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

Mostly, Scotland has opportunities to start your Roller Derby experience this weekend:

• Elgin: Helgin Roller Derby host the start of their Learn To Skate course for anyone interested in joining the team and learning to skate. [EVENT]
• Sun, Glasgow: Glasgow Roller Derby are recruiting, with their Summer Intake today leading seamlessly into their 15 week Learn To Derby course. [EVENT]

United Kingdom

With British Champs bouts on Saturday and Sunday, there's also plenty of other derby - if you're near Guildford on Sunday, we suggest you go to the Pennies for Pussycats Fundraiser; and on Saturday, there's plenty of opportunity to support Team GB Juniors in Peterborough!

• Thurs, Durham, England: Durham City Rolling Angels host their monthly open scrim with a special edition aimed at rookie skaters. WFTDA-gender-policy applies. [EVENT]
• Fri, Carlisle, England: Border City Roller Derby host their recruitment day and start of their beginners course for interested skaters. Open To All. [EVENT]
• Fri, Neath Port Talbot: NPT Roller Derby are having a Beach Skate, to which all are welcome! [EVENT]
• Fri, New Ferry (Wirral), England: Another "Cheeky Minors Roller Derby" juniors rec skate, in support of the founding and development of this league. [EVENT]
• Bournemouth, England: Dorset Roller Girls host the British Championships Tier 3 South [FTS Tournament][EVENT]
  • Hertfordshire Roller Derby versus Cambridge Rollerbillies
  • Dorset Roller Girls versus Killa Hurtz Roller Derby (Chelmsford)
• Nottingham, England: Nottingham Roller Derby host the British Championships Tier 3 East - a completely free entry event, to promote the sport! [FTS Tournament][EVENT]
  • Nottingham Roller Girls versus Mansfield Roller Derby
  • Lincolnshire Bombers Roller Girls versus Roller Derby Leicester
• Oldham, England: The Knights of Oldham Roller Derby host the British Championships Tier 3 Mens North [FTS Tournament][EVENT]
  • North Wales Roller Derby Men versus Bristol "Co-Ed All Stars"
  • Knights of Oldham versus Chaos Engine (Manchester M B) [FTS]
• Oxford, England: Oxford Roller Derby host a double header of roller derby action [EVENT]
  • Oxford Roller Derby A versus Swansea City Roller Derby [FTS]
  • Oxford Roller Derby B versus Furies (Manchester B) [FTS]
• Peterborough, England: As we mentioned previously, your next chance to see Team GB Juniors is here, as the Borderland Brawlers host a double header of roller derby action to raise funds for Great Britain's first ever Junior team, attending the Junior Roller Derby World Cup! [EVENT]
  • Borderland Brawlers (Peterborough OTA) versus Mustard City Rollers (Norfolk OTA) [FTS]
  • Team GB Juniors versus The World
• Sun, Birmingham, England: the Crash Test Brummies host the British Championships Tier 1 Mens, in a triple header with a very special first bout [FTS tournament][EVENT]
  • Junior Derby Exhibition: Hereford Poison Berries versus Sheffield Steel Junior Rollers
  • Mild Discomfort (Southern Discomfort / London M B) versus New Wheeled Order (Manchester M)
  • Crash Test Brummies versus Barrow Infernos (Barrow-in-Furness M)
• Sun, Guildford, England: Surrey Roller Girls host the "Pennies for Pussycats" double header roller derby fundraiser! Raising funds for the RSPCA and SNARL, two excellent cat-supporting charities. [EVENT]
  • Surrey Roller Girls versus Brighton Rockerbillies (Brighton B) [FTS]
  • Cat-themed Open-subscription game.
• Sun, Oldham, England: Rainy City Roller Derby host a Pre-minimum skills bootcamp [EVENT]
• Sun, Oxford, England: Oxford Wheels of Gory host the start of their recruitment / learn to Derby course [EVENT]
• Sun, Scarborough, England: Scarborough Slammers host their "Roller Derby 101" intro to roller derby course, starting today! [EVENT]
• Sun, Sheffield, England: The Inhuman League host an open-to-all scrim, all mins-passed skaters welcome! [EVENT]
• Sun, York, England: York Minxters host a mini-bootcamp for NSOs, "NSO School", run by the York Minxters Officiating Team [EVENT]
• Tues (5th), Leeds, England: Leeds Roller Derby host another of their "guest skater night" open scrims - WFTDA-gender policy for skaters [EVENT]

Europe

As usual, there's a huge amount of Roller Derby happening in Europe. As well as the usual busy French schedule, Helsinki hosts the WFTDA Div 1 Finvitational tournament, Liege hosts the first Division 1 tournament in the Belgian Nationals, A Coruña the next in the Galician regional tournament, and Kassel and Leipzig German Bundesliga bouts!

• Fri-Sun, Helsinki, Finland: Kallio Rolling Rainbow host the WFTDA Division 1 tournament of the summer, as Finvitational returns for 2018. [FTS Tournament][EVENT] Potentially streamed on WFTDA.tv.
  • Rat City Roller Derby (Seattle) versus Kallio Rolling Rainbow
  • London Rollergirls versus Stockholm Roller Derby
  • Crime City Rollers (Malmö) versus Helsinki Roller Derby
  • London Rollergirls versus Rat City Roller Derby
  • Stockholm Roller Derby versus Kallio Rolling Rainbow
  • London Rollergirls versus Crime City Rollers
  • Helsinki Roller Derby versus Rat City Roller Derby
  • Rat City Roller Derby versus Stockholm Roller Derby
  • London Rollergirls versus Kallio Rolling Rainbow
  • Crime City Rollers versus Rat City Roller Derby
• Sat-Sun, La Roche-sur-Yon, France: Les Passeuses Dâmes host a two-day 4-team round robin tournament! [EVENT]
  • Les P'tites Frappes (Lutèce Destroyeuses/Paris B) versus La Compagnie Cruelle (Bordeaux B) [FTS]
  • Les Passeuses Dâmes versus Les Faucheuses (Rouen B) [FTS]
  • Les Passeuses Dâmes versus Les P'tites Frappes [FTS]
  • La Compagnie Cruelle versus Les Faucheuses [FTS]
  • Les Faucheuses versus Les P'tites Frappes [FTS]
  • Les Passeuses Dâmes versus La Compagnie Cruelle [FTS]
• Sat-Sun, Niort, France: The Ang'Elles X are hosting a two day recruitment and scrimmage event, to promote the sport across the region! [EVENT]
• Paris, France: La Boucherie de Paris host a double header of roller derby [EVENT]
  • Les Succubes (Chapet) versus La Carcasse (Boucherie de Paris C) [FTS]
  • Les Nasty Pêcheresses (Montreuil) versus La Barbaque (Boucherie de Paris B) [FTS]
• Kassel, Germany: Kassel Roller Derby host a single header Bundesliga Div 2 bout [FTS Tournament][EVENT]
  • Bashlorettes (Kassel) versus Zombie Rollergirlz (Münster)
• Leipzig, Germany: Riot Rocketz Roller Derby host a double header, including a Bundesliga Div 3 bout! [FTS Tournament][EVENT]
  • Riot Rocketz (Leipzig) versus Meatgrinders (Bremen) [Bundesliga Div 3]
  • The Rolling L-EF-DD-Overs (Leipzig OTA?) versus TBA OTA team
• Reykjavík, Iceland: Roller Derby Iceland host an open, all-gender scrimmage event! [EVENT]
• The Hague, Netherlands: The Parliament of Pain host a rookie bootcamp - for rookie skaters, but also with opportunities for rookie referees and NSOs to gain experience during the scrimmage component. [EVENT]
• A Coruña, Spain: Roller Derby Coruña Irmandiñas host the second leg of First Federation Cup - a Galician Roller Derby tournament series. [FTS tournament][EVENT]
  • NOS versus Sereas Bravas (Lobishomes Men's Roller Derby)
• Lucerne, Switzerland: The Hellveticats host a single header of roller derby action [EVENT]
  • Hellveticats (Lucerne) versus Rhine Rebels (Basel) [FTS]
• Sun, Quimper, France: Kemper Roller Derby host a single-header [EVENT]
  • Bomb'Hards (Quimper) versus Mortal Condate (Rennes C) [FTS]
• Sun, Saint Paul Trois Châteaux, France: Les Atomik Paulettes host a triple header round robin tournament, their first ever tournament, with open subscription teams, and 40 minute (2x20) games. [EVENT]
• Sun, Seynod, France: Les Brütales Deluxe host a double header against Lausanne's Rolling Furies [EVENT]
  • Brütales Deluxe B versus Rolling Furies B [FTS]
  • Brütales Deluxe A versus Rolling Furies A [FTS]
• Sun, Liège, Belgium: the Holy Wheels Menace host their first game in the new Belgian Championships Division 1 [FTS Tournament][EVENT]
  • Holy Wheels Menace (Liège) versus Namur Roller Girls [FTS]
• Sun, Utrect, Netherlands: Dom City Roller Derby host their regular Open Training, for all mins-passed skaters [EVENT]

• Sun, Uppsala, Sweden: Jackdaw City Rollers host an intraleague scrimmage for their Junior team, Jackdaw Chicks [EVENT]
  • Jacksaw Chicks public intraleague scrimmage!

Pacific

The Pacific region seems fairly quiet this weekend, mostly seeing a intraleagues in Australia, Japan (juniors!)... whilst New Zealand hosts a 15 team Sur5al!

• Fri, Wollongong, NSW, Australia: Wollongong Illawarra Roller Derby host a recruitment and information session for anyone wanting to find out about the sport. Players and Officials all welcome. [EVENT]
• Fri, Darwin, Australia: Roller Derby Australia hosts a series of parallel "World Skate Roller Derby Rules Clinics". These are managed by the rebranded FIRS-backed rules/organisation "World Skate" (which is basically USARS rules), and are a feeder into the "World Skate" National Teams [as opposed to the WFTDA-rules/RDNC-backed National Teams, which have a much bigger competitive arena]. This is the last event, in Darwin. [EVENT]
• Broadmeadow, NSW, Australia: Newcastle Roller Derby League host round 4 of their 2018 intraleague series, as the Harbour Hellcats face Fort Smashleys [EVENT]
• Albany, WA, Australia: Albany Roller Derby League host their #7th Rec League game, as home teams the Cold Snaps take on the Storm Fronts [EVENT]
• Ikego, Japan: Yokosuka Mochi Pounders host a Junior Derby round-robin tournament intraleague, as the 4 Hogwarts Houses play 15 minute games to devide the holder of the Hogwarts Cup! [EVENT]
• Levin, New Zealand: Whenua Fatales Roller Derby League host a massive 15 team Sur5al tournament! [EVENT]
• Sun, Napier, New Zealand: The Bay City Rollers host their Bay City Rollers Roadies recruitment event (separate signup for the training course itself) [EVENT]

Latin America

In Latin America, there's action in Brazil, Costa Rica and Argentina, and a two-day tournament in Mexico!

• Sat-Sun, São Paulo, Brazil: Gray City Rebels host a two-day "Bootcamp Osom" - Maki Lombera and Tropical Mecanica of 2x4 Roller Derby A (Team Osom) and Selección Argentina coaching attendees, of all levels. [EVENT]
• São Paulo, Brazil: The Ladies of Helltown host a double header of roller derby (in place of the São Paulo Cup). [EVENT Flyer]
  • Ladies of Helltown (São Paulo) versus Brasil Roller Derby Masculino [FTS]
  • Ladies of Helltown versus "Time Misto" (Mixed female team?)
• Santiago, Chile: Complot Derby Club are, we think, hosting a scrimmage against El Mundo (the world), to see off their retiring captain, Basuritas. There's not even a flyer for this one, though, just some signup sheets... [post on Facebook]
  • Complot Derby Club (Santiago OTA) versus El Mundo
• Sat-Sun, San José, Costa Rica: Dark Side Roller Derby will be present at the two-day arts and music festival "Victoria Fest 2018" [EVENT]
• Sat-Sun, Cuidad Juarez, Mexico: Medias Rotas Roller Derby host the two-day tournament, Summer Rollout [FTS Tournament][no event, but a whole PAGE on Facebook]
  • Competing:
    • Roller Derby Celaya (Delicious Wheels)
    • All-Star Juarez
    • Baja Roller Derby (Baja California)
    • Division del Norte (Chihuahua)
    • Minervas Roller Derby Guadalajara
• Morelia, Mexico: Ovejas Negras (of Michoacán) host an exhibition / intraleague bout (no Facebook Event) [EVENT Flyer]
  • Vintage versus Millenials
• Montevideo, Uruguay: Pajaros Pintados Roller Derby host a tryout / recruitment event in the afternoon, ahead of the start of their next training season next week [EVENT Flyer]
• Sun, Zapala, Argentina: Hijas del Patano host a "triangular tournament" (three team round robin) [EVENT]
  • Hienas de la Calle (Neuquén) versus Barderas Insurrectas (Neuquén) [FTS]
  • Hienas de la Calle (Neuquén) versus Hijas del Pantano [FTS]
  • Barderas Insurrectas versus Hijas del Pantano [FTS]

Africa and Middle East

There's no roller derby in this region this weekend that we are aware of.

Elsewhere

• Sat-Sun, Denver, Colorado: Of interest to us because of the attendance of Buenos Aires' Sailor City Rollers, Rocky Mountain Rollergirls host Besterns 2018 [FTS Tournament][EVENT]
  • Sailor City Rollers versus Oklahoma Victory Dolls [FTS]
  • Sailor City Rollers versus Rocky Mountain [FTS]
  • Sailor City Rollers versus Houston Roller Derby [FTS]
• Sat-Sun, Milwaukee, Wisconsin: Of interest to us because of the attendance of London's Southern Discomfort, Brewcity Bruisers host the 2018 Midwest Brewhaha [FTS Tournament][EVENT]
  • Southern Discomfort (London M) versus Magic City Misfits (Jacksonville M)
  • Southern Discomfort versus Texas Men's Roller Derby
  • Southern Discomfort versus St. Louis Gatekeepers