Roller Derby Bordeaux

Roller derby league
Roller Derby Bordeaux
Metro areaBordeaux
CountryFrance
Founded2009
TeamsPetites Morts de Bordeaux
Track type(s)Flat
VenueEspace Roller Skate
AffiliationsWFTDA
Fédération française de roller sports
Websiterollerderbybordeaux.fr

Roller Derby Bordeaux is a women's flat track roller derby league based in Bordeaux in France. Founded in 2009, the league consists of a single team which competes against teams from other leagues.

History

Founded in the summer of 2009, Bordeaux claims to have been the first roller derby league in France. In July 2010, they played the first flat track bout in France, against Roller Derby Toulouse.[1][2] They again played Toulouse, and also the Paris Rollergirls, in a tournament the following summer.[3]

Three skaters from the league (Belle Zebuth, Emi Wild and Karla Karschër) were selected to play for Roller Derby France at the 2011 Roller Derby World Cup.[4]

By 2013, Bordeaux were working closely with STYX Roller Derby Bordeaux, a local men's league.[5][6]

Bordeaux were founder members of the French Roller Derby Organisational Group (FROG),[5] and in October 2013, were accepted as a member of the Women's Flat Track Derby Association Apprentice Programme.[7]

References

  1. ^ "L'histoire de la creation de la Ligue Archived 2013-11-05 at the Wayback Machine", Roller Derby Bordeaux (in French)
  2. ^ Carine Caussieu, "imaginez maintenant : bordeaux s’engage pour la jeune création Archived 2013-11-05 at the Wayback Machine", Bordeaux7 (in French)
  3. ^ "Tournoi de roller derby à La Ramée : les poupées aiment la castagne", La Dépêche du Midi, 30 June 2011 (in French)
  4. ^ Mercy Less (5 October 2011). "Team France 2011 World Cup Roster". Derby News Network. Archived from the original on 22 October 2011. Retrieved 5 October 2011.
  5. ^ a b "Roller derby : le sport «féminin et féministe» qui cartonne Archived 2013-11-05 at the Wayback Machine", Bordeaux7, 4 February 2013 (in French)
  6. ^ "Rock & roller", Le Monde, 11 October 2013 (in French)
  7. ^ "WFTDA Accepts 28 Apprentice Leagues Archived 2013-11-03 at the Wayback Machine", WFTDA, 29 October 2013
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WFTDA Apprentice Program leagues
Accepted October 2012Accepted October 2013
  • Roller Derby Bordeaux
Accepted May 2014
  • Blackland Rockin' K-Rollers
Accepted January 2015
  • Mid-Atlantic Roller Derby
  • River City Dames of Anarchy
Accepted April 2015
  • Cape Town Rollergirls
  • Plymouth City Roller Girls
Accepted July 2015
  • Reef City Roller Girls
Accepted October 2015
  • Coastal Assassins Roller Derby
Accepted April 2016
  • Beet City Bombers
Accepted July 2016
  • Roller Derby Porto
Accepted October 2016
  • Misery Loves Company Roller Derby
  • Western Massachusetts Roller Derby
Accepted January 2017
  • 301 Derby Dames
  • B.M.O. Roller Derby Girls
  • Terrorz Roller Derby
  • Warsaw Hellcats Roller Girls
Accepted July 2017
  • Albany Roller Derby League
  • Bath City Roller Girls
  • Bisman Bombshellz Roller Derby
  • Buenos Aires Roller Derby
  • Dirty Jersey Roller Derby
  • East Vic Roller Derby
  • Hiedras Roller Derby
  • Nice Roller Derby
  • Oulu Roller Derby
  • Palouse River Rollers
  • Powder River Rousta Bout It Betties
  • The Anguanas-Vicenza Roller Derby
  • The Royal Swedish Roller Derby
Accepted October 2017
  • Aalborg Roller Derby
  • Bradentucky Bombers Roller Derby League
  • Flint Roller Derby
  • Mexico City Roller Derby
  • The Cannibal Marmots
  • Toxic Lima Roller Derby
Accepted February 2018
  • As Brigantias Roller Derby
  • Bergen Roller Derby
  • IE Derby Divas
  • Los Angeles Derby Dolls
  • Middle Georgia Derby Demons
  • Newcastle Roller Derby League
  • Norrkoping Roller Derby
  • RGV Bandidas
  • Roe City Roller Derby
  • Rough Diamond Rebels
  • Spokannibals Roller Derby
  • Swansea City Roller Derby