Belfast Roller Derby

Belfast Roller Derby
League logo
Metro area Belfast
Country Northern Ireland
Founded 2010
Teams Belfast Banshees
Norn Iron Maidens
Track type(s) Flat
Venue Valley Leisure Centre
Affiliations UKRDA, WFTDA
Website belfastrollerderby.net

Belfast Roller Derby (BRD) is a Roller derby league based in Belfast in Northern Ireland. Founded in January 2010,[1] the league consists of two bouting teams; the Belfast Banshees and the Norn Iron Maidens.[2]

History

The league was founded in 2010.[3] With increasing interest in the sport throughout the UK,[4] helped by the release of the film Whip It in 2009, the league was able to arrange training with skaters from Dublin and Glasgow.[5] BRD was the first roller derby league in Northern Ireland,[5] founded six months after Dublin Roller Derby, the first league in Ireland.[6]

BRD played its first home bout in November 2011 as an intra-league competition with the Titanic Titans and the Hellfast City Hit-Girls.[7]

League Affiliations

In May 2012, BRD was accepted as a member of the United Kingdom Roller Derby Association.[8]

The league has been sponsored by Laverys Bar Belfast since January 2014. In May 2014, the league was accepted as an Apprentice League of the Women's Flat Track Derby Association[9] and became a full member league in December 2014.[10]

Six members of BRD (Hannahbolic Steroids, Maul'er Malone, Ra-Ra Rasputina, Roisin "Jessica Rammit" McGrath, Puscifer and Patricia The Ripper) were also members of the 2014 Team Ireland Training Squad.[11] In September 2014, four members of the Belfast Banshees (Maul'er Malone, Ra-Ra Rasputina, Puscifer and Roisin "Jessica Rammit" McGrath) were chosen to be part of the Team Ireland 2014 World Cup Squad.[11]

Teams

From the outset of the league, the 'A' team has been known as the Belfast Banshees. They played their first bout against Dublin in February 2012. In 2013, the Norn Iron Maidens were formed as the BRD 'B' team and competed in their first major bout against the Limerick Roller Girls 'B' Team on September 28, 2013.[12]

Results

Belfast Banshees

Date Home Team Score Visitor Team Score
2015-08-15 Hereford TBC Belfast Banshees TBC
2015-06-27 Nottingham Roller Girls 85 Belfast Banshees 382
2015-05-16 Belfast Banshees 185 Blitz Dames 136
2015-04-18 Belfast Banshees 172 NRG: Whippin' Hinnies 116
2015-03-29 Dolly Rockit 147 Belfast Banshees 297
2015-03-01 Swansea 214 Belfast Banshees 235
2014-10-25 Cambridge 183 Belfast Banshees 187
2014-10-04 Belfast Banshees 392 NRD: Nidaros Killer B's 90
2014-09-20 Belfast Banshees 272 Limerick 83
2014-05-25 Belfast Banshees 116 Croydon 216
2014-04-26 SVRG: The Bad Seeds 84 Belfast Banshees 249
2014-03-30 Fear City 117 Belfast Banshees 97
2014-03-30 Belfast Banshees 174 Cork City 115
2014-03-29 The Boutlaws 80 Belfast Banshees 234
2014-03-08 Belfast Banshees 190 Blackland 126
2013-11-16 Central Belters 15 Belfast Banshees 197
2013-11-16 NRG: Whippin' Hinnies 72 Belfast Banshees 31
2013-11-16 Belfast Banshees 194 Reaper 8
2013-10-26 Belfast Banshees 130 Bashing Pumpkins 189
2013-09-28 Belfast Banshees 192 Limerick 187
2013-08-25 Swansea 238 Belfast Banshees 173
2013-08-25 Severn 139 Belfast Banshees 103
2013-08-24 Swansea 98 Belfast Banshees 45
2013-08-24 Granite City 61 Belfast Banshees 104
2013-08-24 Severn 119 Belfast Banshees 23
2013-07-20 Belfast Banshees 164 SVRG: The Bad Seeds 180
2013-06-22 Croydon 205 Belfast Banshees 141
2013-03-16 Cork City 164 Belfast Banshees 124
2012-09-29 Belfast Banshees 158 Granite City 147
2012-08-18 Hot Wheel 355 Belfast Banshees 41
2012-07-28 Belfast Banshees 251 Fierce Valley 86
2012-06-09 Dundee 216 Belfast Banshees 132
2012-04-14 Belfast Banshees 200 Limerick 109
2012-03-10 Belfast Banshees 138 Cardiff 145
2012-02-04 Dublin 279 Belfast Banshees 18

Source

Norn Iron Maidens

Date Home Team Score Visitor Team Score
2015-06-13 Madrid 426 Norn Iron Maidens 33
2015-03-14 Norn Iron Maidens 108 MRD: Furies 254
2014-08-30 Clotted Screamers 74 Norn Iron Maidens 232
2014-05-25 Norn Iron Maidens 86 CRD: Croydon Vice Squad 234
2013-10-26 Norn Iron Maidens 271 East Coast Cyclones 200
2013-09-28 Norn Iron Maidens 210 LRG: Limerick B team 151

Source

References

  1. ↑ "BRD Facebook Biography". Belfast Roller Derby. 2010. Retrieved 2015-04-28.
  2. ↑ "Belfast Roller Derby Teams". Belfast Roller Derby. Retrieved 2015-04-28.
  3. ↑ Naoise Wolsey (2012-11-29). "Belfast Roller Derby girls: A lean, mean fighting machine you really don't want to tangle with...". Belfast Telegraph. Retrieved 2015-05-04.
  4. ↑ Hilary Osborne (2010-02-04). "Roller derby takes Britain's women by storm". The Guardian. Retrieved 2015-04-28.
  5. 1 2 Alex Gulrajani (2010-08-18). "Roller skate revolution". BBC News.
  6. ↑ Richard Davis (2012-01-20). "Belfast Roller Derby Needs New Recruits". Culture Northern Ireland. Retrieved 2015-04-28.
  7. ↑ "The Frightmare Before Christmas". Belfast Roller Derby. 2011-11-06. Retrieved 2015-04-28.
  8. ↑ "UKRDA welcomes new Member Belfast Roller Derby". UKRDA. 2012-05-26. Retrieved 2015-04-28.
  9. ↑ "WFTDA Accepts 14 Apprentice Members". WFTDA. 2014-05-02. Retrieved 2015-04-28.
  10. ↑ "WFTDA Welcomes 29 New Member Leagues". WFTDA. 2014-12-22. Retrieved 2015-04-28.
  11. 1 2 "Team Ireland Roller Derby". Team Ireland Roller Derby. 2014. Retrieved 2015-04-28.
  12. ↑ "9/28/13: LRG: Limerick B team (151) @ BRD: Norn Iron Maidens (210)". FlatTrackStats.com. 2013-09-28. Retrieved 2015-05-06.
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