London Rollergirls
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| Metro area | London |
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| Country | United Kingdom |
| Founded | April 2006 |
| Teams |
London Brawling (A travel) Steam Rollers Suffra Jets Ultraviolent Femmes Harbour Grudges |
| Track type(s) | Flat |
| Venue | Crystal Palace National Sports Centre |
| Affiliations | WFTDA, UKRDA |
| Org. type | Private company limited by guarantee |
| Website | LondonRollergirls.com |
London Brawling (A travel)
Brawl Saints (B travel)
Batter C Power (C travel)
The London Rollergirls (LRG) are a women's flat track roller derby league. The London Rollergirls play to the rules of - and are a member of - the Women's Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA). The London Rollergirls are founding members of the United Kingdom's national governing body of roller derby, United Kingdom Roller Derby Association (UKRDA), alongside other leagues within the UK. The league has three active travel teams which play competitive roller derby across the UK and the world: London Brawling (A), Brawl Saints (B), and Batter C Power (C). The LRG also have a recreational league; recruiting new-level or 'rookie' level skaters from the Greater London area.
Founded by Courtney Welch (known on the ring as 'Bette Noir'), Lauren Langston and Danielle West, the London Rollergirls are the oldest all-female roller derby league in the United Kingdom. Since London Rollergirls began in April 2006, the league has grown to include over 60 members, plus referees and support crew. The London Rollergirls held the first public women's flat track roller derby bout held in the United Kingdom on 7 September 2007, to a sold out crowd of over 500 people. The London Rollergirls held their first British inter-league bout in March 2008 against the Glasgow Rollergirls' travel team; The Irn Bruisers, and their first international bout in June 2008 against Team Canada, a Canadian team made up of members from Toronto Roller Derby, Oil City Derby Girls (Edmonton), Terminal City Roller Girls (Vancouver), Calgary Roller Derby Association, and Saskatoon Roller Derby.
In July 2009, the London Rollergirls hosted Europe's first roller derby tournament, "Roll Britannia", featuring twelve teams from the UK and Germany. The tournament was held at the historic Earls Court Exhibition Centre at Earls Court in London, England. London won the tournament, and became the first champions of European roller derby. On 4 November 2009, London Rollergirls joined the Women's Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA) under their Apprentice Programme, and graduated to full membership status in June 2010. LRG was the first league outside North America to become a member of the WFTDA. The London Rollergirls won the British Airways Great Britons competition in Winter 2009; providing them free tickets on BA to fly to the United States of America east coast in April 2010 - to train with and play some of the top leagues in the US.
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