Northside Rollers

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Northside Rollers
Metro area Melbourne
Country Australia
Founded2010
TeamsDeath Stars (A team)
Rebel Alliance (B team)
Pulp Vixens (Home Team)
Sisters of Anarchy (Home Team)
Track type(s)Flat
VenueDarebin Community Sports Stadium
Affiliations WFTDA
Website www.northsiderollers.com

The Northside Rollers (NSR), sometimes known as the Melbourne Northside Rollers, is a women's flat track roller derby league based in Melbourne, Australia. Founded in 2010, the league consists of two home teams, plus two travel teams which compete against teams from other leagues.

The league originated in May 2010 as a social skating group, its members officially forming the "Northside Rollers" in November. [1] By April 2011, it had sixteen full members, [2] and it played its first bout later in the year, against LaTrobe City Roller Derby. [1] By mid-2013, it had grown further, to encompass a total of four teams. [3]

In October 2013, Northside was accepted as a member of the Women's Flat Track Derby Association Apprentice Programme, [4] and graduated to full membership in December 2014. [5] [6]

In November 2013, Northside's A Team, the Death Stars, placed fourth in the VIC/TAS tournament.

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References

  1. 1 2 "A Short History of NSR", Northside Rollers
  2. ↑ Suzanne Robson, "Get on your skates, girls - roller derby is on the rise", Northcote Leader, 16 April 2011
  3. ↑ Daniel Paproth, "Rebel Alliance ready to rumble in Northside Rollers league", Northern Weekly, 11 June 2013
  4. ↑ "WFTDA Accepts 28 Apprentice Leagues Archived 3 November 2013 at the Wayback Machine ", WFTDA, 29 October 2013
  5. ↑ Tippet, Harrsion (12 January 2015). "Northside Rollers make the cut with international Women's Flat Track Derby Association". Herald Sun. Retrieved 1 April 2017.
  6. ↑ "WFTDA Welcomes 29 New Member Leagues". WFTDA. 22 December 2014. Retrieved 1 April 2017.
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