Name/TitlePoster: While Zebras Watched Our Blocks
About this objectA4 colour printed poster for Newcastle Roller Girls' Christmas bout: 'While Zebras Watched Our BLOCKS' at the Lightfoot Centre on 10th December. The event featured an intraleague bout as well as NRG's Canny Belters vs Auld Reekie's Cannon Belles.
MakerGlasgow Roller Derby
Date Madec.2010s
Period2010s
Place MadeScotland, Glasgow
Medium and MaterialsOrganic, paper
MeasurementsH: 294 x W: 210 mm
Subject and Association Keywordssport - roller derby
Subject and Association Descriptionhttps://www.newcastlerollerderby.co.uk:
Founded in 2009 as Newcastle Roller Girls – Newcastle Roller Derby is an athletic and social non-profit organisation committed to improving ourselves and others through the sport of roller derby. We strive for athletic excellence and competitive success in the growing world of roller derby, embracing people of all shapes, sizes, ages, backgrounds and skill levels. In line with WFTDA, we are committed to inclusive and anti-discrimination practices in relation to all transgender women, intersex women, and gender-expansive participants. For more information, please see the WFTDA gender statement. We became a full WFTDA member in September 2014 and the hard work everyone puts into the league means we now have 3 full teams:
The Canny Belters – Our ‘A’ team and WFTDA roster
The Whippin’ Hinnies – Our ‘B’ team
The North Cs – Our ‘C’ team
Our first bout was Hadrian’s Brawl on 11 April 2010, a real baptism of fire against the Auld Reekie Roller Girls‘ B team. 5th March 2011 saw our first ever home bout, Flog on the Tyne, against Aberdeen’s Granite City Roller Girls at The Lightfoot Centre in Walker, Newcastle. Final score: 113 – 63 We did a win! We are also guilty of introducing the phrase ‘do a win’ to the UK roller derby scene, our head coach Lone Danger coined the grammatically incorrect saying after our first win away against the Dolly Rockit Rollers in September 2010. Sorry, grammar fans!
Newcastle upon Tyne also has a men’s roller derby team, Tyne and Fear, and a junior league, for under-18s.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auld_Reekie_Roller_Derby:
Formed in April 2008 as Auld Reekie Roller Girls, ARRD were Edinburgh's first women's flat track roller derby league, and take their name after the city of Edinburgh, affectionately known as "Auld Reekie" ("Old Smoky" in the Scots language).
Travel Teams:
- All Stars (formerly Twisted Thistles)
- All Star Reserves (formerly Cannon Belles)
- All Star Rookies
https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Central_City_Roller_Derby:
Central City Roller Derby (CCR) was a women's flat track roller derby league based in Birmingham, United Kingdom. Founded in 2007, the league was a member of the Women's Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA) and played under the WFTDA ruleset. A group of girls who already had some skating experience first set up an informal practice in November 2007. This group expanded quickly and the league has since grown to boast over 70 full members including referees and support crew. CCR first became affiliated with the UK Roller Derby Association (UKRDA) in 2008. CCR became an official member of UKRDA in 2010 alongside other founder leagues In March 2012, the league was accepted as a full member of the WFTDA. In 2021, it was announced that Central City Roller Derby would merge with Birmingham Blitz Dames to form Birmingham Roller Derby.
Home Teams: intra-league teams were previously selected on a game-by-game basis under the names The Highland Heathens and Celtic Chaos. In 2012, three permanent home teams were formed and the annual Home Season tournament was launched. The last Home Season took place in 2015 and Home Teams were subsequently disbanded:
- The Cherry Bombers
- The Skatefast Club (2014 winners)
- The Leithal Weapons (2012, 2013, 2015 winners)
Named CollectionNMRD @ Glasgow Women's Library
Object TypePoster
Object numberGWL-2019-94
Copyright LicenceAll rights reserved