Name/TitleProgramme: G.I. Jam
About this objectRoller Derby bout programme for "G.I. Jam" featuring Aberdeen's Northern Fights vs Dundee Roller Girls' Silvery Tayzers at Aberdeen Beach Leisure Centre on Sat 23rd July 2011.
MakerGranite City Roller Derby
Date MadeJuly 2011
Period2010s
Place MadeScotland, Aberdeen
Medium and MaterialsOrganic, paper
MeasurementsH: 210 x W: 145 mm
Subject and Association Keywordssport - roller derby
Subject and Association Descriptionhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Granite_City_Roller_Derby:
Granite City Roller Derby (GCRD) is a roller derby league based in Aberdeen, Scotland. Founded in 2008, the league currently have two teams which compete with teams from other leagues. The league consists of two travel teams: Northern Fights (A, established 2008); The Fight Hawks (B, established June 2015). Originating as the Aberdeen Aces, GCRD were the second roller derby league established in Scotland.[citation needed] The league struggled in the early days to find a training hall to practice in and resorted to skating in a local car park when weather allowed. In November 2008, the league began skating at the Aberdeen Lads Club, and was reborn as the "Granite City Roller Girls".
In May 2010, the league hosted Scotland's first roller derby tournament, "Highland Fling". This was attended by Glasgow Roller Girls, Auld Reekie Roller Girls and Dundee Roller Girls. The league's A-team, the Northern Fights, came a respectable fourth in the competition out of 6 teams taking part. The tournament was attended by around 650 people over the course of the two days. GCRD have been members of the United Kingdom Roller Derby Association since 2011. Thought they aren't members of the association, they play to the Women's Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA) ruleset [continues].
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dundee_Roller_Derby:
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. Dundee Roller Derby is a member of the Women's Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA) and has had several members play for Team Scotland Roller Derby. Initially skating as the Dundee Destroyers from March 2007, the league became the Dundee Roller Girls in early 2011, 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 [continues].
Named CollectionNMRD @ Glasgow Women's Library
Object TypeProgramme
Object numberGWL-2020-20-4
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