Richter City Roller Derby

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Richter City Roller Derby
Richter City Roller Derby.jpg
Metro area Wellington
Country New Zealand
Founded2007
TeamsAll Stars (A team)
Convicts (B team)
Brutal Pageant
Comic Slams
Smash Malice
Track type(s)Flat
Venue TSB Bank Arena
Affiliations WFTDA
Website www.richtercity.co.nz

Richter City Roller Derby is a women's flat track roller derby league based in Wellington, New Zealand. Founded in 2007, the league currently consists of three intraleague teams, and two interleague teams. The league's colours are orange and purple. Richter City is a member of the Women's Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA). [1]

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History

Richter City gained early publicity by performing demonstrations at the 2008 Dance Your Socks Off! Festival. [2] Their first bout in March 2009 sold out the basketball hall used as the venue.

In late 2009, the league held its first season of intraleague competition, [3] which saw crowds averaging 950 people. [4] In mid-season the league moved its bouts to TSB Bank Arena as spectator crowds were exceeding the capacity of the previous venue, a basketball hall. [5]

In 2011 the league won the Air New Zealand Personality of the Year Award at the Wellington Sports Awards, beating Lower Hutt boxing identity Billy Graham, All Black Piri Weepu, and veteran sports broadcaster Keith Quinn in the popular vote. [6] [7]

In July 2012, Richter City was accepted as a member of the Women's Flat Track Derby Association Apprentice Programme, [8] and became a full WFTDA member in December 2013. [9]

Intraleague Competition

Roller Derby Team New Zealand member Tuff Bikkies (Meryn McAulay), jamming for Smash Malice in the 2011 Richter City intraleague final. Tuff Bikkies jams at Richter City Final 2011.JPG
Roller Derby Team New Zealand member Tuff Bikkies (Meryn McAulay), jamming for Smash Malice in the 2011 Richter City intraleague final.

In 2009 and 2010 two teams contested the intraleague competition; Brutal Pageant (pink & red/beauty pageant theme) and Smash Malice (leopard print/trailer trash theme). By mid-2010, a bout attracted a crowd of more than 3,500 people. [5] In 2011 the intraleague competition was expanded to include a third team; Comic Slams (blue & silver/super hero and Comic Sans font theme). [10] Comic Slams made the season final, but were beaten by Smash Malice in the title bout. [11]

Domestic Interleague Competition

Richter City has two interleague teams. The A Team are called the All Stars and the B team are called the Convicts.

In late 2009, Richter City hosted New Zealand's first intercity bout, against Pirate City Rollers' All Scars, losing 88–174 in front of a crowd of 1,200 people. [4] In December 2010, the All Stars faced the All Scars again, this time in Auckland, with the Pirate City team victorious again. [12]

In 2011, both of Richter City's interleague teams faced multiple opponents:

All Stars

DateEvent NicknameVenueOpposition LeagueOpposition TeamResult
20 AugustCapital PunishmentYMCA, Auckland City Pirate City Rollers, Auckland All ScarsLoss
15 OctoberN/AKensington Stadium, Whangarei Northland Nightmares, Whangarei Hell's WivesWin
12 NovemberN/APioneer Stadium, Christchurch Dead End Derby, Christchurch All StarsWin 156-67
3 DecemberThe Fright Before Christmas [10] [13] TSB Bank Arena, Wellington Dead End Derby, Christchurch All StarsWin

WFTDA rankings

Season Final ranking [14] Playoffs Championship
2015157 WFTDA [15] DNQDNQ
2016168 WFTDA [16] DNQDNQ

Convicts

DateEvent NicknameVenueOpposition LeagueOpposition TeamResult
3 SeptemberGrazed AnatomyArena 3, Palmerston North Taranaki Roller Corp, New Plymouth Rumble BeesLoss
3 SeptemberGrazed AnatomyArena 3, Palmerston North Swamp City Roller Rats, Palmerston North Swamp RatsLoss
3 DecemberThe Fright Before Christmas [10] [17] TSB Bank Arena, Wellington Hellmilton Roller Ghouls, Hamilton Raggedy AngstWin

International Competition

In June 2010 several Richter City skaters attended the Great Southern Slam, the Asia-Pacific region's first roller derby tournament, skating as guests of Western Australia Roller Derby. [18] The league itself did not compete.

Richter City (in purple) take on the Sydney Roller Derby League in March 2011 Roller Derby (22).jpg
Richter City (in purple) take on the Sydney Roller Derby League in March 2011

In March 2011 Richter City hosted New Zealand's first international roller derby bout, pitting the All Stars against the Sydney Roller Derby League's Assassins. [12] [19] The All Stars lost the bout 164–128. [20] In November 2011 the Richter City All Stars traveled to Sydney for the away leg of their home and away tie against the Sydney Assassins. Again the Assassins proved too strong. [10]

In October 2011, Richter City skater Merryn "Tuff Bikkies" McAulay and former Richter City skater Michelle "Perky Nah Nah" Jackson were selected to play for Roller Derby Team New Zealand at the inaugural Roller Derby World Cup, played in Toronto in December 2011. [21] [22] The New Zealand team placed 8th out of 13 teams.

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References

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  2. ↑ "Get your skates on and boogie at the disco", Wellington City Council, 1 September 2008
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  21. ↑ Roller Derby Team NZ
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