Team Scotland Roller Derby

Team Scotland Roller Derby

Founded	2011
Colors	Blue, white and black
Head coach	Viper (2011), Ella Bella Bang Bang (2014), Clinically Wasted (2014)
Manager	Jill Antonic (2014)
Championships	11th place at 2011 Roller Derby World Cup
Broadcasters	Derby News Network
Website	teamscotlandrollerderby.com

Team Scotland Roller Derby represents Scotland in women's international roller derby, in events such as the Roller Derby World Cup. The team was first formed to compete at the 2011 Roller Derby World Cup, and finished the tournament in eleventh place.

Team Scotland played two warm-up matches for the World Cup, beating both a "rest of Scotland" team, and the "Northern All-Stars", consisting of skaters from the north of England.^[1]

At the World Cup, Scotland lost narrowly to New Zealand, 124 to 111,^[2] and overwhelmingly to Team USA, 435 to 1.^[3] Although this led to the becoming the lowest-ranked team in the consolation stage, they beat Team Argentina and later beat Team Brazil, to finish eleventh out of thirteen teams.^[4]

Team roster

2011 team roster

About 45 skaters tried out for the initial team. The roster was announced in August.^[5] (league affiliations listed as of at the time of the announcement)

2014 team roster

The 2014 team was selected from a "Training Team" of 30 skaters, themselves selected via two rounds of tryouts performed under the auspices of the UK Roller Derby Association (UKRDA). The final 20 skaters selected for the 2014 World Cup roster were announced on 1 May 2014.^[6]

Since that announcement, Team Scotland have appeared in two public bouts,^[7] where many of the skaters skated under their legal names, rather than derby names (Team Scotland skaters choose themselves whether to use their legal or skate names for this squad): the below table lists skaters by the names they skate under with their home leagues. (league affiliations listed as of at the time of the announcement)

References

1. ↑ aoanla, "Bout Report: Team Scotland vs Northern All-Stars 16.10.2011", Team Scotland Roller Derby
2. ↑ Justice Feelgood Marshall, "World Cup: New Zealand Holds Off Scotland, 124-111", Derby News Network, 2 December 2011
3. ↑ Lex Talionis, "World Cup: USA Buries Scotland, 435-1", Derby News Network, 4 December 2011
4. ↑ Lex Talionis, "World Cup 11th Place: (13) Scotland Foils (11) Brazil, 113-64", Derby News Network, 3 December 2011
5. ↑ Sandra Gray, "Roller derby world cup team is chosen after some tough try-outs", The Courier, 5 August 2011
6. ↑ aoanla, ""
7. ↑ http://flattrackstats.com/teams/6675

National sports teams of Scotland
Australian rules football Badminton Baseball Basketball M W Cricket M W Curling M W Football M W CP Field hockey M W Lacrosse M W Indoor Kabaddi Korfball Netball Roller derby Rugby league M W Rugby union M W M-7s W-7s Squash M W Shinty
Commonwealth Games
See also List of national sports teams of Scotland