London Rockin' Rollers
London Rockin' Rollers is a flat-track roller derby league based in London, England. Founded in 2007, the league is a member of both the United Kingdom Roller Derby Association and the Women's Flat Track Derby Association.
League History
The league was started in 2007, by a group of founding members including Jackie Mason. At the time, there were only two other roller derby teams in the UK: the London Rollergirls and the Birmingham Blitz Dames.The team participated in the UK's first ever closed-door, interleague scrimmage against Birmingham on 1 July 2007. They made history again later in the year when they played the Stuttgart Valley Roller Girlz in Europe's first international bout on 14 October, which they lost 94-71.
In 2009, the league presented their first home bouting season at the historic York Hall in Bethnal Green. The league also hosted its very first intraleague bout on 27 February 2010, a closely fought bout between the Voodoo Skull Krushers and the NeanderDolls.
In January 2012, London Rockin' Rollers competed in, and won, the UKRDA's "Tattoo Freeze" tournament. In June, several of LRR were part of the 2012 Summer Olympics opening ceremony and the 2012 Summer Paralympics opening ceremony. In September, Kit Kat Power represented Team Sweden against USA Roller Derby and Jack Attack represented Team England, also against Team USA.
In October 2012, the league was accepted as a member of the WFTDA Apprentice Program, and became a full member of the WFTDA in September 2013.
Teams
There are two travel teams, who compete against teams from other leagues:- Allstars
- Rising Stars
- The NeanderDolls,
- Voodoo Skull Krushers, now known as VSK
- Goldie Lookin' Chain Gang, known as Goldies.
National Team Representation
Four league members were involved in the 2011 Roller Derby World Cup. Jack Attack and The Mighty Mighty Bash skated for Team England Roller Derby who ended in third place, Kit Kat Power represented Team Sweden Roller Derby and Dr D Zaster as a referee.For the 2014 Roller Derby World Cup, LRR were represented by Betty Swollox skating for Team England.
Irn Brute was on the Team Scotland Roller Derby training squad in the 2018 Roller Derby World Cup.
WFTDA rankings
Competitive History
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2011
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2010
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2009
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