Western Australia Roller Derby
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| Country | Australia |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2009 |
| Teams |
WARDs of the Skate (Travel A), WayWARD Rollers (Travel B), Electric Screams (Home), Sonic Doom (Home), Atomic Sirens (Home) |
| Track type(s) | Flat |
| Venue |
Rolloways O'Connor, Rollerzone Malaga, The Rise, Maylands |
| Affiliations | WFTDA |
| Website |
warollerderby |
WA Roller Derby (WARD) is a roller derby league based in Western Australia. Founded in 2009, the league has a permanent presence in Perth. WARD currently has two competitive representative teams that compete with other local and international leagues, as well as three home teams that play each other within the league. The league values are inclusivity, sportswomanship, athleticism, and passion. The current President of WARD is Max Power.
History
WA Roller Derby was founded in August 2009 and held their first friends and family bout in May 2010.
WA Roller Derby's first public appearance was in Adelaide 2010, during the Great Southern Slam competition.[1] Following this the first season saw three bouts between the home teams, Electric Screams and Sonic Doom at the Perth SpeedDome.[2] WARD also coordinated the state’s first interleague bout which was held in Kalgoorlie.[3]
WARDSs of the Skate, the representative A team, was formed in May 2011 to compete against Perth Roller Derby at Quads of War, Perth’s first ever inter-league event.[4] In July 2011, WARD hosted WA's first ever interstate roller derby bout, against Melbourne-based South Sea Roller Derby.[5][6]
In July 2012, WARD was accepted as a member of the Women's Flat Track Derby Association Apprentice Programme,[7] and became a full WFTDA league in 2014.
Participants
WARD allows admission of any able-bodied individual, regardless of their current skating skill level.[8] "Freshmeat"[9] members are taught basic skating skills (such as stable forwards skating and safe falling) before being assessed for their suitability to move on to more complex skills (such as full-contact Blocking). WARD is a women-only league; however other genders are welcome to join the Freshmeat training with a view to eventually joining the referee program and becoming part of "Team Zebra".
Teams
WARD is currently the home of five teams: two travel teams and three home teams:[2]
- WARDs of the Skate: formed in 2011, The WARDs of the Skate (or WotS) are the representative A team.
- WayWARD Rollers: formed in 2012, the WayWARD Rollers are the representative B team.
- Sonic Doom: formed in 2010, the 'Dooms' are one of three home teams. Their colours are blue and black.
- Electric Screams: formed in 2010, the 'Screams' are one of three home teams. Their colours and gold and white.
- Atomic Sirens: formed in 2016, the 'Sirens' are one of three home teams. Their colours are red and grey.
See also
References
- ↑ "The Great Southern Slam". Hit & Miss (3). 2010.
- 1 2 "Shake and rattle roller derby a hit for violent femmes". The West Australian. 8 August 2011. p. 7.
- ↑ "Roller Derby delights goldfields crowds". ABC News. Kalgoorlie, Western Australia. 16 February 2011. Retrieved 15 January 2012.
- ↑ "Big crowd rolls in for derby showdown". The West Australian. 16 February 2011. Retrieved 15 January 2012.
- ↑ "Big crowd cheers on all-star stouch". Midland Kalamnunda Reporter. 19 July 2011. p. 12.
- ↑ "Lean, mean rolling machines go into battle". The Sunday Times (Western Australia). 9 July 2011. Retrieved 15 January 2012.
- ↑ "WFTDA Accepts 35 Apprentice Leagues", WFTDA, 16 July 2012
- ↑ "Roller derby a natural high". The Kalamunda Reporter. 16 February 2011. Retrieved 15 January 2012.
- ↑ "Soozie skates way out of suburbia". Mandurah Coastal Times. 7 September 2011. Retrieved 17 January 2012.