Nidaros Roller Derby

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Nidaros Roller Derby
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Metro area Trondheim
Country Norway
Founded2010
TeamsAll-Stars (A team)
Killer B's (B team)
Track type(s)Flat
VenueHusebyhallen
Affiliations WFTDA
Website www.nidarosrollerderby.no

Nidaros Roller Derby (NRD) is a women's flat track flat-track roller derby league based in Trondheim, Norway. Founded in 2010, Nidaros Roller Derby is a member of the Women's Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA). [1]

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History

Nidaros was the first roller derby league in Norway, [2] founded in August 2010, [3] and had more than thirty skaters by November. [4] By late 2011, it was one of three roller derby leagues in Norway, and was a finalist in the national "Klubben i mitt hjerte" (club in my heart) competition. [5]

In October 2012, Nidaros was accepted as a member of the Women's Flat Track Derby Association Apprentice Programme, [6] and it became a full WFTDA member in September 2013. [7] Nidaros has two teams, an A and a B team, which play teams from other leagues. [8]

WFTDA competition

In 2016, Nidaros became the first team from Norway to qualify for WFTDA Playoffs, placed in the Division 2 Playoff in Lansing, Michigan. [9] At Lansing, Nidaros lost their first two games to Wasatch Roller Derby [10] (Salt Lake City, Utah) and Tri-City Roller Derby [11] (Kitchener, Ontario), before defeating Grand Raggidy Roller Girls (Grand Rapids, Michigan) 168–137 to finish in ninth place. [12]

Rankings

Season Final ranking [13] Playoffs Championship
2013NRDNQDNQ
2014147 WFTDA [14] DNQDNQ
201585 WFTDA [15] DNQDNQ
201659 WFTDA [16] 9 D2 [12] DNQ
201780 WFTDA [17] DNQDNQ

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