Carolina Rollergirls are a proud member of the Women's Flat Track Derby Association
photos: Ray Black III
The Carolina Rollergirls Bring the Action to Dorton Arena!
Roller derby is back and in your hometown!
The fourth home season of the Carolina Rollergirls debuted with the bang of our home team tournament January 21. With all three home teams, the Debutante Brawlers, the Trauma Queens, and the Tai Chi-tahs, scoring a victory, there is no clear favorite for 2007 champs. This season, in addition to the battle between the home teams for the golden skate, each home team will be playing a visiting league. Things kick off this March with reigning 2006 champions the Tai Chi-tahs taking on the Atlanta Rollergirls all-star team, and the Trauma Queens facing off against the Debutante Brawlers.
Our new venue proved lucky for us, as the Carolina Rollergirls All-Stars finished their 2006 inter-league season undefeated at home, overthrowing teams from Las Vegas, NV, Phoenix, AZ, and Providence, RI. The Carolina Rollergirls All-Stars will reunite to play in the East Coast Invitational tournament March 17 in Philadelphia, PA with match-ups against Detroit Rollergirls and Gotham Rollergirls from NYC, NY. Then we'll be traveling to Phoenix, AZ this May, Providence, RI this June, and Columbus, OH in August for the WFTDA East Regionals Tournament. We're bringing the inter-league action back to Dorton this fall to face #3 ranked Texas Rollergirls, Bay Area Rollergirls and the Kansas City Roller Warriors.
Doin' Derby Right
The Carolina Rollergirls' derby is NOT a wrasslin' style circus act. Staged fighting has been replaced with walloping take-outs. Our fast-dodging jammers are too hungry for points to slow down for silly acrobatics. But the hits keep getting harder every season, and we like to show off every chance we get!
Flat-track roller derby requires skill, strategy and a fearless defiance of good sense. Our game is a fierce competition, fired by a rock n' roll attitude & a free-wheeling spirit. We may be a mischievous crew of shenanigan-charged ladies, but when the whistle blows, playtime is over.
The Carolina Rollergirls are proud members of the Womens Flat-Track Derby Association (WFTDA), which we helped form in 2004. We're working tirelessly with leagues across the nation to standardize and promote national competition.
The first national WFTDA sanctioned tournament, the Dust Devil, was held in Tucson, AZ in February 2006. The top 20 leagues from across the country battled it out over three days, and the Carolina Rollergirls placed 8th, establishing our league as one of skilled skaters who have a passion for doing derby right.
Roller derby is a sport for women who play life by a different set of rules. We're proud, hard-working, independent-minded women. We're vixens, wise-crackers and naughty troublemakers. And we're big-hearted women ready to get down and derby.
Come on Out Y'all!
OUR FANS are such an important part of the roller derby experience! Our game is played on a flat rink surface, which allows our fans to be a part of the action. Skaters are fast, hard-hitting and loaded with attitude. If a Rollergirl gets too big for her britches, the most satisfying take-down can be a good knock into the audience!
The Carolina Rollergirls bouts are held at the North Carolina State Fairground's historic Dorton Arena. The Fairgrounds are located at the intersection of Hillsborough Street and Blue Ridge Road. (Directions)
Formed in January 2004, OUR MISSION has been to bring an alternative sporting entertainment to North Carolina while training for national competition. The Carolina Rollergirls is a 501c3 non-profit organization promoting the physical and mental strength and independent spirit of women. We are run for the skaters, by the skaters.
