Brisbane City Rollers Explained

Brisbane City Rollers
Founded:2009
Metro Area:Ipswich, Queensland
Country:Australia
Teams:Punk Blockers (women's A team)
Nasty Nancies (women's B team)
Scartel (men's team)
Violent Femmes (women intraleague/open season)
Banshees (women intraleague/open season)
Tracks:Flat
Venue:Ipswich Show Grounds

The Brisbane City Rollers (BCR) is a roller derby league based in Queensland, Australia. It consists of 3 women's intraleague teams, two women's travel teams and 1 men's travel team, which play against teams from other leagues. It is the oldest co-ed league in Australia.[1]

The league was founded by a group of skaters, including "Evil Doll", who was a founding member of the Sun State Roller Girls. Initially based in central Brisbane, it relocated to Ipswich to find good practice facilities, and built up a following in the west of the city.[2]

Two BCR skaters, Fang Fiend and Juke Nukem, were selected to skate for Team Australia at the 2010 Roller Derby World Cup.[3]

The league took third place in the Tropicarnage Cup. At the 2012 Great Southern Slam, it reached the quarter-finals, where it lost 139 to 173 against Adelaide Roller Derby.[4]

References

  1. Beck Wise, "Feature Preview: The Great Southern Slam ", Derby News Network, 8 June 2012
  2. Peter Foley, "Roller derby women (and men) are here", Queensland Times, 20 June 2009
  3. Douglas Estwick, "Ipswich roller derby girls on a roll as they head to first Roller Derby World Cup in Toronto, Canada", Courier Mail, 9 November 2011
  4. Beck Wise, "TGSS Day Two Recaps ", Derby News Network, 10 June 2012