Metro area Edinburgh Founded 2008 Affiliations WFTDA, UKRDA | Country Scotland Track type(s) Flat | |
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Teams Auld Reekie All Stars (A team)
Auld Reekie All Star Reserves (B team)
All Star Rookies
WarriARRGs
Cherry Bombers
Leithal Weapons
The Skatefast Club | ||
Auld Reekie Roller Girls (ARRG) is a women’s flat track roller derby league based in Edinburgh, Scotland. Founded in 2008, ARRG was the first Scottish Women's Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA) member. The league aims to create teams with the ability to compete locally and internationally at the highest levels.
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ARRG play by the rules of the Women's Flat Track Derby Association, and were officially accepted as an Apprentice League on 5 October 2010. The league graduated as full members of the WFTDA on 1 September 2011.
History
Formed in April 2008 the Auld Reekie Roller Girls were Edinburgh's first women's flat track roller derby league, and take their name after the city of Edinburgh, affectionately known as 'Auld Reekie' ('Old Smoky' in the Scots language). Within 2 months of forming there was local media interest.
ARRG organise and skate in numerous games and tournaments, both 'closed' (for development purposes) and 'open' public games. ARRG hosted their first ever public game, entitled "Fishnet Burns Night", at Meadowbank Sports Centre on the 24 January 2009 just 10 months after their formation, and competed in the London Rollergirls hosted European tournament "Roll Britannia" in 2009, placing 4th.
ARRG have an international standing, having travelled to Berlin to take part in the first European Organisational Roller Derby Conference in November 2012, and to Philadelphia, USA, to compete in the East Coast Derby Extravaganza in June 2013. More recently, in May 2016, ARRG travelled to Eugene, Oregon to take part in the 2016 The Big O tournament, hosted by Emerald City Roller Girls. ARRG played teams including Windy City Rollers, Sac City Rollers and Santa Cruz Derby Girls.
Currently home bouts are played at the Meadowbank Stadium, which has capacity for up to 400 spectators. The sport of roller derby is still growing in Scotland, as women over 18 are flocking to the 'Fresh Meat Sundays' beginner sessions.
Current members of ARRG were selected to represent Team Scotland at both the 2011 Roller Derby World Cup, in Toronto, and the 2014 Roller Derby World Cup in Dallas, Texas.
Travel Teams
Home Teams
Intra-league teams were previously selected on a game-by-game basis under the names The Highland Heathens and Celtic Chaos. In 2012, three permanent home teams were formed and the annual Home Season tournament was launched.
WFTDA competition
Ranked at 57th overall in June 2016, Auld Reekie qualified for WFTDA Division 2 Playoffs in 2016 (their first time qualifying), but declined their spot citing the inability to get a full complement of skaters available for the Playoffs and electing to sit it out.
Results of Public Bouts
In addition to the public bouts shown below, the team has also undertaken a series of 'closed' (or private) bouts, details of which have not been included.
NB: Green highlighted rows indicate a win, whilst red highlighting indicates a loss.