The Newcastle Roller Girls are the largest roller derby team in the North East of England, forged when like minds, athletic ability and a desire to do something different collided with an imported all-girl American sport.
Roller derby is a grass roots female roller skating sport. It’s fast and it’s fierce - not for the faint hearted!
The team was founded in 2009 by four girls including Claire Byrne, our current team captain. Karen Slater, founder member of the Middlesbrough Milk Rollers, is vice captain.
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 1st 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’ve been part of the recent UK roller derby boom, with our ranks swelling more than we can believe and demand for our rookie course blowing us away with every intake. This interest & the hard work everyone puts into the league means we now have 3 teams:
- The Canny Belters – Our A team
- The Whippin’ Hinnies - Our B team
- Tyne & Fear – Our Merby team
So, that’s us. Have a mooch about the site for lots of groovy things like skater profiles & bout details. Plus you can find out a bit more about us out there on the rest of that there t’internet:
Thanks for stopping by – see you in the suicide seats!