The Brisbane City Rollers (BCR) is a roller derby league based in Queensland, Australia. It consists of 3 women's intraleague teams, two women's travel teams and 1 men's travel team, which play against teams from other leagues. It is the oldest co-ed league in Australia.[1]
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| Metro area | Ipswich, Queensland |
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| Country | Australia |
| Founded | 2009 |
| Teams | Punk Blockers (women's A team) Nasty Nancies (women's B team) |
| Track type(s) | Flat |
| Venue | Ipswich Show Grounds |
| Website | www |
The league was founded by a group of skaters, including "Evil Doll", who was a founding member of the Sun State Roller Girls. Initially based in central Brisbane, it relocated to Ipswich to find good practice facilities, and built up a following in the west of the city.[2]
Two BCR skaters, Fang Fiend and Juke Nukem, were selected to skate for Team Australia at the 2010 Roller Derby World Cup.[3]
The league took third place in the Tropicarnage Cup.[1] At the 2012 Great Southern Slam, it reached the quarter-finals, where it lost 139 to 173 against Adelaide Roller Derby.[4]
References
edit- ^ a b Beck Wise, "Feature Preview: The Great Southern Slam Archived 23 April 2014 at the Wayback Machine", Derby News Network, 8 June 2012
- ^ Peter Foley, "Roller derby women (and men) are here", Queensland Times, 20 June 2009
- ^ Douglas Estwick, "Ipswich roller derby girls on a roll as they head to first Roller Derby World Cup in Toronto, Canada", Courier Mail, 9 November 2011
- ^ Beck Wise, "TGSS Day Two Recaps Archived 17 June 2012 at the Wayback Machine", Derby News Network, 10 June 2012