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Dublin Roller Derby (DRD) is a roller derby league based in Dublin, Ireland. Founded in 2009, the league currently consists of an A team and B team. Originally founded as Dublin Roller Girls (DRG), on 19 March 2013 the league announced via its Facebook page that they had changed their name to Dublin Roller Derby.〔"(League Name Change Announcement )", ''Dublin Roller Girls Facebook page'', 19 March 2013〕 ==History== The Dublin Roller Girls were the first roller derby league to form in Ireland.〔"(Skates on for roller derby league )", ''Belfast Telegraph'', 4 April 2010〕 Their intra-league bout in June 2011 was the first public roller derby in the country.〔Jamie Deasy, "Dublin girls are on a roll!", ''Southside People'', 22 June 2011〕 In their first bouting season, the Dublin Roller Girls played seven bouts, scoring four wins. In early 2012, they moved to the National Basketball Arena in Tallaght. Nine skaters from the league were selected for Team Ireland at the Roller Derby World Cup in 2011,〔Hurt Reynolds, "(World Cup Team Ireland Roster )", ''Derby News Network'', 13 September 2011〕 while Dublin also supplies the head coach and the manager for the team.〔Gabrielle Monaghan, "Irish team get their skates on", ''Sunday Times'', 18 September 2011〕 In 2012, their A team played ten bouts with seven wins.〔"(EuroDerby Rankings )", ''Euro Derby''〕 Their B team also started bouting for the first time, playing 5 bouts and winning 3.〔"(EuroDerby Rankings )", ''Euro Derby''〕 In October 2013, Dublin was accepted as a member of the Women's Flat Track Derby Association Apprentice Programme.〔"(WFTDA Accepts 28 Apprentice Leagues )", WFTDA, 29 October 2013〕 In December 2014, Dublin was accepted as a full member of the Women's Flat Track Derby Association〔"()" WFTDA, 22 December 2014〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Dublin Roller Derby」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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