Roller derby in the United Kingdom

Roller derby in the United Kingdom
Governing body	UKRDA

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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]

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. ^[4] For example, members of the United Kingdom Roller Derby Association are required to play by WFTDA rules, ^[5] while members of the Canadian Women's Roller Derby Association are encouraged to join the WFTDA. ^[6]

Leagues

England

North East

• Durham, County Durham – Durham Roller Derby ^[7]
• Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear – Newcastle Roller Derby, ^[8] Tyne and Fear Roller Derby ^[9]
• Sunderland, Tyne & Wear – Sunderland Roller Derby ^[10]
• Teesside – Teesside Skate Invaders

Yorkshire

• Halifax, West Yorkshire – Halifax Bruising Banditas ^[11]
• Harrogate, North Yorkshire – Spa Town Roller Derby ^[12]
• Hull, East Yorkshire – Hull's Angels Roller Derby, ^[13] City of Hull Roller Derby ^[14]
• Leeds, West Yorkshire – Leeds Roller Derby, ^[15] Aire Force One ^[16]
• Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire – Middlesbrough Roller Derby ^[17]
• Sheffield, South Yorkshire – Sheffield Steel Roller Derby, ^[18] The Inhuman League, ^[19] Hallam Hellcats Roller Derby ^[20]
• Wakefield, West Yorkshire – Wakey Wheeled Cats ^[21]
• York, North Yorkshire – Haunted City Roller Derby

North West

• Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria – Furness Roller Derby ^{[22] [23]}
• Blackpool, Lancashire – Blackpool Roller Derby ^[24]
• Crewe, Cheshire – Railtown Loco Rollers ^[25]
• Liverpool, Merseyside – Liverpool Roller Birds ^[26]
• Manchester, Greater Manchester – Rainy City Roller Derby, ^[27] Manchester Roller Derby, ^[28] Arcadia Roller Derby ^[29]
• Preston, Lancashire – Preston Roller Girls ^[30]
• Wirral, Merseyside – Riverside Rebels Roller Derby, ^[31] Wirral Roller Derby ^[32]

Midlands

• Birmingham, West Midlands – Crash Test Brummies, ^[33] Birmingham Roller Derby ^[34]
• Coventry, West Midlands – Coventry Roller Derby ^[35]
• Grimsby, Lincolnshire – Grimsby Roller Derby ^[36]
• Hereford, Herefordshire – Hereford Roller Derby ^[37]
• Leicester, Leicestershire – Roller Derby Leicester, ^[38] Dolly Rockit Rollers ^[39]
• Lincoln, Lincolnshire – Lincolnshire Bombers Roller Derby, ^[40] Lincolnshire Rolling Thunder ^[41]
• Mansfield, Nottinghamshire – Mansfield Roller Derby ^[42]
• Nottingham, Nottinghamshire – Hellfire Harlots, ^[43] Nottingham Roller Derby, ^[44] East Midlands Open Roller Derby ^[45]
• Northampton, Northamptonshire – Vendetta Vixens ^[46]
• Shrewsbury, Shropshire – Evolution Roller Derby ^{[47] [48]}
• Stoke-on-Trent, West Midlands – Stoke City Rollers ^[49]
• Worcester – Worcester Wyldlings Roller Derby ^[50]
• Wolverhampton, West Midlands – Wolverhampton Honour Rollers ^[51]

East

• Bedford, Bedfordshire – Bedfordshire Roller Derby ^{[52] [53]}
• Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk – Suffolk Roller Derby ^[54]
• Cambridge, Cambridgeshire – Cambridge Rollerbillies ^[55]
• Norwich, Norfolk – Norfolk Roller Derby ^[56]
• Peterborough, Cambridgeshire – Borderland Brawlers Roller Derby ^[57]
• Stevenage, Hertfordshire – Full Metal Roller Derby ^[58]

South East

• Brighton, East Sussex – Brighton Rockers Roller Derby ^[59]
• Chelmsford, Essex – Killa Hurtz Roller Derby ^[60]
• Eastbourne, East Sussex – Eastbourne Roller Derby ^[61]
• Herne Bay, Kent – Kent Roller Derby ^[62]
• High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire – Big Bucks High Rollers ^[63]
• Oxford, Oxfordshire – Oxford Roller Derby, ^[64] Oxford Wheels of Gory Roller Derby ^[65]
• Portsmouth, Hampshire – Portsmouth Roller Wenches ^[66]
• Rochester, Kent – Kent Men's Roller Derby, ^[67] Apex Predators Roller Derby ^[68]
• Windsor, Berkshire – Royal Windsor Roller Derby ^[69]

South

• Basingstoke, Hampshire – Basingstoke Bullets Roller Derby ^[70]
• Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire – Hertfordshire Roller Derby ^[71]
• London, Greater London – London Rockin' Rollers, ^[72] London Roller Derby, ^[73] Southern Discomfort Roller Derby ^[74]
• Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire – Rebellion Roller Derby, ^[75] Milton Keynes Roller Derby ^[76]
• Southampton, Hampshire – Southampton City Rollers ^[77]

South West

• Bath, Somerset – Bath Roller Derby ^[78]
• Bideford, Devon – North Devon Roller Derby ^[79]
• Bristol – Bristol Roller Derby ^[80]
• Devon and Somerset – South West Angels of Terror (SWAT) Roller Derby ^[81]
• Exeter, Devon – Exeter Roller Derby ^[82]
• Dorset – Dorset Roller Girls, ^[83] Dorset Knobs Roller Derby ^[84]
• Gloucester, Gloucestershire – Severn Roller Torrent ^[85]
• Guildford – Surrey Roller Girls, ^[86] Surrey Roller Boys ^[87]
• Penzance, Cornwall – Cornwall Roller Derby ^[88]
• Plymouth, Devon – Plymouth City Roller Derby ^[89]
• Swindon, Wiltshire – Wiltshire Roller Derby ^[90]

Northern Ireland

• Belfast – Belfast Roller Derby ^[91]

Scotland

• Aberdeen – Granite City Roller Derby, ^[92] Granite City Brawlers ^[93]
• Dumfries – Doonhame Roller Derby
• Dundee – Dundee Roller Derby ^[94]
• Edinburgh – Auld Reekie Roller Derby, ^[95] Demonburgh Junior Roller Derby
• Elgin – Helgin Roller Derby ^[96]
• Glasgow – Glasgow Roller Derby, ^[97] Mean City Roller Derby, ^[98] Glasgow Men's Roller Derby ^[99]
• Grangemouth – Bairn City Rollers ^[100]
• Inverness – Inverness City Roller Derby ^[101]
• Inverclyde – Inverclyde Roller Derby
• Livingston – New Town Roller Derby ^[102]
• Lothian – Lothian Derby Dolls, Fear & Lothian ^[103]
• Orkney – Orkney Roller Derby ^[104]
• Perth – Fair City Rollers ^[105]
• Ullapool – Ullapool Slayers

Wales

• Abercynon – South Wales Silures, ^[106] Dare Valley Vixens Roller Derby ^[107]
• Bridgend – Bridgend Roller Derby ^[108]
• Cardiff – Cardiff Roller Collective, ^[109] Tiger Bay Brawlers ^{[110] [111]}
• Flint – North Wales Roller Derby ^[112]
• Machynlleth – Mid-Wales Roller Derby
• Neath Port Talbot – NPT Roller Derby
• Newport – Riot City Ravens ^[113]
• Swansea – Reaper Roller Derby, Swansea City Roller Derby ^[114]

Defunct Leagues

Northern Ireland

• Belfast – Belfast City Rockets ^[115]

See also

• Sports portal

• Roller derby

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