Newcastle Roller Derby League

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Newcastle Roller Derby League

Metro area	Newcastle, New South Wales
Country	Australia
Founded	2009
Teams	Dockyard Dames (A), Harbour Hellcats, Fort Smashleys, Bogey Rollers
Track type(s)	Flat
Venue	Gateshead Sportsworld
Affiliations	WFTDA
Website	newcastlerollerderby.org.au

Newcastle Roller Derby League (NRDL) is a flat track roller derby league founded in 2009, based in Newcastle, New South Wales. Their representative team is the Dockyard Dames, while their three home teams are the Harbour Hellcats, the Fort Smashleys and the Bogey Rollers.

League History

From its inception in early 2009, by mid-2010 the league had more than 100 skaters.

Susy Pow, a skater from the league, was selected to skate for Team Australia at the 2011 Roller Derby World Cup.

In February 2018, Newcastle became a member league of the WFTDA Apprentice Program, and graduated to full membership early in 2019.

Teams

Home Teams

The league has three in-house teams (home teams) who participate in intraleague competitions: the Fort Smashleys, Harbour Hellcats and the Bogey Rollers.

Created in 2011, the Fort Smashleys and Harbour Hellcats are the league's original in-house teams, with the Bogey Rollers being added in 2013. Harbour Hellcats won the first four seasons of the NRDL in-house competition, while the Fort Smashleys won their first season competition in 2013 against newcomers the Bogey Rollers. The name "Fort Smashleys" is a play on Fort Scratchley, a museum and former coastal defence site on the local harbour.

Travel Team

The Dockyard Dames are the Representative team for NRDL, and consists of the best of the best of NRDL players.

The Dockyard Dames have played teams from all around Australia and New Zealand, including Victorian Roller Derby League, Sydney Roller Derby League, Pirate City Rollers, Northern Brisbane Rollers and many more along the way.

The Dockyard Dames have finished third in the Eastern Region Roller Derby competition for four years in a row. Starting in 2010, the league have regularly participated in the Great Southern Slam, a tournament developed and run by Adelaide Roller Derby, which brings together leagues from Australia and New Zealand in competition.

Interleague competition

2010

Date	Location	Home Team	Away Team	Winner	Score
6/3/2010	Wollongong	Steel City Dolls (WIRD)	Dockyard Dames	Steel City Dolls (WIRD)	175 v 127
24/4/2010	Newcastle	Dockyard Dames	Steel City Dolls (WIRD)	Dockyard Dames	131 v 117
15/5/2010	Wollongong	Steel City Dolls (WIRD)	Dockyard Dames	Dockyard Dames	? v ?
22/5/2010		Dockyard Dames	Steel City Dolls (WIRD)	Dockyard Dames	? v ?
21/7/2010	Newcastle	Dockyard Dames	Smackdown Sallies (SRDL)	Dockyard Dames	? v ?
18/9/2010	Western Sydney (ERRD)	Dockyard Dames	Steel City Dolls (WIRD)	Dockyard Dames	? v ?
18/9/2010	Western Sydney (ERRD)	Dockyard Dames	WSR	Dockyard Dames	? v ?
18/9/2010	Western Sydney (ERRD)	Vice City Rollers (CRDL)	Dockyard Dames	Vice City Rollers (CRDL)	? v ?
18/9/2010	Western Sydney (ERRD)	The Assassins (SRDL)	Dockyard Dames	The Assassins (SRDL)	? v ?
21/11/2010	Sydney	Pistola Chola's (SRDL)	Dockyard Dames	Pistola Chola's (SRDL)	? v ?

2011

Date	Location	Home Team	Away Team	Winner	Score
30/4/2011	Newcastle	Dockyard Dames	Brawlstars (NBR)	Dockyard Dames	131 v 91
14/5/2011	Western Sydney (ERRD)	Dockyard Dames	WSR	Dockyard Dames	200 v 30
14/5/2011	Western Sydney (ERRD)	Vice City Rollers (CRDL)	Dockyard Dames	Vice City Rollers (CRDL)	155 v 68
16/7/2011	Western Sydney (ERRD)	The Assassins (SRDL)	Dockyard Dames	The Assassins (SRDL)	154 v 43
16/7/2011	Western Sydney (ERRD)	Dockyard Dames	Steel City Dolls (WIRD)	Dockyard Dames	115 v 103
24/9/2011	Newcastle	Dockyard Dames	Adeladies (ADRD)	Adeladies (ADRD)	122 v 121
1/10/11	Western Sydney (ERRD)	Dockyard Dames	Steel City Dolls (WIRD)	Dockyard Dames	117 v 87
12/11/11	Auckland	Cannon Brawlers (PCR - NZ)	Dockyard Dames	Cannon Brawlers (PCR - NZ)	122 v 91
17/12/2011	Brisbane	Furies (SSRG)	Dockyard Dames	Furies (SSRG)	120 v 58

2012

Date	Location	Home Team	Away Team	Winner	Score
5/5/2012	Canberra	Vice City Rollers (CRDL)	Dockyard Dames	Vice City Rollers (CRDL)	N/A v N/A
9/6/2012	Adelaide (TGSS)	Dockyard Dames	VRDL All Stars	VRDL All Stars	N/A v N/A
9/6/2012	Adelaide (TGSS)	Dockyard Dames	ARDL All stars	ARDL All Stars	N/A v N/A

2013

Date	Location	Home Team	Away Team	Winner	Score
22/6/2013	Newcastle	Dockyard Dames	NRRD	Dockyard Dames	N/A v N/A
22/6/2013	Ipswitch	BCR	Dockyard Dames	Dockyard Dames	N/A v N/A
7/10/2013	Central Coast (ERRD)	Vice City Rollers (CRDL)	Dockyard Dames	Vice City Rollers (CRDL)	N/A v N/A
7/10/2013	Central Coast (ERRD)	Dockyard Dames	The Snipers (SRDL)	Dockyard Dames	N/A v N/A
8/10/2013	Central Coast (ERRD)	The Assassins (SRDL)	Dockyard Dames	The Assassins (SRDL)	N/A v N/A
8/10/2013	Central Coast (ERRD)	Dockyard Dames	CRDL (B)	Dockyard Dames	239 v 67
12/10/2013	Newcastle	Dockyard Dames	West Side Evils	Dockyard Dames	130 v 120

Intraleague competition

Season Overview

	No. Of Games	Date Start	Date Finish	Hellcat Wins	Smashley Wins	Bogey Wins	Winner
1	3	12/3/2011	7/5/2011	2	1	N/A	Hellcats
2	3	20/8/2011	29/10/2011	2	1	N/A	Hellcats
3	3	17/3/2012	14/4/2012	3	0	N/A	Hellcats
4	3	17/3/2012	22/3/2012	2	1	N/A	Hellcats
5	10	02/03/2013	07/09/2013	0	7	3	Fort Smashleys

Season 1 (2011)

Season	Game No.	Date	Teams	Winner	Score
1	1	12/3/2011	Harbour Hellcats V Fort Smashleys	Harbour Hellcats	112 v 93
1	2	9/4/2011	Harbour Hellcats V Fort Smashleys	Harbour Hellcats	118 v 103
1	3	7/5/2011	Harbour Hellcats V Fort Smashleys	Fort Smashleys	99 v 137

Season 2 (2011)

Season	Game No.	Date	Teams	Winner	Score
2	1	20/8/2011	Harbour Hellcats V Fort Smashleys	Harbour Hellcats	101 v 86
2	2	17/9/11	Harbour Hellcats V Fort Smashleys	Fort Smashleys	81 v 100
2	3	29/10/11	Harbour Hellcats V Fort Smashleys	Harbour Hellcats	111 v 108

Season 3 (2012)

Season	Game No.	Date	Teams	Winner	Score
3	1	17/3/2012	Harbour Hellcats V Fort Smashleys	Harbour Hellcats	143 v 115
3	2	19/5/2012	Harbour Hellcats V Fort Smashleys	Harbour Hellcats	127 v 98
3	3	14/4/12	Harbour Hellcats V Fort Smashleys	Harbour Hellcats	207 v 108

Season 4 (2012)

Season	Game No.	Date	Teams	Winner	Score
4	1	28/7/2012	Harbour Hellcats V Fort Smashleys	Harbour Hellcats	89 v 80
4	2	25/8/2012	Harbour Hellcats V Fort Smashleys	Harbour Hellcats	88 v 85
4	3	22/9/12	Harbour Hellcats V Fort Smashleys	Fort Smashleys	120 v 68

Season 5 (2013)

Season	Game No.	Date	Teams	Winner	Score
5	1	02/03/2013	Harbour Hellcats V Fort Smashleys	Fort Smashleys	153 v 93
5	2	23/03/2013	Harbour Hellcats V Bogey Rollers	Bogey Rollers	164 v 90
5	3	13/04/2013	Bogey Rollers V Fort Smashleys	Fort Smashleys	94 v 114
5	4	04/05/2013	Harbour Hellcats V Fort Smashleys	Fort Smashleys	207 v 64
5	5	25/05/2013	Harbour Hellcats V Bogey Rollers	Bogey Rollers	136 v 114
5	6	15/06/2013	Bogey Rollers V Fort Smashleys	Fort Smashleys	N/A
5	7	06/07/2013	Harbour Hellcats V Fort Smashleys	Fort Smashleys	N/A
5	8	27/07/2013	Bogey Rollers V Harbour Hellcats	Bogey Rollers	N/A
5	9	77/08/2013	Bogey Rollers V Fort Smashleys	Fort Smashleys	N/A
5	10	07/09/2013	Grand Final Bogeys V Shamsleys	Fort Smashleys	N/A

References

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"Newcastle Roller Derby League (Aus) | Roller Derby Stats & Rankings | Flat Track Stats". flattrackstats.com. Retrieved 13 July 2022.
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Newcastle Roller Derby League Official "Website"
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External links

Newcastle Roller Derby League website

v t e Roller derby leagues in Australia
Australian Capital Territory	Canberra Roller Derby League Varsity Derby League
New South Wales	Newcastle Roller Derby League Inner West Roller Derby League Sydney Roller Derby League Wollongong Illawarra Roller Derby
Northern Territory	Darwin Roller Girls Malice Springs Roller Derby League
Queensland	Brisbane City Rollers Coastal Assassins Roller Derby Gold Coast Roller Derby Northern Brisbane Rollers Paradise City Roller Derby Sun State Roller Derby
South Australia	Adelaide Roller Derby Light City Roller Derby
Tasmania	Convict City Roller Derby League Van Diemen Rollers
Victoria	Ballarat Roller Derby League Geelong Roller Derby League Northside Rollers Sale City Rollers South Sea Roller Derby Victorian Roller Derby League Diamond Valley Roller Derby Club
Western Australia	Perth Roller Derby Western Australia Roller Derby
Main Article: Roller derby in Australia

v t e Sports teams based in Newcastle, New South Wales
Ice hockey	AIHL Newcastle North Stars
Motorsport	Supercars Novocastrian Motorsport
Rugby league	NRL Newcastle Knights NRLW Newcastle Knights Women
Soccer	A-League Men Newcastle Jets A-League Women Newcastle Jets
Water polo	ANWPL Hunter Hurricanes
Main Article: Sport in New South Wales

v t e WFTDA Apprentice Program leagues
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Accepted April 2015	Cape Town Rollergirls Plymouth City Roller Girls
Accepted July 2015	Reef City Roller Girls
Accepted October 2015	Coastal Assassins Roller Derby
Accepted April 2016	Beet City Bombers
Accepted July 2016	Roller Derby Porto
Accepted October 2016	Misery Loves Company Roller Derby Western Massachusetts Roller Derby
Accepted January 2017	301 Derby Dames B.M.O. Roller Derby Girls Terrorz Roller Derby Warsaw Hellcats Roller Girls
Accepted July 2017	Albany Roller Derby League Bath City Roller Girls Bisman Bombshellz Roller Derby Buenos Aires Roller Derby Dirty Jersey Roller Derby East Vic Roller Derby Hiedras Roller Derby Nice Roller Derby Oulu Roller Derby Palouse River Rollers Powder River Rousta Bout It Betties The Anguanas-Vicenza Roller Derby The Royal Swedish Roller Derby
Accepted October 2017	Aalborg Roller Derby Bradentucky Bombers Roller Derby League Flint Roller Derby Mexico City Roller Derby The Cannibal Marmots Toxic Lima Roller Derby
Accepted February 2018	As Brigantias Roller Derby Bergen Roller Derby IE Derby Divas Los Angeles Derby Dolls Middle Georgia Derby Demons Newcastle Roller Derby League Norrkoping Roller Derby RGV Bandidas Roe City Roller Derby Rough Diamond Rebels Spokannibals Roller Derby Swansea City Roller Derby
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