Roller derby in the United Kingdom explained

By September 2011, there were more than 1,000 amateur roller derby leagues, covering every inhabited continent,^[1] with teams in countries such as Canada, Australia, the United Kingdom, New Zealand, Germany, Belgium, Finland, Sweden^[2] and Singapore^[3] In the UK, the sport is mostly played by women.^[4]

Contemporary roller derby has a basic set of rules, with variations reflecting the interests of a governing body's member leagues. The Women's Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA), which is used by the majority of leagues around the world.^[5] For example, members of the United Kingdom Roller Derby Association are required to play by WFTDA rules,^[6] while members of the Canadian Women's Roller Derby Association are encouraged to join the WFTDA.^[7]

Leagues

England

North East

• Durham, County Durham – Durham Roller Derby^[8]
• Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear – Newcastle Roller Derby,^[9] Tyne and Fear Roller Derby^[10]
• Sunderland, Tyne & Wear – Sunderland Roller Derby^[11]
• Teesside – Teesside Skate Invaders

Yorkshire

• Halifax, West Yorkshire – Halifax Bruising Banditas^[12]
• Harrogate, North Yorkshire – Spa Town Roller Derby^[13]
• Hull, East Yorkshire – Hull's Angels Roller Derby,^[14] City of Hull Roller Derby^[15]
• Leeds, West Yorkshire – Leeds Roller Derby,^[16] Aire Force One^[17]
• Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire – Middlesbrough Roller Derby^[18]
• Sheffield, South Yorkshire – Sheffield Steel Roller Derby,^[19] The Inhuman League,^[20] Hallam Hellcats Roller Derby^[21]
• Wakefield, West Yorkshire – Wakey Wheeled Cats^[22]
• York, North Yorkshire – York Minxters Roller Derby^[23]

North West

• Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria – Furness Roller Derby^{[24] [25]}
• Blackpool, Lancashire – Blackpool Roller Derby^[26]
• Crewe, Cheshire – Railtown Loco Rollers^[27]
• Liverpool, Merseyside – Liverpool Roller Birds^[28]
• Manchester, Greater Manchester – Rainy City Roller Derby,^[29] Manchester Roller Derby,^[30] Arcadia Roller Derby^[31]
• Preston, Lancashire – Preston Roller Girls^[32]
• Wirral, Merseyside – Riverside Rebels Roller Derby,^[33] Wirral Roller Derby^[34]

Midlands

• Birmingham, West Midlands – Crash Test Brummies,^[35] Birmingham Roller Derby^[36]
• Coventry, West Midlands – Coventry Roller Derby^[37]
• Grimsby, Lincolnshire – Grimsby Roller Derby^[38]
• Hereford, Herefordshire – Hereford Roller Derby^[39]
• Leicester, Leicestershire – Roller Derby Leicester,^[40] Dolly Rockit Rollers^[41]
• Lincoln, Lincolnshire – Lincolnshire Bombers Roller Derby,^[42] Lincolnshire Rolling Thunder^[43]
• Mansfield, Nottinghamshire – Mansfield Roller Derby^[44]
• Nottingham, Nottinghamshire – Hellfire Harlots,^[45] Nottingham Roller Derby,^[46] East Midlands Open Roller Derby^[47]
• Northampton, Northamptonshire – Vendetta Vixens^[48]
• Shrewsbury, Shropshire – Evolution Roller Derby^{[49] [50]}
• Stoke-on-Trent, West Midlands – Stoke City Rollers^[51]
• Worcester – Worcester Wyldlings Roller Derby^[52]
• Wolverhampton, West Midlands – Wolverhampton Honour Rollers^[53]

East

• Bedford, Bedfordshire – Bedfordshire Roller Derby^{[54] [55]}
• Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk – Suffolk Roller Derby^[56]
• Cambridge, Cambridgeshire – Cambridge Rollerbillies^[57]
• Norwich, Norfolk – Norfolk Roller Derby^[58]
• Peterborough, Cambridgeshire – Borderland Brawlers Roller Derby^[59]
• Stevenage, Hertfordshire – Full Metal Roller Derby^[60]

South East

• Brighton, East Sussex – Brighton Rockers Roller Derby^[61]
• Chelmsford, Essex – Killa Hurtz Roller Derby^[62]
• Eastbourne, East Sussex – Eastbourne Roller Derby^[63]
• Herne Bay, Kent – Kent Roller Derby^[64]
• High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire – Big Bucks High Rollers^[65]
• Oxford, Oxfordshire – Oxford Roller Derby,^[66] Oxford Wheels of Gory Roller Derby^[67]
• Portsmouth, Hampshire – Portsmouth Roller Wenches ^[68]
• Rochester, Kent – Kent Men's Roller Derby,^[69] Apex Predators Roller Derby^[70]
• Windsor, Berkshire – Royal Windsor Roller Derby^[71]

South

• Basingstoke, Hampshire – Basingstoke Bullets Roller Derby^[72]
• Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire – Hertfordshire Roller Derby^[73]
• London, Greater London – London Rockin' Rollers,^[74] London Roller Derby,^[75] Southern Discomfort Roller Derby^[76]
• Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire – Rebellion Roller Derby,^[77] Milton Keynes Roller Derby^[78]
• Southampton, Hampshire – Southampton City Rollers^[79]

South West

• Bath, Somerset – Bath Roller Derby^[80]
• Bideford, Devon – North Devon Roller Derby^[81]
• Bristol – Bristol Roller Derby^[82]
• Devon and Somerset – South West Angels of Terror (SWAT) Roller Derby^[83]
• Exeter, Devon – Exeter Roller Derby^[84]
• Dorset – Dorset Roller Girls,^[85] Dorset Knobs Roller Derby^[86]
• Gloucester, Gloucestershire – Severn Roller Torrent^[87]
• Guildford – Surrey Roller Girls,^[88] Surrey Roller Boys^[89]
• Penzance, Cornwall – Cornwall Roller Derby^[90]
• Plymouth, Devon – Plymouth City Roller Derby^[91]
• Swindon, Wiltshire – Wiltshire Roller Derby^[92]

Northern Ireland

• Belfast – Belfast Roller Derby^[93]

Scotland

• Aberdeen – Granite City Roller Derby,^[94] Granite City Brawlers^[95]
• Dumfries – Doonhame Roller Derby
• Dundee – Dundee Roller Derby^[96]
• Edinburgh – Auld Reekie Roller Derby,^[97] Demonburgh Junior Roller Derby
• Elgin – Helgin Roller Derby^[98]
• Glasgow – Glasgow Roller Derby,^[99] Mean City Roller Derby,^[100] Glasgow Men's Roller Derby^[101]
• Grangemouth – Bairn City Rollers^[102]
• Inverness – Inverness City Roller Derby^[103]
• Inverclyde – Inverclyde Roller Derby
• Livingston – New Town Roller Derby^[104]
• Lothian – Lothian Derby Dolls, Fear & Lothian^[105]
• Orkney – Orkney Roller Derby^[106]
• Perth – Fair City Rollers^[107]
• Ullapool – Ullapool Slayers

Wales

• Abercynon – South Wales Silures,^[108] Dare Valley Vixens Roller Derby^[109]
• Bridgend – Bridgend Roller Derby^[110]
• Cardiff – Cardiff Roller Collective,^[111] Tiger Bay Brawlers^{[112] [113]}
• Flint – North Wales Roller Derby^[114]
• Machynlleth – Mid-Wales Roller Derby
• Neath Port Talbot – NPT Roller Derby
• Newport – Riot City Ravens^[115]
• Swansea – Reaper Roller Derby, Swansea City Roller Derby^[116]

Defunct Leagues

Northern Ireland

• Belfast – Belfast City Rockets^[117]

See also

• Roller derby

Notes and References

1. Web site: Find a Roller Derby League. 29 September 2011. Roller Derby Worldwide.
2. Web site: Roller Derby Worldwide. 8 September 2011. Cat O'Ninetails. 2011.
3. Web site: Chilipadi Roller Girls.
4. https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2010/feb/04/roller-derby-britain-women "Roller derby takes Britain's women by storm", The Guardian, 4 February 2010
5. Web site: Women's Flat Track Derby Association Standardized Flat Track Roller Derby Rules. 2010. 23 August 2010.
6. Web site: Join Us. United Kingdom Roller Derby Association. 4 October 2011. 26 October 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20111026065232/http://ukrda.org.uk/?page_id=12. dead.
7. Web site: Welcome to CWRDA. Canadian Women's Roller Derby Association. 5 October 2011. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20090510105027/http://www.cwrda.ca/. 10 May 2009.
8. Web site: Durham Roller Derby . 2022-10-01 . Durham Roller Derby . en.
9. Web site: Newcastle RollerDerby . 2022-07-10 . Newcastle RollerDerby . en-US.
10. Web site: Tyne & Fear Roller Derby Roller Derby Stats & Rankings Flat Track Stats . 2022-07-10 . flattrackstats.com.
11. Web site: Sunderland Roller Derby Roller Derby Stats & Rankings Flat Track Stats . 2022-07-10 . flattrackstats.com.
12. Web site: Halifax Bruising Banditas Roller Derby Stats & Rankings Flat Track Stats . 2022-09-18 . flattrackstats.com.
13. Web site: Spa Town Roller Derby – Harrogate's one and only roller derby league . 2022-07-10 . en-US.
14. Web site: Hulls Angels Roller Derby Hull East Yorkshire HARD . 2022-07-10 . www.hullsangelsrollerderby.co.uk.
15. Web site: City of Hull Roller Derby Roller Derby Stats & Rankings Flat Track Stats . 2022-09-17 . flattrackstats.com.
16. Web site: Leeds Roller Derby / Home . 2022-07-10 . Leeds Roller Derby . en-GB.
17. Web site: Aire Force One - Mens Roller Derby . 2022-10-01 . www.aireforceone.co.uk.
18. Web site: Home . 2022-07-10 . middlesbrough rollerderby . en-GB.
19. Web site: Sheffield Steel Roller Derby . 2022-07-10 . Sheffield Steel Roller Derby . en-GB.
20. Web site: The Inhuman League Sheffield's First Male Roller Derby Team . theinhumanleague.co.uk . 2015-12-06.
21. Web site: Hallam Hellcats Roller Derby Roller Derby Stats & Rankings Flat Track Stats . 2022-09-17 . flattrackstats.com.
22. Web site: Wakey Wheeled Cats (league-run site) .
23. Web site: YORK MINXTERS ROLLER DERBY . 2022-09-17 . YORK MINXTERS ROLLER DERBY . en.
24. Web site: Roller Derby Cumbria Furness Roller Derby . 2022-07-10 . furnessrollerderby . en.
25. Web site: Barrow Infernos Roller Derby Stats & Rankings Flat Track Stats . 2022-07-10 . flattrackstats.com.
26. Web site: Blackpool Roller Derby . 2022-07-10 . www.facebook.com . en.
27. Web site: Railtown Loco Rollers . 2022-07-10 . www.facebook.com . en.
28. Web site: Liverpool Roller Birds (league-run site) .
29. Web site: Home . 2022-07-10 . en-GB.
30. Web site: Manchester Roller Derby (league-run site) .
31. Web site: Arcadia Roller Derby Roller Derby Stats & Rankings Flat Track Stats . 2022-09-17 . flattrackstats.com.
32. Web site: Preston Roller Girls . 2022-07-10 . Preston Roller Girls . en.
33. Web site: Riverside Rebels Roller Derby - 2012 - present) . Facebook.
34. Web site: Wirral Roller Derby - About . 2022-07-10 . wirralrollerderby.co.uk.
35. Web site: Crash Test Brummies . crashtestbrummies.co.uk . 2015-12-06.
36. Web site: Home Birmingham Roller Derby UK . 2022-07-10 . My Site 2 . en.
37. Web site: Coventry Roller Derby hard hitting fun . 2022-07-10 . en-US.
38. Web site: Home . 2022-09-17 . Grimsby Roller Derby . en.
39. Web site: Hereford Roller Derby . 2022-07-10 . www.facebook.com . en.
40. Web site: Roller Derby Leicester (league-run site) .
41. Web site: Leicesters' Dolly Rockit Rollers (league-run site) .
42. Web site: Lincolnshire Bombers Roller Derby . 10 July 2022.
43. Web site: Lincolnshire Rolling Thunder . 2022-07-10 . en-GB.
44. Web site: Mansfield Roller Derby . 2022-09-17 . Facebook . en.
45. Web site: Nottingham Hellfire Harlots (league-run site) .
46. Web site: Nottingham Roller Derby Nottingham Roller Derby . 2022-07-10 . en-US.
47. Web site: East Midlands Open Roller Derby Roller Derby Stats & Rankings Flat Track Stats . 2022-07-10 . flattrackstats.com.
48. Web site: Vendetta Vixens Roller Derby . 2022-07-10 . Vendetta Vixens Roller Derby . en.
49. Web site: 2015-06-20 . About Evolution Rollergirls Evolution Rollergirls . 2022-09-17 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150620211146/http://www.evolutionrollerderby.co.uk/about . 20 June 2015 .
50. Web site: Evolution Roller Derby . 2022-09-17 . Facebook . en.
51. Web site: STOKE CITY ROLLERS . 2022-09-17 . STOKE CITY ROLLERS . en.
52. Web site: Worcester Wyldlings Roller Derby . 2022-07-10 . www.facebook.com . en.
53. Web site: Wolverhampton Honour Rollers - ActiveBlackCountry . 2022-07-10 . www.activeblackcountry.co.uk.
54. Web site: Bedfordshire Rollergirls (league-run site) . dead . 5 October 2011 . 8 October 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20111008075400/http://bedfordshirerollergirls.com/ .
55. Web site: Bedfordshire Roller Derby . 2022-07-10 . www.facebook.com . en.
56. Web site: Suffolk Roller Derby . 2022-09-17 . Facebook . en.
57. Web site: Romsey Town Rollerbillies (league-run site) .
58. Web site: HOME . 2022-07-10 . Norfolk Roller Derby . en.
59. Web site: Borderland Brawlers Roller Derby (Womens) Roller Derby Stats & Rankings Flat Track Stats . 2022-10-01 . flattrackstats.com.
60. Web site: Full Metal Roller Derby . 2022-07-10 . fullmetalrollerderby . en.
61. Web site: Brighton Rockers Roller Derby (league-run site) .
62. Web site: Roller Derby Team Chelmsford, Essex . 2022-07-10 . Killa Hurtz Roller Derby . en-US.
63. Web site: Home . 2022-07-10 . Eastbourne Roller Derby . en-GB.
64. Web site: Kent Roller Girls (league-run site) .
65. Web site: Big Bucks High Rollers . Big Bucks High Rollers . 2015-12-06.
66. Web site: Oxford Roller Derby .
67. Web site: Oxford Wheels of Gory Roller Derby Roller Derby Stats & Rankings Flat Track Stats . 2022-09-17 . flattrackstats.com.
68. Web site: Portsmouth Roller Wenches Roller Derby Stats & Rankings Flat Track Stats . 2022-07-10 . flattrackstats.com.
69. Web site: Kent Men's Roller Derby Roller Derby Stats & Rankings Flat Track Stats . 2022-07-10 . flattrackstats.com.
70. Web site: Rochester Roller Derby Kent Apex Predators Roller Derby . 2022-07-10 . Apexpredatorsrd . en.
71. Web site: Royal Windsor Roller Derby . 10 July 2022.
72. Web site: Basingstoke Bullets Roller Derby » North Hampshire's First Roller Derby League . basingstokebullets.co.uk . 2015-12-06.
73. Web site: Hell's Belles Roller Girls (league-run site) .
74. Web site: London Rockin Rollers (league-run site) .
75. Web site: Derby . London Roller . London Roller Derby . 2022-07-10 . London Roller Derby . en-US.
76. Web site: Southern Discomfort Roller Derby . 2022-07-10 . Southern Discomfort Roller Derby . en-GB.
77. Web site: Milton Keynes Roller Derby, skating milton keynes . 2022-07-10 . en-GB.
78. Web site: Roller Derby Milton Keynes Roller Derby Milton Keynes . 2022-07-10 . mkrd . en.
79. Web site: We are SC*R – Southampton City Rollers . 2022-07-10 . en-US.
80. Web site: Bath Roller Derby Girls. Bath Roller Derby Girls. 2015-12-06.
81. Web site: North Devon Roller Derby Roller Derby Stats & Rankings Flat Track Stats . 2022-09-18 . flattrackstats.com.
82. Web site: Bristol Roller Derby . 2022-07-10 . www.facebook.com . en.
83. Web site: SWAT Roller Derby South West, Devon, Somerset roller derby team . 2022-07-10 . swatrollerderby . en.
84. Web site: XRD . Exeter Roller Derby . 2022-07-10 . exeterrollerderby.co.uk . en.
85. Web site: Dorset Roller Derby . 2022-08-06 . dorsetrollergirls.com . en.
86. Web site: Dorset Knobs Roller Derby Roller Derby Stats & Rankings Flat Track Stats . 2022-09-20 . flattrackstats.com.
87. Web site: Severn Roller Torrent . 2022-07-10 . en-US.
88. Web site: Surrey Roller Girls Roller Derby Stats & Rankings Flat Track Stats . 2022-07-10 . flattrackstats.com.
89. Web site: Surrey Roller Boys (league-run site) .
90. Web site: Roller Derby in Cornwall Skate Fast - Hit Hard . 2022-09-19 . Cornwall Roller Derby . en-GB.
91. Web site: Roller Derby Plymouth City Roller Derby . 2022-07-10 . plymouthrollerderby . en.
92. Web site: Wiltshire Roller Derby. Wiltshire Roller Derby. 2015-12-06.
93. Web site: Belfast Roller Derby (league-run site).
94. Web site: Granite City Roller Girls (league-run site). 5 October 2011. 2 March 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110302212502/http://www.granitecityrollergirls.org/. dead.
95. Web site: News & Events . 2022-07-10 . My Site 18952 . en.
96. Web site: Dundee Roller Derby . 2022-07-10 . thedrd . en.
97. Web site: Auld Reekie Roller Girls (league-run site).
98. Web site: Helgin Roller Derby . 2022-07-10 . helginrollerderby.wordpress.com . en.
99. Web site: Glasgow Roller Derby . 2022-07-10 . Glasgow Roller Derby . en-GB.
100. Web site: Mean City Roller Derby LEAP Sports Scotland . 2022-07-10 . leapsports.org . en.
101. Web site: Glasgow Mens Roller Derby LEAP Sports Scotland . 2022-07-10 . leapsports.org . en.
102. Web site: Bairn City Rollers (Men's) Roller Derby Stats & Rankings Flat Track Stats . 2022-07-10 . flattrackstats.com.
103. Web site: Inverness City Roller Derby Roller Derby Stats & Rankings Flat Track Stats . 2022-07-10 . flattrackstats.com.
104. Web site: New Town Roller Derby Roller Derby Stats & Rankings Flat Track Stats . 2022-07-10 . flattrackstats.com.
105. Web site: Lothian Roller Derby – Roller Derby in the Lothians . 2022-07-10 . en-GB.
106. Web site: Orkney Roller Derby Roller Derby Stats & Rankings Flat Track Stats . 2022-07-10 . flattrackstats.com.
107. Web site: Fair City Rollers . 2022-07-10 . Fair City Rollers . en.
108. Web site: South Wales Silures Roller Derby Stats & Rankings Flat Track Stats . 2022-07-10 . flattrackstats.com.
109. Web site: Dare Valley Vixens Roller Derby . 2022-10-01 . darevalleyvixens . en.
110. Web site: Bridgend Roller Derby (Women's) Roller Derby Stats & Rankings Flat Track Stats . 2022-09-17 . flattrackstats.com.
111. Web site: 2010-10-09 . About CRoC . 2022-07-11 . Cardiff Roller Collective . en.
112. Web site: Tiger Bay Brawlers Roller Derby Stats & Rankings Flat Track Stats . 2022-07-10 . flattrackstats.com.
113. Web site: ** TIGERBAYBRAWLERS.COM ** . 2022-07-10 . tigerbaybrawlers.com.
114. Web site: North Wales Roller Derby . 2022-07-10 . Mens Roller Derby Association . en-US.
115. Web site: Riot City ravens . 2022-07-11 . en-GB.
116. Web site: Swansea City Roller Derby Roller Derby Stats & Rankings Flat Track Stats . 2022-07-10 . flattrackstats.com.
117. Web site: Belfast City Rockets Roller Derby Stats & Rankings Flat Track Stats . 2022-09-20 . flattrackstats.com.