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Bath Roller Derby
Bath Roller Derby is a roller derby league based in Bath, Somerset. Founded in 2012,[1] the league plays to the Women's Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA) ruleset.[2] The league has been a member of the United Kingdom Roller Derby Association (UKRDA) since May 2015.[3] League HistoryThe league was founded in 2012 by several local skaters as Bath Roller Derby Girls but rebranded in 2018 and dropped the 'Girls'.[citation needed] They held their first public session in September 2012 and henceforth began holding regular training sessions.[4] Half a year later, the league held their second recruitment intake and numbers begun to increase[5] with a third intake following in November of that year. In April 2014, they played their first international game against Lisbon Grrrls Roller Derby, taking home a 152–132 victory.[6] Bath won the 2018 Bath Sports Awards' Community Club of the Year award in 2018.[7] League skater Amy Buller (derby name Scarlett O’ Harma) died of breast cancer in September 2020, and the league have since hosted the "Peeka Hurt You Cup" in celebration of her life and to raise money for Dorothy House, a local hospice charity.[8] League StructureThe league currently has two teams drawn from all league skaters:[9]
The Bath Gladiators team is made up of those skaters not currently drafted to a Travel Team or currently injured and not skating. The Bath Skeleton Crew is the league's official crew, providing skating and non-skating officials (NSOs) for home and away games. Five Nations Roller Derby ChampionshipsThe league participated in the British Roller Derby Championships 2015 Women T4 South West tier. They played Wiltshire Roller Derby, North Devon Roller Derby, Bridgend Roller Derby and Riot City Ravens, winning three out of their four games.[10] This performance qualified them for Women T4 Playoffs - Western, where they won against North Wales Roller Derby, 165–128, but lost to Wirral Roller Derby's Savage Lilies, 294–78.[11] In 2016, they found themselves in Women Tier 3 South. They had a difficult start to the competition, losing their first four games against North Devon Roller Derby, Kent Roller Derby, Cornwall Roller Derby and Surrey Roller Girls, before beating Plymouth City Roller Derby.[12] A restructured tournament in 2017 saw the league in the Women's T3 Regional tier. They faced Granite City Roller Derby, Norfolk Roller Derby, Sheffield Steel Roller Derby, North Devon Roller Derby, Dorset Roller Girls, Riot City Ravens and Cornwall Roller Derby.[13] In 2018, they were promoted to Women's T2 UKRDA National in a further-restructured competition. They won their game against North Devon Roller Derby, but lost all their other games against SWAT Roller Derby, Royal Windsor Roller Derby, London Roller Derby's Batter C Power (C).[14] Their performance qualified them in 2019 to compete in the Women's T1 Premier tier. They faced up to London Roller Derby's Batter C Power, Norfolk Roller Derby, SWAT Roller Derby and Cambridge Rollerbillies.[15] In 2021, the British Championships rebranded as the Five Nations Roller Derby Championships.[16] Ranked Games
The table below lists the bouts played by Bath Roller Derby Girls as recorded by Flat Track Stats
Unranked EventsThis table lists unranked and one-day tournament events in which BRDG has competed
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