Weekend Highlights: 12 May 2019
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.
In a bid to make this list as useful as possible, we've avoided links to Facebook except where noted. (Links to Teams are to non-Facebook resources - Instagram, or actual team pages - we'd strongly recommend that Teams get themselves an actual webpage [we can help host one if you need help]).
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
[FACEBOOK LINK] [FTS LINK 1] [FTS LINK 2]
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
[FACEBOOK LINK] [FTS LINK 1] [FTS LINK 2]
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
[FACEBOOK LINK] [FTS LINK 1] [FTS LINK 2]
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