanca and Cáceres effectively represent the western border of Spain with Portugal, whilst Badalona is over near Barcelona to the east of the country.)

Roller Derby Madrid B
As Brigantias (A Coruña)
Frankensteam (Salamanca / Bad'n'Roller (Badalona) / Cáceres)
Bonitas del Norte (Cantabria / Botxo Killers (Bilbao) / Easo Avengers (Donostia/San Sebastián) / Nafarriors (Navarre) )
Rayo B-lockers (Rayo Dockers B / Valencia)
La Güestia Roller Derby (Asturias)
Roller Derby Murcia
Vigo Roller Derby

With 8 teams, a full round-robin tournament, as used in Division 1, would require 28 games. Without multiple tracks, this won't fit in the two days of the Division 2 fixture. We expect to hear more about the Division 2 competitive structure in due course.

In a way, the most interesting parts of this Division are the hybrid teams: merging skaters across leagues can be difficult, especially getting them to gel into one force; in particular, we're watching Frankensteam to see how the distance between their western and eastern halves affects coordination.

Division 1 (MRDA) [6-7 July] [Madrid]

There are no Facebook Events or FTS entries for this tournament as yet

As with the WFTDA-gender Division 1, the MRDA-gender Division 1 is fairly predictable, with the top 3 teams from FTS Europe represented:

MadRiders Roller Derby (Madrid M)
Lobishommes Men's Roller Derby (Galicia M)
Easo Hooks Roller Derby (Donostia/San Sebastián M)

We'd assume that this will be a full round robin, as only three games will be needed to establish a champion. With MadRiders the most travelled of the teams, and the highest rated, we'd put them odds-on for the championship.

Weekend Highlights: 18 May 2019

Posted: by aoanla 2019-05-15 07:50
Tags: argentine derby australian derby belgian derby brasilian derby danish derby french derby german derby mexican derby new zealand derby swedish derby uk derby weekend highlights

Two highlights a weekend - Sat + (All Weekend); and then a smaller one for Sunday.

Locations are roughly organised East-West (with things before the weekend out sequence at the start).

Sat: Auckland, New Zealand

[FTS LINK 1] [FTS LINK 2] [FTS LINK 3] [FTS LINK 4] [FTS LINK 5]

Pirate City Rollers host their first inter-league of the 2019 season with a double header. This is the first ever inter-league double header for these teams, so there's some history here. The teams here are all special mixed teams, as this is all for fun.

Te Taniwha (Pirate City mixed/ Auckland) versus Bat City (Hellminton Roller Ghouls mixed / Hamilton)
Apex Predators (Pirate City mixed) versus Sparks (Auckland Roller Derby League mixed)

This event is not listed in Flat Track Stats, as the teams are also not listed there.

Event starts: 1700 Saturday (doors open)

Venue: The Trusts Arena, 65-67 Central Park Drive, Auckland, New Zealand

Sat-Sun: Sydney, NSW, Australia

Sydney City SMASH host 5 games of Australian Men's Roller Derby over the weekend. Due to venue limitations, these are closed games, with no events on social media.

Teams competing:
- Sydney City SMASH (Sydney M)
- Capital Carnage (Varsity M / Canberra)
- Tasmanian Men's Roller Derby
- Men of Steel (Newcastle M)

Event starts: 1400 Saturday

Venue: Dunc Gray Velodrome, Bass Hill, Sydney, NSW, Australia

Sat: Pyeongtaek, South Korea

OH! Roller Derby [Facebook link, as no other social media] (the only active team in South Korea, at the USAG Humphreys base) host an open scrimmage - listed here as it's using Short Track Roller Derby rules.

Event starts: 1200 Saturday

Venue: Turner Fitness Centre, USAG Humphreys, Pyeongtaek-si, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea

Sat: Uppsala, Sweden

Jackdaw City Rollers host Karlstad's Sun City Rollers for a bout, introduced with a quote from Dracula, so who knows what's going on here...

BURDS (Jackdaw City B / Uppsala) versus Sun City Rollers (Karlstad)

Event starts: 1300 Saturday (doors open)

Venue: Fyrishov A-Hallen, Uppsala, Sweden

Sat: Roskilde, Denmark

Roskilde Roller Derby host a single-day 6-team Roller Derby Sevens tournament, with teams from across Denmark. The tournament is structured as a two-group initial phase, with "final placement" games between the equivalently-placed teams in each group for final rank. (So, the "winners" of each group play for tournament #1, and so on down, pairwise.)

Group 1
- Copenhagen Ladybugs (Copenhagen OTA)
- Aalborg Combat Bullies
- Northern Lightning (Groningen W)
Group 2
- Helltown Hellcats (Helsingborg)
- O-Town Roller Derby (Odense)
- Roskilde Roller Derby

This tournament is not listed on Flat Track Stats, as they do not collect Roller Derby Sevens tournament stats by default

Event starts: 0930 Saturday (doors open)

Venue: Himmelev Hallen, Herregårdsvej 42, Roskilde, Denmark

Sat: Bremen, Germany

Bremen Meatgrinders host a Bundesliga D3 North game - the first of the 2019 season - as part of a double header, followed by public scrimmage for newer skaters to gain experience.

Bremen Meatgrinders versus Zombie Rollergirlz (Münster) [Bundesliga D3N]

Event starts: 1430 Saturday (doors open)

Venue: Eissporthalle Paradice, Waller Heerstr. 293a, Bremen, Germany

Sat: Geneva, Switzerland

[FACEBOOK LINK] [FTS LINK 1] [FTS LINK 2] [FTS LINK 3]

Genève Roller Derby United co-host a triple header event with Lausanne's Rolling Furies!

Wild Wild Fresh (rookie Geneva skaters?) versus d'autres Fresh (other rookie skaters)
Mères Royaume (Genève A) versus Hellveticats (Luzern)
Rolling Furies (Lausanne) versus UB Suisse (open subs Swiss team)

Flat Track Stats link is for Genève v Luzern, as the others are not rateable bouts

Event starts: 1200 Saturday (doors open)

Venue: Chemin du Fort-de-l'ecluse 1, Genève, Switzerland

Sat: Floreffe, Belgium

Namur Roller Girls host a triple-header of Roller derby featuring three of the four teams in Namur.

Glorious Basterds (Namur M) versus Mons'ter Munch Derby Dudes (Mons M)
Namur Roller Girls A versus Ruhrpott Roller Derby
Namur Roller Girls C versus Les Nasty Pecheresses (Montreuil)

Event starts: 1200 Saturday (doors open)

Venue: Centre Sportif Communal de Floreffe, rue Joseph Hanse, Floreffe, Belgium

Sat: Aberdeen, Scotland

Granite City Roller Derby host a single header against Vagine Regime UK. Cake stall sales for this game support Mermaids, the charity supporting transgender and gender variant children and young people.

Northern Fights (Granite City A/Aberdeen) versus Vagine Regime UK ()

Event starts: 1230 Saturday (doors open)

Venue: Beach Leisure Centre, Esplanade, Sea Beach, Aberdeen, Scotland

Sat-Sun: Newcastle, UK

Newcastle Junior Roller Derby host a single-header bout against Lincolnshire's own junior derby, Lincolnshire Bombinos (with a few friends helping them out)! Entry is free, with donations gratefully received.

Newcastle Junior Roller Derby versus Lincolnshire Bombinos

Newcastle Juniors are not listed in Flat Track Stats at present

Event starts: 1300 Saturday (doors open)

Venue: Benfield Sports Centre, Benfield Road, Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK

Sat-Sun: Rennes, France

Les Bonhommes host the second fixture of the Men's Nationale 1 division of the Championnat de France. "You May Win, Championship Edition", two days, and 8 bouts of roller derby.

Sat:
- Les Calebrutes (Paris M) versus Knocking Balls (Creil M)
- Les Menneles (Strasbourg M) versus Les Bonhommes (Rennes M)
- RATM (Arras M) versus Les Calebrutes
- Les Menneles versus Les Marquis de Sabre (Lille M)
Sun:
- RATM vs Les Bonhommes
- Les Menneles vs Knocking balls
- Les Calebrutes vs Les Bonhommes
- Knocking balls vs Les marquis de Sabre

Event starts: 1000 Saturday (doors open)

Venue: Complex Sportif es Chalais, rue du Bosphore, Rennes, France

Sat-Sun: Barcelona, Spain

[FACEBOOK LINK] [FTS LINK 1] [FTS LINK 2] [FTS LINK 3]

Barcelona Roller Derby host the 4th edition of Brawlcelona, their annual international tournament. This year's edition is a four-teams round robin tournament over two days, featuring:

Ingles de Acero (Barcelona A)
Les Quads (La Boucherie de Paris A)
London Rockin' Rollers
Limerick Roller Derby

Event starts: 0900 Saturday (doors open day 1)

Venue: CEM Trinitat Vella, Via de Bàrcino 84, Barcelona, Spain

Sat-Sun: Curitiba, Brazil

Blue Jay Rollers host a two-day Roller Derby extravaganza, Derbyzarro, with a fun event on the Saturday, and a Brazilian triple-header on the Sunday. No entry is charged for this weekend, and the hosts also provide accommodation in their venue for just $10!

Sat:
- Derby games (Pin the Tail)
- Roller Relay
- Non-contact bout
Sun:
- <s>Blue Jay Rollers (Curitiba) versus Thunder Rats Derby Squad (Santos)</s>
- Blue Jay Rollers versus Iron Ladies Roller Derby (Blumenau)
- <s>Thunder Rats Derby Squad versus Iron Ladies Roller Derby</s>

Note, due to problems with Thunder Rats attending the event, their games were replaced with games against a pick-up team from skaters present

Event starts: 0900 Saturday (doors open)

Venue: Sei São José dos Pinhais, Rua Maria Helena 707, Bairro São Pedro, São José dos Pinhais, Brazil

Sat: Mar del Plata, Argentina

MDQueens host a single-header event, with free entry! As with a lot of these Argentine bouts, there's also a raffle with prizes!

MDQueens (Mar del Plata) versus Rebeldes del Asfalto (Mar del Plata)

Event starts: 1900 Saturday (doors open)

Venue: Club Atlético Mar del Plata, Rivadivia 3358, Mar del Plata, Argentina

Sat-Sun: Copa TNT Mexico

EMEXRD host the 2019 edition of the Copa TNT (one of two TNT cups in the Roller Derby world, the other one being in Aalborg, a few weeks earlier). Mexico's Copa TNT is a two-day tournament with WFTDA-gender and MRDA-gender tiers, competing in parallel single-elimination tournaments.

WFTDA-gender tier:
- Quimeras Roller Derby (LRDCM / Mexico City)
- Ovejas Negras (Michoacán)
- Discordias ( )
- Mexico City Roller Derby
- Minervas (Guadalajara)
MRDA-gender tier:
- Berserkers (Xalapa M)
- All Blacks ( )
- Disorder RD (EMEXRD M/ Mexico City)
- Bastardos (San Luis Potosí M)
- Minotauros (LRDCM M/ Mexico City)

Event starts: 0800 Saturday (first bout!)

Venue: Deportivo Morelos, CDMX, Mexico

Special mention to, also, these North American tournaments, of interest as they feature European competitors:

Fri-Sun: Santa Cruz, CA, USA

The 2019 Boardwalk Empire tournament, hosted by Santa Cruz Derby Girls . This is a WFTDA Invitational style tournament for Division 1 teams (no "winner", just a bunch of games for WFTDA rating)

[FTS LINK]

Featuring:

Angel City Derby
Arizona Roller Derby
Bay Area Derby
Minnesota RollerGirls
Philly Roller Derby
Rat City Roller Derby
Santa Cruz Derby Girls
Harbor Hellcats
Stockholm Roller Derby

and

Texas Rollergirls

Fri-Sun: Saint-Anselme, Québec, Canada

The 2019 La Foire du Nord tournament, hosted by Roller Derby Québec. This is the first edition of this international WFTDA Invitational.

[FTS LINK]

Featuring:

Forest City Roller Derby
Roller Derby Québec
CT Roller Derby
Oslo Roller Derby
Penn Jersey Roller Derby
Lehigh Valley Roller Derby
Twin State Derby

and

Anchor City Rollers

Weekend Highlights: 12 May 2019

Posted: by aoanla 2019-05-10 10:00
Tags: argentine derby australian derby austrian derby dutch derby french derby greek derby swedish derby uk derby weekend highlights

This is the Sunday addendum to this weekend's highlights, with even more roller derby of all kinds.

Remember: if you want to ensure your event has a chance of being highlighted, you can contact us via Facebook, Instagram, Email or WeChat to remind us. (If your website has a useful RSS or other syndication feed, please tell us about it, too.) We highlight events for various reasons, not just because they "big", so don't be shy.

Locations are roughly organised East-West (with things before the weekend out sequence at the start).

Sun: Lanús, Argentina

Atomic Bombs Roller Derby host a double header of Roller Derby, as they take on a joint, mixed team from Colmena Roller Derby and Cerberos Roller Derby (of Remedios de Escalada), who are punning a little with their mixed team name, followed by a mixed gender bout with Inka Roller Derby playing an open subscription team (Chambelanes). [As far as we can tell, the entire theme of this double header is a gentle mocking of the "Sweet sixteen"/"debutante ball" event.]

Atomix (Atomic Bombs O / Lanús) versus Colmenos&Cerberas (Remedios de Escalada O)
Inka RD (Buenos Aires O) versus Chambelanes (mixed open subs team)

These bouts are not in FTS due to the open subs or mashup nature of teams

Event starts: 1500 Sunday (doors open)

Venue: Club Podesta, Vélez Sárfield, Lanús, Argentina

Sun: Buenos Aires, Argentina

Chat Noir Roller Derby host a double header of Roller Derby

Chat Noir (La Plata) versus Team C (2x4 C / Buenos Aires)
Alianza Rebelde (La Plata) versus Bloody Furias (Buenos Aires)

Event starts: 1400 Sunday (doors open)

Venue: Club Estrella del Sur, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Sun: Cwmbran, Wales

Riot City Ravens host a triple header fixture for British Championships Tier 2 South. At this stage in the Tier 2 South, the table is very close, with three teams with no losses (but only one game apiece for each).

Suffolk Roller Derby versus Dorset
Hereford versus Plymouth
Riot City Ravens (Newport) versus Hertfordshire

Event starts: 1000 Sunday

Venue: Cwmbran Stadium, Henllys Way, Cwmbran, Wales

Sun: Châteauroux, France

Les Pirnanas de Châteauroux host a triple header round robin, against their neighbours from Anjou, and a mixed mashup team (UB).

Les Pirnanas de Châteauroux
Anjou Derby Girls
UB team

There's only one bout here listable in FTS, given that you can't rate "UB" teams.

Event starts: 1100 Sunday

Venue: Gymnase Jablonsky, Rue Louis-Braille, Châteauroux

Sun: Eindhoven, Netherlands

Rockcity Rollers host a triple header with multiple teams from Namur and Zeeland!

Rockcity Rollers High Voltage (Edinhoven mixed level) versus Les Parpaings (Namur B)
Motherf*cking Carebears (?? mixed gender) versus Namur Glorious Basterds (Namur M)
Rockcity Rollers B (Eindhoven B) versus Black Sheep Honey Rollers (Zeeland)

The middle bout is not in Flat Track Stats due to the mixed nature of the teams

Event starts: 1030 Sunday

Venue: RC de Lichstad, St. Trudostraat 1A, Eindhoven, Netherlands

Sun: Graz, Austria

Dust City Rollers host the first game of their Spring Season, as they take on Regensburg's finest.

Dust City Rollers (Graz) versus Rolling Ratpack (Regensburg)

Event starts: 1300 Sunday

Venue: Sportunion Steiermark, Gaußgasse 3, Graz, Austria

Sun: Stockholm, Sweden

The Royal Swedish Roller Derby host an international double header, with their fellows from Östergötland joining them to face DCCLM from France!

The Royal Army (Royal Swedish B / Stockholm)
Norrköping Roller Derby - versus
DCCLM (Montpellier)

Event starts: 1145 Sunday (doors open)

Venue: Farstahallen, Farstaängsvägen 3, Farsta, Sweden

Sun: Athens, Greece

Athens Roller Derby (link to Facebook, as we can't find other pages for them) host an open training event, which also serves as a recruitment day. (We don't often see events from Athens Roller Derby, other than these training events... we'd love to know more about what's happening in Greece!)

Event starts: 1800 Sunday

Venue: Olympic Stadium, Athens, Greece

Sun: Adelaide, SA, Australia

Lil' Adelaide Rollers host their first home teams game of the year!

Quad Monsters versus Skool of Blokk (home teams)

Event starts: 1600 Sunday (doors open)

Venue: LeFevre Community Stadium, 541 Victoria Road, Osborne, SA, Australia

Weekend Highlights: 11 May 2019

Posted: by aoanla 2019-05-08 10:30
Tags: australian derby austrian derby belgian derby dutch derby finnish derby french derby german derby italian derby new zealand derby polish derby portugueuse derby swedish derby uk derby weekend highlights

The new "Weekend Highlights" feature returns, with a slight modification to our rule from last weekend. There are far too many valuable fixtures to cover all of them (especially in France and the UK, which tend to have multiple tournaments, bootcamps etc all on one weekend), but we also don't want to be so strict as to have just 1 per country. So, we'll be doing the following:

Two highlights a weekend - Sat + (All Weekend); and then a smaller one for Sunday.

Locations are roughly organised East-West (with things before the weekend out sequence at the start).

Thurs+Fri: Badung, Bali, Indonesia

Hot Lava Rollers , Bali's first Roller Derby team, host a Launch Party this Friday, preceded by a Movie Night screening of iconic Roller Derby film, Whip It!. The Launch Party will provide not just a chance to learn more about Roller Derby and the team, but also the first opportunity to own Hot Lava Rollers' new merch.

Event starts: 1900 Thursday (Movie Night), 2000 Friday (Launch Party) Venue: Lust+Lost Chill Bar, Jalan Tanah Barak 6 Canggu, Kuta Utara, Badung, Bali, Indonesia

Sat: Lisbon, Portugal

[FACEBOOK LINK] [FTS LINK (BC)] [FTS LINK (WFTDA)]

Lisbon Grrrls Roller Derby host a single header against last years' Continental Cup hosts, As Brigantias of A Coruña, Spain.

Event starts: 1600 Saturday (doors open)

Venue: Pavilhão Municipal Desportivo Do Bairro Da Boavista, Lisbon, Portugal

Sat: Nottingham, UK

Nottingham Roller Derby hosts a triple header of sanctioned WFTDA and MRDA bouts! Starting with the next two fixtures in the British Championships MRDA-side Tier 1 North, including Scottish interest as Glasgow Men's Roller Derby face the hosts; the day ends with high-level WFTDA action, as Edinburgh's Auld Reekie play Milton Keynes' Rebellion.

British Champs T1MN - Super Smash Brollers (Nottingham M) versus Glasgow Men's Roller Derby - New Wheeled Order ( M) versus Barrow Infernos (Barrow-in-Furness M)
Auld Reekie Roller Derby (Edinburgh) versus Rebellion Roller Derby (Milton Keynes)

Event starts: 1100 Saturday (doors open)

Venue: Lee Westwood Sports Centre, Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham, UK

Sat-Sun: Ligugé, France

Les Broyeueses du Poitu host a two-day bootcamp for Officials and Skaters.

The first day will be a purely theoretical half-day for officials (referees & NSOs), whilst the second will be practical coaching for all, including scrimmage. The skater component of the bootcamp is aimed at beginner-intermediate level. Coaches: Charlie Coeur, Bernie, Cass Burn

Event starts: 1400 Saturday (Officials), 0900 Sunday (Skaters)

Venue: Complex Sportif Jean Paul Gomez, Avenue Paul Claudel, Ligugé, France

Sat: Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK

Tyne and Fear Roller Derby host the 4th round of the British Championships MRDA-side Tier 2. With Scotland's Bairn City Rollers currently in 3rd place in the leaderboards, this will be one of their tougher games, as they play the currently unbeaten #1 place North Wales.

Tyne and Fear B (Newcastle MB) versus Knights of Oldham
Bairn City Rollers (Stirling/Falkirk O) versus North Wales Roller Derby (Men)

Event starts: 1200 Saturday (doors open)

Venue: Benfield Sports Centre, Newcastle Upon Tyne

Sat: Pollestres, France

Coccyx Lexis of Perpignan host the mirror of the Trophée Chocolatine - the Trophée Pain au Chocolat! This one-day tournament sees teams from across the region of France where chocolate-filled pastry has its more popular name compete for the Cup. This is a full 5 team round robin, with 10 games across the day (given the timings, we think they're short-format of some kind).

Competing: - Coccyx Lexis (Perpignan) - DCCLM (Montpellier) - Castres Roller Derby - Roll'in Tarn (Albi) - Roller Derby Toulouse

These games are not listed in Flat Track Stats (due to format?)

Event starts: 0900 Saturday (doors open)

Venue: Avenue Pablo Casals, Pollestres, France

Sat-Sun: Charleroi, Belgium

Blackland Rockin' K-Rollers host an Intermediate/Advanced skating bootcamp, with an additional Officials bootcamp co-hosted.

All three sessions (skater/referee/NSO) will run in parallel, culminating in a scrimmage at the end of the Sunday. Coaches are: Candyman (referees); La mèche Tsé Tsé (NSO); Why So Sirus, Sally Broyeur & Trick or Threat (skaters).

Event starts: 13:00 Saturday

Venue: Centre Sportif de Roux, Rue Des Courturelles 2, Charleroi, Belgium

Sat-Sun: Amsterdam, Netherlands

Amsterdam Roller Derby host the 2019 edition of the Stroopwafel Cup, their annual WFTDA-rules tournament.

Competing this year are: - Amsterdam Roller Derby (A & B) - Roller Derby Hannover (A) - Les Sabordeuses (Brest B) - Pack of Destruction (Antwerp B)

Event starts: 0800 Saturday (doors open)

Venue: Weeren de sportp., Sportpark de Weeren, 5, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Sat-Sun: Emden, Germany

Maleficent Mermaids , Emden's, Junior Derby team, host the 2019 edition of their Junior Roller Derby bootcamp. This two day event will be entirely coaching on the Saturday, and scrimmage on the Sunday.

In parallel, there will also be an NSO workshop for interested attendees.

Event starts: 0900 Saturday

Venue: Pillauer Straße, Emden, Germany

Sat: Bergamo, Italy

Crimson Vipers Roller Derby Bergamo host a double header, as they host a double header (slightly unusually, for one of the away teams...)

Crimson Vipers (Bergamo) versus Black Thunders (Madrid)
Harpies (Milan) versus Black Thunders (Madrid)

Event starts: 1500 Saturday (doors open)

Venue: Palestra Corridoni, Via Flores Mario, Bergamo

Sat: Borås, Sweden

[FACEBOOK LINK] [FTS LINK 1] [FTS LINK 2] [FTS LINK 3]

Stitch City Rollers celebrate their 5th anniversary with an open day of Roller Derby events, including a chance to try the sport yourself (for over 16s).

Event starts: 1400 Saturday

Venue: Borås Skatehall, Armbågavägen 16, Borås, Sweden

Sat: Vienna, Austria

Vienna Roller Derby host a triple header round robin, as their B team take on opponents from Germany and the Netherlands!

Arnhem Fallen Angels (Arnhem, NL)
Harbor Girls B (Hamburg/St Pauli, Germany B)
Vienna Beasts (Vienna B)

Event starts: 1215 Saturday

Venue: AHS Theodor-Kramer, Theodor Kramer Straße 3, Vienna, Austria

Sat: Warsaw, Poland

Warsaw Hellcats Roller Girls host an international double header, with both a WFTDA- and MRDA-gender bout. Both are exciting, as this is one of the first chances to see Riga's team play; and the men's National teams bout is one of the first such games of the current National teams season (technically, "Polish Men's Roller Derby" isn't the Polish National Men's team, but it is all the Polish male skaters in Poland...).

Warsaw Hellcats versus Riga Roller Derby
Polish Men's Roller Derby versus Team Denmark Men's Roller Derby

Event starts: 1400 Saturday (doors open)

Venue: Ursynowskie Centrum Sportu i Rekreacji, ZOS "Hawajksa"

Sat: Oulainen, Finland

Riverdale Rollers host the Division 1 final fixture for this season's Finnish National tournament.

Kouvola Rock n Rollers (Kouvola) versus P-town Brawlers (Porvoo)
Riverdale Rollers (Ylivieska) versus C-kaseti (Helsinki C)

Event starts: 1130 Saturday (doors open)

Venue: Jäähali Oulainen, Kotimarjalankatu 1, Oulainen, Finland

Sat: Keysborough, VIC, Australia

Kingston City Rollers and Westside Derby Dollz host a "Mixed Fixture" tournament series to give mixed (gender?) teams a regular set of games.

Participating teams:

Ballarat Roller Derby League
Kingston City Rollers
Victoria Men's Roller Derby (B)
Westside Derby Dollz (Wreckers)

These bouts are not currently listed in Flat Track Stats.

Event starts: 1400 Saturday (doors open)

Venue: Springers Leisure Centre, 400 Cheltenham Road, Keysborough, VIC, Australia

Sat: Wellington, New Zealand