Roller Derby Team New Zealand
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| Founded | 2011 |
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| League | Roller Derby World Cup |
| Colours | Black and white |
| Head coach | Pieces of Hate (head) Zephyr (assistant) |
| Manager | Karen Edwards |
| Championships | 8th place at 2011 Roller Derby World Cup, 5th place at 2014 Roller Derby World Cup |
| Broadcasters | Derby News Network |
| Website | www |
Roller Derby Team New Zealand is the New Zealand national representative women's flat track roller derby team. Roller Derby Team New Zealand was founded in 2011 to compete in the inaugural Roller Derby World Cup.
Roller Derby Team New Zealand competed in the inaugural Roller Derby World Cup, held 1–4 December 2011 in Toronto, Canada.
Roller derby skaters throughout New Zealand were invited to try out for places in the training squad.
The squad met monthly to train in Hamilton. Final selections for the team to travel to Toronto for the Roller Derby World Cup were released after a final training and selection bout between the "Probables" and the "Possibles" in New Plymouth in conjunction with the AoteaRUMBLE roller derby training retreat.
Team New Zealand was drawn in Group C, with Team USA and Team Scotland.
Team New Zealand was ranked 9th after the group stage.
Team New Zealand entered the Consolation Stage at Round 2.
Team New Zealand finished the World Cup in 8th place.
Skate the Muss was awarded the title of MVP for the team.
The travel team for the 2011 World Cup was announced on Tuesday 25 October 2011. (Skaters' league affiliations as of the time of the announcement)
Roller Derby Team New Zealand competed in the 2014 Roller Derby World Cup, held in Dallas, Texas on December 4–6, 2014.
The selection process for the 2014 team was fraught with controversy. The first issue was the decision by the New Zealand Roller Derby Association (NZRDA) to require that the coach of the team not be a skating member of the team. As roller derby is a young and rapidly evolving sport, this considerably restricted the pool of candidates for the position as most of the people with the best understanding of the rules, tactics and other requirements of the current state of the game were active skaters with a reasonable expectation of being selected to play. Stacey "Pieces of Hate" Roper was appointed to coach the team. Zephyr and Fia Fase Oi? were appointed selectors alongside the coach and Danger Spouse was appointed Team Manager. Zephyr was also appointed assistant coach.
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