Adelaide Roller Derby
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| Metro area | Adelaide, South Australia |
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| Country | Australia |
| Founded | 2007 |
| Teams | Adeladies (combined team) Mile Die Club Road Train Rollers Salty Dolls Wild Hearses Ref Team Zebra |
| Track type(s) | Flat |
| Venue | Adelaide Showgrounds |
| Website | http://adelaiderollerderby.com.au/ |
Adelaide Roller Derby (ADRD) is a roller derby league based in Adelaide, South Australia. Founded in 2007, the league has four competitive home teams; The Mile Die Club, The Salty Dolls, The Road Train Rollers and The Wild Hearses and one team of officials; Team Zebra. Adelaide Roller Derby's home season is held at the Adelaide Showgrounds. Adelaide Roller Derby also has a combined representative team (the "Adeladies") that has competed against other roller derby leagues from across Australia and New Zealand.
History
Adelaide Roller Derby was founded in 2007, with their inaugural season launching in July 2008.[1][2] Between the club's formation and the start of their first season, the club hosted the first interstate roller derby competition in Australia, Skate of Origin, against the Victorian Roller Derby League.[3][4] Their first local competition started in 2008 and featured two teams, the Mile Die Club and the Salty Dolls, with the Salty Dolls winning the three-match series.[2]
The second year of competition in the league saw the introduction of a new team, the Road Train Rollers, but it was the Mile Die Club who took out the series, winning undefeated. The same year also saw the second interstate bout between Adelaide and Melbourne. Skate of Origin 2 was hosted in Melbourne, but the Adelaidies were able to come out on top in a close match. This was followed by a three-state competition hosted in Adelaide between two Adelaide teams created for the event, the Phantoms and the Tornado, and teams from Brisbane and Sydney – the Brawl Stars and the Assassins. Once again, the two Adelaide teams were successful.[2]
2010, the third year of competition for the Adelaide Roller Derby league, saw the introduction of a fourth team in the form of Wild Hearses. This brought the registrations for the league up to 120 per year, and 2010 saw over 100 people trying out for positions at the annual "Fresh Meat" program.[5] The season started with an appearance leading the Adelaide Fringe Festival parade,[6] and ended in a double-header with a win to the Road Train Rollers.[2] The same year saw Adelaide Roller Derby hosting the first Great Southern Slam – the largest roller derby tournament to be held outside of the United States, with 500 competitors from Australia and New Zealand.[7]
In 2011 four teams competed over six bouts, with a double-header grand final won by the Salty Dolls.[8][9] In addition to the local season, three interstate/international competitions were played. The first was with Bunbury and Perth teams at Arena Joondalup,[4] followed by travelling to Newcastle to compete with the local league there, and finally a trip to New Zealand to compete against the Pirate City Rollers in Auckland.[10]
Adelaide Roller Derby was featured in the 2012 documentary film This is Roller Derby (2012 film).[11]
The league was accepted into the Women's Flat Track Derby Association's Apprentice Program on 24 January 2014.[12]
See also
References
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- ↑ "WFTDA Accepts 22 Additional Apprentice Leagues", WFTDA, 24 January 2014
Further reading
- Royal, Simon (15 February 2008) Roller Derby Rules! (Transcript) Stateline, Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 18 August 2011.
External links
- Adelaide Roller Derby
- Lil Adelaide Rollers (Junior roller derby league)
- This is Roller Derby (documentary)
