Blue Ridge Rollergirls
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The Blue Ridge Rollergirls (BRRG) is a roller derby
league based in Asheville, North Carolina
, an apprentice member of the Women's Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA). The league was established in 2006, held its first competitive season in 2007, and became a WFTDA apprentice team in 2010. It is composed of two teams, the All-Stars travel team, and the French Broads, the BRRG B team (named for the French Broad River
that flows through Asheville). Members of the BRRG recently formed the Mad Divas Junior Derby for girls 12-17.
Community support of the league is strong with bout attendance typically ranging from 2000 to more than 3000 fans. The league fosters community outreach and gives a portion of the proceeds of each bout to a western North Carolina charity. Charities supported include The Anmial Compassion Network, Care Partners Children's Fund, Skye, RAINN, and Interlace.
The league notably prepares for bouts with acupuncture sessions, and features synchronized yoga on skates during its warmup laps.
Roller derby
Roller derby is a contact sport played by two teams of five members roller skating in the same direction around a track. Game play consists of a series of short matchups in which both teams designate a scoring player who scores points by lapping members of the opposing team...
league based in Asheville, North Carolina
Asheville, North Carolina
Asheville is a city in and the county seat of Buncombe County, North Carolina, United States. It is the largest city in Western North Carolina, and the 11th largest city in North Carolina. The City is home to the United States National Climatic Data Center , which is the world's largest active...
, an apprentice member of the Women's Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA). The league was established in 2006, held its first competitive season in 2007, and became a WFTDA apprentice team in 2010. It is composed of two teams, the All-Stars travel team, and the French Broads, the BRRG B team (named for the French Broad River
French Broad River
The French Broad River flows from near the village of Rosman in Transylvania County, North Carolina, into the state of Tennessee. Its confluence with the Holston River at Knoxville is the beginning of the Tennessee River....
that flows through Asheville). Members of the BRRG recently formed the Mad Divas Junior Derby for girls 12-17.
Community support of the league is strong with bout attendance typically ranging from 2000 to more than 3000 fans. The league fosters community outreach and gives a portion of the proceeds of each bout to a western North Carolina charity. Charities supported include The Anmial Compassion Network, Care Partners Children's Fund, Skye, RAINN, and Interlace.
The league notably prepares for bouts with acupuncture sessions, and features synchronized yoga on skates during its warmup laps.