Name/TitleBadge: Death Stars
About this objectSmall pin badge with black background featuring a blue death star (Star Wars) motif in the centre and Glasgow Roller Derby home team name 'Death Stars' around it, also in blue.
MakerGlasgow Roller Derby
Date Madec.2011-19
Period2010s
Place MadeScotland, Glasgow
Medium and MaterialsInorganic, plastic and metal
MeasurementsDia: 28 mm
Subject and Association Keywordssport - roller derby
Subject and Association Descriptionhttps://glasgowrollerderby.org:
Glasgow Roller Girls were the first flat track roller derby league to be established in Scotland and the fourth in the UK. Founding members Teri Toxic and Mistress Malicious drummed up interest through MySpace and the first training session took place on Sunday 29th April 2007. GRG rebranded in 2012 as Glasgow Roller Derby. Fifteen years on from that first GRG training session, Glasgow Roller Derby continues to move from strength to strength while remaining true to its roots as a DIY club. Everyone involved in the club is a volunteer, and everything – training, recruitment, fundraising, merchandising, paperwork, and all of the other aspects of keeping a large and diverse organisation running smoothly - is entirely in the hands of the skaters, referees, and non-skating officials of GRD.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glasgow_Roller_Derby:
The three currently active home teams play in intra-league tournaments to give newer players the chance to try out their skills in front of an audience in a lower stakes environment than a game against another team, and promotes healthy competition between players:
Bad Omens (established 2011)
Death Stars (established 2011)
Tyrannosaurus Wrecks (established 2013)
Hell's Belles (2010-2014, currently inactive)
Named CollectionNMRD @ Glasgow Women's Library
Object TypeBadge
Object numberGWL-2019-59-35
Copyright LicenceAll rights reserved