Birmingham Blitz Dames


Birmingham Blitz Dames is a women's flat track roller derby league based in Birmingham in England. Founded in 2006, the league is a member of the Women's Flat Track Derby Association.

History

BBD was founded in October 2006 by American transplant Bee Bentley, who introduced roller derby to the West Midlands. The league was the first to form in the UK outside London, and was originally named the Birmingham Blitz Derby Dames. They took part in Europe's first roller derby tournament, Roll Britannia in 2009, hosted by the London Rollergirls. The tournament featured 12 teams from the UK and Germany, and was held at the historic Earls Court Exhibition Centre in London, England.
In 2009 the league was restructured and the name shortened to the Birmingham Blitz Dames. The league currently has two travel teams and over 70 members, recruiting and training new skaters on an ongoing basis.
The Dames are founder members of the UK Roller Derby Association.
Two skaters from the league were selected for the Roller Derby World Cup in 2011: Violet Attack for Team England, and Roisin Roulette for Team Ireland. In 2014 Roisin Roulette was again selected to compete for Team Ireland in the 2014 Roller Derby World Cup held in Dallas, Texas.

WFTDA

Birmingham joined the WFTDA Apprentice Program in October 2014, and became a full member of the WFTDA in September 2015.

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