The UKRDA are happy to announce, that after some collaboration, we have come to an agreement with England Roller Derby who have now stated their intention to become fully affiliated once again. As part of this process UKRDA are undertaking the first stage – recruitment of management and coaches for the 2017 Blood and Thunder … Read more
We are delighted to announce that we have been working behind the scenes with Mark “Pastor IcePax” Dolan to bring you a new medical team guide to roller derby. Our medical guide is for all leagues to download, it’ll allow your medics to read all about roller derby, the rules and how to handle interaction … Read more
Welcome to our new League – Teesside Skate Invaders, based in Teeside, England. Former Tier 3 British Champs (mens) champions, we are delighted to have them on board
North Wales Roller Derby started out in July 2011, and currently has around 55 members. The team has been working hard to build up into a full bouting team and is very excited to host the first live roller derby bout in North Wales this November.
They are a not-for-profit organisation with a strong do-it-yourself ethos. BBRD are run by their members and volunteers, brought together by their mutual love of the amazing sport of Roller Derby. Not all of the brawlers skate to compete, there are plenty who attend for love of being on 8 wheels and amongst friends on … Read more
Welcome to Oxford Wheels of Gory, founded in October 2011. They are a not-for-profit organisation with a strong do-it-yourself ethos. OWG are run by their members and volunteers, brought together by their mutual love of the amazing sport of Roller Derby. Our goal is to be a respected and leading roller derby team in UK whilst … Read more
Dazed and Confused (or … “so that’s what the ceiling looks like”) Concussion… seemingly the latest “thing” in sports, every athlete in this sport knows someone who’s had one; but it can’t be THAT bad can it? Let’s have a look; The current WFTDA guidelines are that any SINGLE positive indication on the concussion tests … Read more
Just a quick note to let you all know that our conflict resolution panel will be unavailable until 10/09/18. Any requests for the panel will be dealt with after this date and you may not receive a response to your request until then.
In light of the recent issue regarding sexually inappropriate behaviour, UKRDA would like to take the time to reiterate that any form of sexually inappropriate behaviour in any form or physical assault is not acceptable and will not be tolerated. If you have experienced such acts within the UK Roller Derby community or out of … Read more
At present, UKRDA has not renewed its membership with BRSF after several years of membership. We took this decision as a result of poor communication between our bodies over a two year period. Our position was that we were keen to discuss our ongoing partnership with BRSF and would renew our membership when communication had … Read more