The Northside Rollers (NSR), sometimes known as the Melbourne Northside Rollers, is a women's flat track roller derby league based in Melbourne, Australia. Founded in 2010, the league consists of two home teams, plus two travel teams which compete against teams from other leagues.
| Metro area | Melbourne |
|---|---|
| Country | Australia |
| Founded | 2010 |
| Teams | Death Stars (A team) Rebel Alliance (B team) Pulp Vixens (Home Team) Sisters of Anarchy (Home Team) |
| Track type(s) | Flat |
| Venue | Darebin Community Sports Stadium |
| Affiliations | WFTDA |
| Website | www |
The league originated in May 2010 as a social skating group, its members officially forming the "Northside Rollers" in November.[1] By April 2011, it had sixteen full members,[2] and it played its first bout later in the year, against LaTrobe City Roller Derby.[1] By mid-2013, it had grown further, to encompass a total of four teams.[3]
In October 2013, Northside was accepted as a member of the Women's Flat Track Derby Association Apprentice Programme,[4] and graduated to full membership in December 2014.[5][6]
In November 2013, Northside's A Team, the Death Stars, placed fourth in the VIC/TAS tournament.
References
edit- ^ a b "A Short History of NSR", Northside Rollers
- ^ Suzanne Robson, "Get on your skates, girls - roller derby is on the rise", Northcote Leader, 16 April 2011
- ^ Daniel Paproth, "Rebel Alliance ready to rumble in Northside Rollers league", Northern Weekly, 11 June 2013
- ^ "WFTDA Accepts 28 Apprentice Leagues Archived 3 November 2013 at the Wayback Machine", WFTDA, 29 October 2013
- ^ Tippet, Harrsion (12 January 2015). "Northside Rollers make the cut with international Women's Flat Track Derby Association". Herald Sun. Retrieved 1 April 2017.
- ^ "WFTDA Welcomes 29 New Member Leagues". WFTDA. 22 December 2014. Retrieved 1 April 2017.