Granite City Roller Girls
Encyclopedia
The Granite City Roller Girls (GCRG) is a roller derby
league based in Aberdeen
, Scotland
. Founded in 2007, the league currently has a single team which competes with teams from other leagues.
, and was heavily involved in helping that league develop. The league soon renamed itself the Aberdeen Aces, but struggled to find practice space. In November 2008, it began skating at the Aberdeen Lads Club, and was again renamed, as the "Granite City Roller Girls".
In August 2010, the league hosted Scotland's first roller derby tournament, with Glasgow Roller Girls
, Auld Reekie Roller Girls
and Dundee Rollergirls attending. It was attended by around 350 people. The league were founder members of the UK Roller Derby Association.
The league contributed one skater to Team Scotland for the inaugral Roller Derby World Cup
.
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 Aberdeen
Aberdeen
Aberdeen is Scotland's third most populous city, one of Scotland's 32 local government council areas and the United Kingdom's 25th most populous city, with an official population estimate of ....
, Scotland
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
. Founded in 2007, the league currently has a single team which competes with teams from other leagues.
History
The league originated as Roller Derby Scotland, established soon after the Glasgow Roller GirlsGlasgow Roller Girls
The Glasgow Roller Girls is a roller derby league based in Glasgow, Scotland. Founded in 2007, the league has three teams, and two combined teams which compete with other leagues.-History:...
, and was heavily involved in helping that league develop. The league soon renamed itself the Aberdeen Aces, but struggled to find practice space. In November 2008, it began skating at the Aberdeen Lads Club, and was again renamed, as the "Granite City Roller Girls".
In August 2010, the league hosted Scotland's first roller derby tournament, with Glasgow Roller Girls
Glasgow Roller Girls
The Glasgow Roller Girls is a roller derby league based in Glasgow, Scotland. Founded in 2007, the league has three teams, and two combined teams which compete with other leagues.-History:...
, Auld Reekie Roller Girls
Auld Reekie Roller Girls
The Auld Reekie Roller Girls are an all female flat track roller derby league based in Edinburgh, Scotland. The team was formed in April 2008. ARRG were the first roller derby league in Edinburgh and are the second league in Scotland. ARRG is skater owned and run, with the aim of promoting...
and Dundee Rollergirls attending. It was attended by around 350 people. The league were founder members of the UK Roller Derby Association.
The league contributed one skater to Team Scotland for the inaugral Roller Derby World Cup
Roller Derby World Cup
The Roller Derby World Cup is an international women's roller derby tournament organized by Blood & Thunder magazine. Teams of amateur skaters from around the world are fielded to compete for their respective nations. The inaugural 2011 event is being hosted by Toronto Roller Derby, and is being...
.