Dundee Roller Derby

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Dundee Roller Derby
Dundee roller derby logo.png
Metro area Dundee
Country United Kingdom
Founded2011
TeamsSilvery Tayzers (A team)
Bonnie Colliders (B team)
Jutes of Hazzard
Press Gangsters
Jammin' Dodgers
Track type(s)Flat
Venue Dundee International Sports Centre (DISC)
Affiliations WFTDA
Website https://dundeerollerderby.wixsite.com/thedrd

Dundee Roller Derby is a flat track roller derby league based in Dundee, Scotland. There are two travel teams, the Silvery Tayzers (A), and the Bonnie Colliders (B), as well as three home teams who play in intraleague competitions: Jutes of Hazzard, Press Gangsters and Jammin' Dodgers. [1]

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Dundee Roller Derby is a member of the Women's Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA) [2] and has had several members play for Team Scotland Roller Derby.

Teams

Travel teams

Home teams

Inspired by the Dundonian heritage of "jam, jute, and journalism", there are three home teams:

League history

Initially skating as the Dundee Destroyers from March 2007, the league became the Dundee Roller Girls in early 2011, [3] and finally transitioned to Dundee Roller Derby in 2018. DRD was the fourth Scottish roller derby league, after Glasgow Roller Derby, Auld Reekie Roller Derby and Granite City Roller Derby.

The league has some items in the archives of the National Museum of Roller Derby, a project by a previous Glasgow Roller Derby skater to collate roller derby memorabilia. [4]

Dundee Roller Derby joined UKRDA in 2013. During 2016, they were a WFTDA Apprentice League, graduating to full membership in March 2017. [5] [6] [7]

The league has some outstanding achievements, and several players have made it to their national teams. In 2011, some members of DRD made it as far as the 2011 Roller Derby World Cup training squad for Team Scotland Roller Derby but ultimately didn't make the roster. [8]

Plans were discussed in 2016 for an outdoor skating track in Baxter Park, of which Dundee Roller Derby were supportive. [9] As yet, this has not come to fruition though there is a community group campaigning for it to become reality.

WFTDA competition

Rankings

Season Final ranking [10] Playoffs Championship
2017212 WFTDA [11] DNQDNQ
2018260 WFTDA [12] DNQDNQ
2019198 WFTDA [13] DNQDNQ
2020183 WFTDA [14] DNQDNQ

*Please note that rankings were suspended in March 2020 in light of the pandemic. [15]

In the media

Dundee Roller Derby have been featured on STV News in a piece on their preparations for a game, and the appeal and challenges of roller derby. [16]

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References

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  8. ↑ Reporter (6 August 2011). "Roller derby world cup team is chosen after some tough try-outs". The Courier. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
  9. ↑ Vidinova, Nadia. "Wheels set in motion for Baxter Park skate track". The Courier. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
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  14. ↑ Watson, Michael. "Current International WFTDA Rankings". WFTDA Stats Home. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
  15. ↑ "WFTDA Releases Rankings Transition Plan for COVID-19 » WFTDA Roller Derby Resources". WFTDA Roller Derby Resources. 28 May 2020. Retrieved 9 July 2022.
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