Team Canada (roller derby)

Team Canada

Founded	2011
Colors	Red, white and black
Head coach	Ewan Wotarmy (head) Ian "Mack the Mouth" McKenzie (assistant)
Manager	Bryan "Flyin Bryan Killman" McWilliam
Championships	2nd place at 2011 Roller Derby World Cup
Broadcasters	Derby News Network
Website	http://www.teamcanadarollerderby.com/

Team Canada represents Canada in women's international roller derby. The current team was first formed to compete at the 2011 Roller Derby World Cup, and finished the tournament in second place to Team USA, losing the final 336 points to 33.

A previous Team Canada toured England and Scotland in June 2008. Skaters from the Calgary Roller Derby Association, Oil City Derby Girls, Saskatoon Roller Derby, Terminal City Roller Girls and Toronto Roller Derby played bouts against the Birmingham Blitz Dames, Glasgow Rollergirls and London Rollergirls.

A series of tryouts was announced for late 2013 to select the 2014 roster: 23 November in Saskatoon, SK hosted by Saskatoon Roller Derby, 30 November in New Hamburg, ON hosted by Tri-City Roller Girls and 7 December in Chilliwack, BC hosted by NWO Roller Girls. Over 150 skaters registered to tryout for Team Canada, with roughly half of them expected at the New Hamburg tryouts.

The 2014 roster was released on 29 December 2013. (league affiliations as of the time of the announcement)

In late 2013, the coaching staff for Team Canada at the 2014 World Cup was announced:

There are over 100 roller derby leagues in Canada, and over 100 Canadian women tried out for the team in 2011. Tryouts were held first in Toronto at Toronto Roller Derby, then in Calgary, Alberta hosted by the Calgary Roller Derby Association, and lastly in Vancouver, British Columbia hosted by Reign Valley Vixens Roller Derby. The skaters being considered were placed on a shortlist, and team management announced the following twenty skaters as the inaugural roster in August 2011 (skater's home league at time of rostering in parentheses):

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