Name/TitleT-shirt: Newcastle Roller Girls
About this objectBlack t-shirt featuring the gold logo of Newcastle Roller girls across the front.
MakerNewcastle Roller Derby
Date Made2010s
Period2010s
Medium and MaterialsOrganic, cotton
MeasurementsL: 700 mm
Subject and Association Keywordssport - roller derby
Subject and Association Descriptionhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newcastle_Roller_Derby:
Newcastle Roller Derby (UK) is a flat track roller derby league from Newcastle upon Tyne, UK. The league is a member of both the United Kingdom Roller Derby Association (UKRDA) and the Women's Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA), and plays by the WFTDA ruleset. Newcastle Roller Girls was established in 2009[5] by Claire Byrne (Brie Larceny). The league has three teams: the Canny Belters (A team), the Whippin' Hinnies (B team) and the North Cs (C team).
The league follows the WFTDA gender statement. Home games are played at the Walker Dome and Benfield Sports Centre in Newcastle upon Tyne. In March 2010, the team featured in a BBC Look North report on roller derby in Tyneside. They were featured in a BBC article on roller derby in the northeast in the same year. Their first bout was away at Hadrian's Brawl on 11 April 2010, playing against the B team from the Auld Reekie Roller Girls at the Meadowbank Sports Centre in Edinburgh. Their first home bout, Flog on the Tyne, was against Granite City Roller Girls on 5 March 2011 at The Lightfoot Centre (now The Walker Activity Dome) in Walker, Newcastle. The home team won by 113 to 63.
In November 2011, Newcastle Roller Girls joined the UK Roller Derby Association. In October 2013, they were accepted as a member of the Women's Flat Track Derby Association Apprentice Programme. Newcastle became a full WFTDA member league in July 2014. In February 2020, the league rebranded from Newcastle Roller Girls to Newcastle Roller Derby.
Named CollectionNMRD @ Glasgow Women's Library
Object TypeSportswear
Object numberGWL-2019-59-78
Copyright LicenceAll rights reserved