Northside Rollers

Northside Rollers
Metro area	Melbourne
Country	Australia
Founded	2010
Teams	Death Stars (A team) Rebel Alliance (B team) Pulp Vixens (Home Team) Sisters of Anarchy (Home Team)
Track type(s)	Flat
Venue	Darebin Community Sports Stadium
Affiliations	WFTDA
Website	www.northsiderollers.com

The Northside Rollers (NSR), sometimes known as the Melbourne Northside Rollers, is a women's flat track roller derby league based in Melbourne, Australia. Founded in 2010, the league consists of two home teams, plus two travel teams which compete against teams from other leagues.

The league originated in May 2010 as a social skating group, its members officially forming the "Northside Rollers" in November.^[1] By April 2011, it had sixteen full members,^[2] and it played its first bout later in the year, against LaTrobe City Roller Derby.^[1] By mid-2013, it had grown further, to encompass a total of four teams.^[3]

In October 2013, Northside was accepted as a member of the Women's Flat Track Derby Association Apprentice Programme.^[4]201

In November 2013, Northside's A Team, the Death Stars, placed 4th in the VIC/TAS tournament.

References

1 2 "A Short History of NSR", Northside Rollers
↑ Suzanne Robson, "Get on your skates, girls - roller derby is on the rise", Northcote Leader, 16 April 2011
↑ Daniel Paproth, "Rebel Alliance ready to rumble in Northside Rollers league", Northern Weekly, 11 June 2013
↑ "WFTDA Accepts 28 Apprentice Leagues", WFTDA, 29 October 2013

WFTDA Apprentice Program leagues

Accepted 2009	Mid Michigan Derby Girls Route 66 Roller Derby

Accepted 2011	Central California Area Roller Derby Grand Junction Rollergirls Lake City Roller Dolls Portneuf Valley Bruisers Star City Roller Girls

Accepted January 2012	NOtown Roller Derby River Valley Rollergirls

Accepted July 2012	Peoria Push Derby Dames Western Australia Roller Derby Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Roller Radicals

Accepted October 2012	Auckland Roller Derby League Shoreline Roller Derby Wollongong Illawarra Roller Derby

Accepted January 2013	580 Rollergirls Gray City Rebels Northwest Derby Company Spokannibals Roller Derby

Accepted April 2013	2 x 4 Roller Derby Acadiana Rollergirls Enchanted Island Roller Derby Fog City Rollers Gothenburg Roller Derby Sydney Roller Derby League

Accepted October 2013	Albany All-Stars Amsterdam Derby Dames Bangor Roller Derby Central Arkansas Roller Derby Central Maine Roller Derby Dub City Derby Girls Dublin Roller Derby Eerie Rollergirls Heart of Appalachia Roller Derby Herault Derby Girlz Northern Brisbane Rollers Northside Rollers Pensacola Roller Gurlz Perth Roller Derby Resurrection Rollergirls Roller Derby Bordeaux Roller Derby Karlsruhe Royal City Roller Girls St. Albert Heavenly Rollergirls Seaside Siren Roller Girls Winnipeg Roller Derby League

Accepted January 2014	Adelaide Roller Derby Barcelona Roller Derby Battle Creek Cereal Killers Brussels Derby Pixies Capital City Derby Dolls Dark River Derby Coalition Five 40 Roller Girls Gallatin Roller Girlz Jerzey Derby Brigade Kingston Derby Girls Marietta Derby Darlins Molly Rogers Rollergirls Namur Rollergirls Plattsburgh Roller Derby Red Deer Roller Derby Association Roller Derby Metz Club South Florida Roller Girls South Side Derby Dolls State College Area Roller Derby Vienna Rollergirls V-Town Derby Dames

Accepted May 2014	Belfast Roller Derby Blackland Rockin' K-Rollers Dock City Rollers Enchanted Mountain Roller Derby Ladies of HellTown MedCity Mafia Roller Derby Muscogee Roller Girls Naughty Pines Derby Dames Ohio Valley Rollergirls Rogue Rollergirls Roller Derby Rennes Strong Island Derby Revolution Thunder Bay Roller Derby League Zurich City Rollergirlz

Accepted September 2014	Convict City Roller Derby League Eindhoven Rockcity Rollers Jackson Hole Juggernauts Peninsula Roller Girls Roller Derby Quebec Southern Delaware Rollergirls Undead Bettys Unforgiven Rollergirls

Accepted October 2014	Aurora 88s Roller Derby League Beckley Area Derby Dames Birmingham Blitz Dames C-Max Roller Derby Dirty River Roller Grrrls Grand Rapids Area Roller Derby Jewel City Roller Girls Metropolitan Roller Derby Chile Rubber City Rollergirls Traverse City Roller Derby Yellow Rose Derby Girls

Accepted January 2015	10th Mountain Roller Dolls Beach Brawl Sk8r Dolls Brighton Rockers Roller Derby Capital City Crushers Central Ohio Roller Dolls Cologne Roller Derby E-Ville Roller Derby League Fernie Roller Derby Hurricane Alley Roller Derby Les Quads des Paris Lille Roller Girls Mid-Atlantic Roller Derby Mission City Roller Derby Munich Rolling Rebels Northern Arizona Roller Derby Orangeville Rollergirls River City Dames of Anarchy San Diego Roller Derby Skagit Valley Roller Girls Southern Maryland Roller Derby Umea Roller Derby Vasteras Roller Derby Waimea Wranglers Whidbey Island Roller Girls Wine Town Rollers

Women's Flat Track Derby Association Division 1 Division 2 Division 3

Roller derby leagues in Australia

Australian Capital Territory	Canberra Roller Derby League Varsity Derby League

New South Wales	Newcastle Roller Derby League Sydney Roller Derby League Wollongong Illawarra Roller Derby

Northern Territory	Darwin Roller Girls Malice Springs Roller Derby League

Queensland	Brisbane City Rollers Coastal Assassins Roller Derby Gold Coast Roller Derby Northern Brisbane Rollers Sun State Roller Girls

South Australia	Adelaide Roller Derby Light City Roller Derby

Tasmania	Convict City Roller Derby League Van Diemen Rollers

Victoria	Ballarat Roller Derby League Geelong Roller Derby League Northside Rollers Sale City Rollers South Sea Roller Derby Victorian Roller Derby League

Western Australia	Perth Roller Derby Western Australia Roller Derby

Main Article: Roller derby in Australia

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