Roller derby in the United Kingdom

By September 2011, there were more than 1,000 amateur roller derby leagues, covering every inhabited continent,^[1] with teams in countries such as Canada, Australia, the United Kingdom, New Zealand, Germany, Belgium, Finland, Sweden^[2] and Singapore^[3] In the UK, the sport is mostly played by women.^[4]

Contemporary roller derby has a basic set of rules, with variations reflecting the interests of a governing body's member leagues. The Women's Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA), which is used by the majority of leagues around the world.^[5] For example, members of the United Kingdom Roller Derby Association are required to play by WFTDA rules,^[6] while members of the Canadian Women's Roller Derby Association are encouraged to join the WFTDA.^[7]

Leagues

England

• Bath, Somerset – Bath Roller Derby Girls^[8]
• Bedfordshire – Bedfordshire Rollergirls^[9]
• Bedfordshire – Rebellion Rollergirls^[10] (née Bedford Bandits)
• Berkshire - Royal Windsor Rollergirls^[11]
• Birmingham, West Midlands – Birmingham Blitz Dames^[12]
• Birmingham, West Midlands – Central City Rollergirls^[13]
• Birmingham, West Midlands - Crash Test Brummies^[14]
• Brighton, East Sussex – Brighton Rockers Roller Derby^[15]
• Bristol – Bristol Roller Derby^[16]
• Cambridge, Cambridgeshire – Romsey Town Rollerbillies^[17]
• Coventry, West Midlands – Coventry City Derby Dolls^[18]
• Crewe, Cheshire– Railtown Loco Rollers^[19]
• Croydon, Greater London – Croydon Roller Derby^[20]
• Derby, Derbyshire - Haunted City Rollers^[21]
• Devon and Somerset – South West Angels of Terror (S.W.A.T)^[22]
• Eastbourne, East Sussex – Bourne Bombshells^[23]
• North Essex – Triple Sword Roller Girls^[24]
• South Essex – Seaside Siren Roller Girls^[25]
• Gloucester, Gloucestershire – Severn Roller Torrent^[26]
• Hampshire - Baskingstoke Bullets^[27]
• Harrogate, North Yorkshire - Spa Town Roller Girls^[28]
• Hereford – Hereford Roller Girls (Horror Bulls)^[29]
• Hertfordshire – Full Metal Roller Derby ^[30]
• Hertfordshire – Hell's Belles Roller Girls^[31]
• High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire – Big Bucks High Rollers^[32]
• Hull - Hull's Angels Roller Dames (HARD)
• Kent – Kent Roller Girls^[33]
• Leeds, West Yorkshire – Leeds Roller Dolls^[34]
• Leeds, West Yorkshire – Hot Wheel Roller Derby^[35]
• Leicester, Leicestershire – Roller Derby Leicester^[36]
• Leicester, Leicestershire – Dolly Rockit Rollers^[37]
• Lincoln, Lincolnshire – Lincolnshire Bombers^[38]
• Lincoln, Lincolnshire – The Imposters Roller Girls^[39]
• Liverpool, Merseyside – Liverpool Roller Birds^[40]
• London, Greater London – London Rockin Rollers^[41] 2007–present
• London, Greater London – London Rollergirls
• London - Southern Discomfort
• Manchester, Greater Manchester – Rainy City Roller Girls^[42]
• Manchester, Greater Manchester – Manchester Roller Derby^[43]
• Mansfield, Nottinghamshire - Mansfield Misfits Roller Derby ^[44]
• Merseyside – Wirral Whipiteres Roller Derby ^[45]
• Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire – Middlesbrough Milk Rollers^[46]
• Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire – Grid City Division^[47]
• Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire – Milton Keynes Concrete Cows^[48]
• Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire – Quads of War^[49]
• Newcastle, Tyne and Wear – Newcastle Roller Girls^[50]
• Northampton, Northamptonshire – Northampton Shoetown Slayers
• Northampton, Northamptonshire – Vendetta Vixens^[51]
• Norwich, Norfolk – The Norfolk Brawds Roller Derby^[52] 2010 – present
• Nottingham, Nottinghamshire – Hellfire Harlots^[53]
• Nottingham, Nottinghamshire – Nottingham Roller Girls^[54]
• Oxford, Oxfordshire – Oxford Roller Derby^[55] 2010 – present
• Oxford, Oxfordshire – Oxford Wheels of Gory^[56]
• Plymouth, Devon – Plymouth City Roller Girls^[57]
• Portsmouth, Hampshire – Portsmouth Roller Wenches^[58] 2010 – present
• Preston, Lancashire – Preston Roller Girls^[59]
• RAF Lakenheath - Red White and Bruise Rollers^[60]
• Sheffield, South Yorkshire – Sheffield Steel Rollergirls^[61]
• Sheffield, South Yorkshire – The Inhuman League^[62]
• Somerset – Somerset and Exeter Derby Girls^[63]
• Surrey – Surrey Rollergirls^[64]
• Wakefield, West Yorkshire – Wakey Wheeled Cats^[65]
• West Yorkshire – The Skateful Dead^[66]
• Wiltshire – Wiltshire Roller Derby^[67]
• Windsor, Berkshire – Royal Windsor Rollergirls^[68]
• Wirral, Merseyside – Riverside Rebels Roller Derby ^[69]
• Wirral, Merseyside – Wirral Whipiteres Roller Derby ^[70]
• Wirral, Merseyside – Wirral Men's Roller Derby ^[71]
• Worcester - Worcester Wyldlings^[72]
• Worcestershire – Worcestershire Roller Derby^[73]
• Wolverhampton, West Midlands – Wolverhampton Honour Rollers^[74]

Northern Ireland

• Belfast – Belfast Roller Derby (Belfast Banshees)^[75]

Scotland

• Aberdeen – Granite City Roller Girls^[76]
• Dundee – Dundee Roller Girls^[77]
• Edinburgh – Auld Reekie Roller Girls^[78]
• Forth Valley – Fierce Valley Roller Girls^[79]
• Glasgow – Glasgow Rollergirls^[80]
• Perth and Kinross – Fair City Rollers^[81]

Wales

• Cardiff – Cardiff Roller Collective (CRoC) 2010–present^[82]
• Cardiff – Tiger Bay Brawlers
• Flint - North Wales Roller Derby
• Machynlleth – Mid-Wales Roller Derby^[83]
• Swansea – Reaper Roller Girls^[84]
• Swansea – Swansea City Slayers
• Neath Port Talbot -NPT Roller Derby 2012–present^[85]

See also

• Roller derby

References