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The Newcastle Roller Girls is a women's flat track roller derby league from Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.^[1]^[2] Newcastle is a member of both the United Kingdom Roller Derby Association (UKRDA)^[3] and the Women's Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA),^[4] and plays by the WFTDA ruleset.

History

Newcastle Roller Girls was established in 2009^[5] by Claire Byrne (Brie Larceny). There league has three teams, the Canny Belters A team, the Whippin' Hinnies B team and the North C's C team. Although the teams are all-female, men are involved in coaching and refereeing. Home bouts are played at the Benfield Sports Centre in Newcastle upon Tyne.^[6]

In March 2010, the team featured in a BBC Look North report on roller derby in Tyneside.^[2] The BBC created a webpage about the team.^[7]

The team played their first bout at Hadrian's Brawl on 11 April 2010, playing against the B team from the Auld Reekie Roller Girls at the Meadowbank Sports Centre in Edinburgh. The first home bout, Flog on the Tyne, was against Granite City Roller Girls of Aberdeen on 5 March 2011 at The Lightfoot Centre in Walker, Newcastle, winning by 113 to 63.^[8]^[9]^[10]

In November 2011, Newcastle Roller Girls joined the UK Roller Derby Association.^[11] In October 2013, they were accepted as a member of the Women's Flat Track Derby Association Apprentice Programme.^[12] Newcastle became a full WFTDA member league in July 2014.^[13]

Associated teams

An associated men's team was founded in June 2011, Tyne and Fear Roller Derby. A mixed-gender team, Tyne e' Belters, includes members of Newcastle Roller Girls. In 2015 Newcastle Junior Roller Derby was established, a junior roller derby squad, and they made their debut during the half time interval of the British Roller Derby Championships game on 2 April 2016.

WFTDA rankings

References

1. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.journallive.co.uk/lifestyle-news/healthy-living/2010/02/23/ditching-heels-for-wheels-61634-25896864/|title=Ditching Heels for Wheels (Page 1)|last=Decker|first=Babette|date=23 February 2010|work=The Journal|publisher=Trinity Mirror|accessdate=27 March 2010}}
2. ^¹{{cite web|title=Newcastle Roller Girls (Feature)|date=16 March 2010|work=BBC Look North|publisher=BBC|accessdate=27 March 2010}}
3. ^{{cite web|title=Member Leagues – United Kingdom Roller Derby Association|url=https://ukrda.org.uk/member-leagues/|website=ukrda.org.uk|publisher=UKRDA|accessdate=8 December 2017}}
4. ^{{cite web|title=Newcastle Roller Girls – WFTDA|url=https://wftda.com/wftda-leagues/newcastle-roller-girls/|website=wftda.com|publisher=WFTDA|accessdate=9 December 2017}}
5. ^{{cite web|last1=Sedgwick|first1=David|title=Time to get your skates on for free sessions|url=https://www.newsguardian.co.uk/news/time-to-get-your-skates-on-for-free-sessions-1-8893009|website=www.newsguardian.co.uk|publisher=News Guardian|accessdate=9 December 2017|language=en|date=5 December 2017}}
6. ^{{cite web|title=Support us|url=http://www.newcastlerollergirls.org.uk/support-us|website=Newcastle Roller Girls|accessdate=9 December 2016}}
7. ^{{cite web|title=Meet local roller derby team Newcastle Roller Girls|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/tyne/hi/things_to_do/newsid_8957000/8957728.stm|website=Local – Tyne|publisher=BBC|accessdate=9 December 2016}}
8. ^{{cite web|title=Newcastle Roller Girls set up derby debut for Tyneside|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/9385442.stm|website=BBC Sport|accessdate=9 December 2016}}
9. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.activenewcastle.co.uk/site/club.php?venueName=Newcastle_Roller_Girls|title=Newcastle Roller Girls|year=2010|work=Active Newcastle|publisher=Foundry Media|accessdate=27 March 2010}}{{dead link|date=December 2016}}
10. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.arrg.co.uk/events.php|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100714124743/http://arrg.co.uk/events.php|dead-url=yes|archive-date=14 July 2010|title=Featured Event: Hadrian's Brawl|work=Auld Reekie Roller Girls|accessdate=27 March 2010|df=}}
11. ^"Welcome Newcastle Roller Girls to the UKRDA!", UKRDA, 15 November 2011
12. ^{{cite web|title=WFTDA Accepts 28 Apprentice Leagues|url=http://wftda.com/news/wftda-accepts-28-apprentice-leagues|website=WFTDA|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150125031945/http://wftda.com/news/wftda-accepts-28-apprentice-leagues|archivedate=25 January 2015|date=29 October 2013}}
13. ^{{cite web|title=WFTDA Welcomes 16 New Member Leagues - LatestNews - Women’s Flat Track Derby Association|url=https://wftda.org/news/wftda-welcomes-16-new-member-leagues|website=wftda.org|publisher=WFTDA|accessdate=9 December 2017|date=3 July 2014}}
14. ^"[https://wftda.com/category/rankings/ Current Rankings]", WFTDA
15. ^{{cite web|title=Rankings: December 31, 2014|url=https://wftda.com/rankings-december-31-2014/|publisher=WFTDA|accessdate=8 December 2017}}
16. ^{{cite web|title=Rankings: December 31, 2015|url=https://wftda.com/rankings-december-31-2015/|publisher=WFTDA|accessdate=8 December 2017}}
17. ^{{cite web|title=Rankings: December 31, 2016 – WFTDA|url=https://wftda.com/rankings-december-31-2016/|website=wftda.com|publisher=WFTDA|accessdate=8 December 2017}}