The Auld Reekie Roller Girls are proud to announce we have graduated to full membership in the Women’s Flat Track Derby Association, the US-based governing body of world roller derby.

WFTDA is the governing body of flat track derby worldwide, and membership means ARRG can have a say in the collective future of the sport, as well as participate in official rankings and statistics. We’re very excited!!

Currently the only other member league in Europe is the London Roller Girls, but the movement is spreading fast – four UK leagues (including the Glasgow Roller Girls) were accepted into the association’s apprenticeship programme in July 2011, taking their first steps on the road to full member league status.

Between WFTDA membership and our skaters’ participation in Team Scotland for the upcoming Roller Derby World Cup, ARRG is rolling onto the world stage in a big way. It’s an exciting time for Scottish derby!

After months of trials and scrimmages in a grueling series of try-outs, the first-ever Team Scotland has announced their final roster of 20 players – and a whopping 9 of them are from Auld Reekie, with one more on the reserve list.

These elite skaters will compete this December in the world’s first Roller Derby World Cup in Toronto, Canada, alongside teams from 12 other nations including England, Ireland and the USA. It’s a huge moment in international roller derby, and with a line-up like this one Scotland is bound to leave a mark – even if that mark is black and blue.

Hearty ARRG congrats to Alma Geddon, Blazin Phoenix, Bronx Betty, Ciderella, Crazylegs, Danger Mouth, Fight Cub, Minnie Riot, Mo B Quick, and VeloSidy (reserve)!

Extra special congrats to Lucy, veteran ARRG skater who has made the roster for Team England, and to Moxie Emerald, ARRGie at heart, who has made Team Scotland from all the way in Australia! See you in Toronto, Lucy….