Non-US/Canadian Derby Roundup:21st/22nd Apr Edition
We’re bringing you another roundup of the upcoming Roller Derby this weekend from across the world. As always, we’re using Flat Track Stats for much of this information – for regions with less good coverage, we also do a bit of intensive searching using a tool which scans the Facebook events of Roller Derby leagues known to Derby Listing.
Predictions of bouts are from FTS, if possible, and from our own SRD Rank where FTS cannot make predictions (for example: Latin America, or non-MRDA men’s bouts). (SRDRank also has recent WFTDA rankings, including the 31st June ranking, as well as SRDRank, and allows you to make predictions from them.)
If we’ve missed you from our roundup, please let us know! [Or add yourselves to FTS and/or Derbylisting]
(Note: we're especially likely to be missing items this week, as Facebook's response to the Cambridge Analytica scandal has resulted in them turning off large parts of the services we use to automatically collate events for this article. We don't think we've missed too much, but...)Scotland
Like last week, Scotland has two fixtures this week, both double-headers (and one for British Champs Tier 3 North).- Fri, Falkirk,Scotland,United Kingdom: Bairn City Rollers host their Roller Derby New Skaters Session, open to all genders. [EVENT]
- Sat, Aberdeen,Scotland,United Kingdom: Granite City Roller Derby present GCRD Host British Championships T3N Double Header 2018 [FTS Tournament][EVENT]
- Granite City Roller Derby versus Halifax Bruising Banditas
- Wakey Wheeled Cats (Wakefield) versus Newcastle Roller Derby Whippin Hinnies (B)
- Sat, Inverness,Scotland,United Kingdom: Inverness City Roller Derby host a double header.[EVENT]
- Inverness City Roller Derby versus New Town Roller Girls [FTS]
- Team EPIC (Elgin/Perth/Inverness) versus Team Black
- Sun, Blackburn, Scotland, United Kingdom: Glasgow Men's Roller Derby host Jammer Club #7, the latest iteration of their regular, Open To All, jammer-skills minibootcamps. [EVENT]
United Kingdom
There's a huge number of British Champs fixtures this weekend, and an 8th birthday for Tiger Bay Brawlers!- Thurs, Cardiff,Wales,United Kingdom: Tiger Bay Brawlers' Learn to Skate course continues[EVENT]
- Thurs, Flint,Wales,United Kingdom: North Wales Roller Derby host their Men's Monthly Scrim | Open To All Skill Levels [EVENT]
- Sat, London,England,United Kingdom: London Rockin' Rollers host British Champs Tier 1 game as part of a double header [FTS Tournament][EVENT]
- London Rockin' Rollers Badasses (B) versus Liverpool Roller Birds Yellow Shovemarines (B) [FTS]
- London Rockin' Rollers All-Stars versus Liverpool Roller Birds A [Champs]
- Sat, Wolverhampton,England,United Kingdom: Wolverhampton Honour Rollers present Roller Derby British Champs - Women's T3 West [FTS Tournament][EVENT]
- Hereford Roller Derby versus Riot City Ravens
- Wolverhampton Honour Rollers versus Leicestershire Dolly Rockit Rollers
- Sun, Cardiff,Wales,United Kingdom: Tiger Bay Brawlers host a party for their 8th birthday, including open scrims [WFTDA gender policy]! [EVENT]
- Sun, Leicester,England,United Kingdom: Dolly Rockit Rollers host their April Open-To-All Scrim, for all mins-passed skaters of any gender [EVENT]
- Sun, Manchester,England,United Kingdom: Manchester Roller Derby host their regular Mixed Level Open All Gender Scrim [EVENT]
- Sun, Oldham,England,United Kingdom: Rainy City Roller Derby host a Pre-minimum Skills Bootcamp [EVENT]
- Sun, Crewe, England, United Kingdom: Railtown Loco-Rollers host British Champs Tier 4 West (with an event not owned by the page, oddly) [FTS Tournament][EVENT]
- Blackpool Roller Derby versus Riverside Rebels () [FTS]
- Arcadia Roller Derby (Manchester) versus Railtown Loco Rollers
- Sun, Cambridge,England,United Kingdom: Cambridge Rollerbillies present British Championships Double Header - T3W South [FTS Tournament][EVENT]
- Killahurtz Roller Derby versus Cambridge Rollerbillies
- Wiltshire Roller Derby versus Dorset Roller Girls
- Sun, South Bank, England, United Kingdom: Teeside Skate Invaders host the Brisih Champs Tier 2 Men. [FTS Tournament][EVENT]
- Teeside Skate Invaders versus Super Smash Brollers (Birmingham)
- Oxford Men's Roller Derby versus Lincolnshire Rolling Thunder B
Europe
There's a bunch of national teams tournament fixtures this weekend - the French Championnat division 1, and several Bundesliga bouts... but also a huge number of other tournaments, including Nantes Derby Girls' regular West Track Story.- Thurs, Avignon,Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur,France: Rabbit Skulls Roller Derby andWarren Track Fighters host their recruitment/initiation day, for all genders. [EVENT]
- Sat, Copenhagen,Zealand,Denmark: Copenhagen Roller Derby host a Roller Derby Tripleheader [EVENT]
- Sat, Anglet, France: Roller Derby Côte Basque host a bout [EVENT]
- Valient Bitchez (Anglet) versus Castres Roller Derby [FTS]
- Sat, Calais,Nord-Pas-de-Calais,France: Roller Derby Calaisis also host a triple header [EVENT]
- Zombeers (Calais M) versus Unnamed Basterds (UK+FR+BE mashup)
- Dead Dragibus (Calais J) versus New Bournes (Eastbourne J)
- Black Tagada (Calais W) versus Bourne Bombshells (Eastbourne W) [FTS]
- Sat, Nantes,Pays de la Loire,France: Nantes Derby Girls host the 6th West Track Story tournament [FTS Tournament][EVENT] featuring
- Antwerp Roller Derby
- Tampere Roller Derby
- Nottingham Hellfire Harlots
- Amsterdam Roller Derby
- Nantes Derby Girls
- Sat-Sun, Metz, France; Roller Derby Metz Club host the Championnat de France Nationale 1 North fixtures[FTS Tournament][EVENT]
- Paris Roller Girls Quedalles (B) versus Orcet Roller Derby La Horde
- Les Déferlantes (Rennes B) versus Switchblade (Roller Derby Lille A)
- Roller Derby Metz Club All Stars versus Encastreuses (Lutèce A)
- Les Déferlantes versus La Horde
- Roller Derby Metz Club All-Stars versus Switchblade
- Les Déferlantes versus Quedalles
- Encastreuses versus La Horde
- Sat, Mannheim,Baden-Württemberg,Germany: The Delta Quads host a double header [EVENT]
- Sat, Cologne (Köln), Germany: Cologne Roller Derby host a Bundesliga div 2 bout against the RockARollers of Karlsruhe [FTS Tournament][EVENT]
- Sat, Munich, Germany: Munich Rolling Rebels' Bundesliga div 1 bout as part of a double header [FTS Tournament][EVENT]
- Munich Dynamite (A) versus Ruhrpott Roller Girls [Bundesliga]
- Municorns (Munich B) versus Riot Rollers Darmstadt B [FTS]
- Sat, Rome,Lazio,Italy: Roma Roller Derby host The Amazing Boot Camp! [EVENT]
- Referee bootcamp by Shref and Wonder Zebra
- Skater bootcamp by Miracle Whips
- Closing scrims
- Sat, Den Haag,Zuid-Holland,Netherlands: Parliament of Pain host a Double Header [EVENT]
- Sat, Rotterdam, Netherlands: Rotterdam Roller Derby host a double header against Kent and Warsaw [EVENT]
- Sat, Oslo,Oslo,Norway: Oslo Roller Derby present The Challenge 2018 [EVENT]
- Three-way Roller Derby tournament, with teams "Earth", "Wind" and "Fire"
- Sat, Gothenburg, Norway: Dock City Rollers host a double header [EVENT]
- Sun, Prague, Czech Republic: The Hard Breaking Dolls host another Open Practice for those interested in trying roller derby [EVENT]
- Sun, Nîmes,Languedoc-Roussillon,France: Bones Breakers Roller Derby host a Triple Header [EVENT]
- Sun, Épinal,Lorraine,France: Roller Derby Épinal host Pâques is Here, a Double Header [EVENT]
- Sun, Stuttgart, Germany: Stuttgart Valley Roller Derby host Strasbourg Roller Derby for a bout [FTS][EVENT]
Pacific
The big event in the Pacific is the Gold Coast's yearly Royal Rumble Roller Derby Tournament!- Fri-Sun, Gold Coast, QLD, Australia: The 2018 Royal Rumble Roller Derby Tournament brings together much of the action in Australia. [FTS Tournament][EVENT] Attending teams:
- Notorious VICs (Victorian C)
- East Coast Derby Dolls (Gold Coast)
- Radeladies (Adelaide B)
- North Queensland
- Northside Rollers (Melbourne)
- North Brisbane Rollers
- Sydney Coastal Assassins
- Sun State Roller Girls (Brisbane/Logan)
- Western Australia Roller Derby (WARD -
- Convict City Roller Derby (Hobart, Tasmania)
- Perth Roller Derby
- Southside Derby Dolls (South Sydney)
- Brisbane City Rollers
- Tweed Valley Rollers
- Canberra Roller Derby
- Sat, Rimutaka, Australia: Rimutaka Roller Derby host their first ever game, against Peowhairangi Wildlings! [FTS][EVENT]
- Sun, Okinawa,Kyushu,Japan: Devil Dog Derby Dames' Beginner Skate Lessons continue[EVENT]
Latin America
In Latin America, there's some derby, including Bogota's continuing city-wide tournament series, the (5th) Torneo Distrital.- Sun, Buenos Aires, Argentina: Sailor City Rollers host a double-header of roller derby [EVENT]
- Sailor City Sea Monsters (C) versus El Mundo (The World) [open subscription, WFTDA-gender-rules team]
- Sailor City All-Stars (A) versus El Mundo [a different roster]
- Sun, Bogotá, Colombia: The 5th edition of the city of Bogota's District Tournament continues with a double header [FTS Tournament][EVENT FLYER]
- Fugitivas Rollerpunk versus Combativas Revoltosas
- Bogota Bone Breakers versus Rock N Roller Queens
- Sun, Viña del Mar,Valparaíso,Chile: Tacones Bandidos host a bout. [EVENT]
- Aukan versus Tacones Bandidos [FTS]
- Sun, Mexico City, Mexico: Discordias (the self-described women's league part of EMEXRD) play Tekillerass (similarly, part of LRDCM) [FTS][EVENT]
- Sun, Celaya, Mexico : Roller Derby Celaya hosts their regular opponent, Morelia's Ovejas Negras for a bout [FTS] [EVENT]