Name/TitleNews article: Catch the Roller Girls in Action
About this objectColour photocopy of an article titled 'Catch the roller girls in action: The aggressive sport which is taking Aberdeen's ladies by storm' about Granite City Roller Girls' team, the Northern Fights, taking on the Cannon Belles of Auld Reekie Roller Girls (Edinburgh). Written by Danny Law, dated 1st April 2011.
MakerLaw, Danny
Maker RoleAuthor
MakerGranite City Roller Derby
Date MadeApril 2011
Period2010s
Place MadeScotland, Aberdeen
Medium and MaterialsOrganic, paper
MeasurementsH: 298 x W: 210 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. 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.
In June 2012, team captain Clinically Wasted (Carolyn Mackenzie) took part in the 2012 Summer Olympics torch relay, carrying the Torch through the local town of Peterculter. In August 2013, The Northern Fights emerged victorious in the first ever "Quad Nations" tournament, hosted by Swansea City Roller Derby. The competition was between four teams representing England (Severn Roller Torrent), Northern Ireland (Belfast Roller Derby), Wales (Swansea City Roller Derby) and Scotland (Granite City Roller Derby). In June 2015, Granite City's B team, The Fight Hawks, was formed. On 12 September 2015 they made their debut at the Jack Kane Sports Centre, beating Lothian Derby Dolls 157 – 147. They also took part in 2016's "ARRGmageddon", an all-Scottish tournament hosted by Auld Reekie Roller Derby which took place in November 2016. GCRD received a fresh new revamp and a name change to Granite City Roller Derby in November 2015.
Named CollectionNMRD @ Glasgow Women's Library
Object TypeNews cutting
Object numberGWL-2015-131-24
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