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Wollongong Illawarra Roller Derby (WIRD) is a roller derby league based in New South Wales, Australia. Founded by the referee Sintax in January 2009, it consisted of two home teams, the Vipers and Vixens, plus a mixed travel team. From January 2013 the league pared back to two teams, an A- and B-level travel team known as the Steel City Derby Dolls. Founded in February 2009,〔"(About WIRD )", WIRD〕 the league played its first bout in November.〔Matthew Jones, "Maidens get their skates on for some serious sport", ''Illawarra Mercury'', 28 November 2009〕 During the following year, the Steel City Derby Dolls team bouted against the Newcastle Dockyard Dames, Sun State Roller Girls and Sydney Roller Derby League,〔 with the Newcastle bout attracting a capacity crowd of around 1,000 fans.〔Paul McInerey, "Wollongong's roller derby dolls whip it", ''Illawarra Mercury'', 8 March 2010〕 Although the league entered the 2010 National Tournament, the Great Southern Slam, it lost both bouts, playing the day after the entire team got food poisoning.〔Beck Wise, "(Tournament Recap: The Great Southern Slam )", ''Derby News Network'', 23 June 2010〕 By 2011, the league had more than forty skaters,〔Sam Hall, "Fresh meat' sought for fast-growing roller derby", ''Illawarra Mercury'', 6 August 2011〕 and took fourth place in the inaugural NSW Eastern Region Roller Derby Tournament.〔 In 2012, the league again competed in the Great Southern Slam, losing in the first round to the Northern Brisbane Rollers, then in a close-fought bout to the Pirate City Rollers.〔Beck Wise, "(TGSS Day One Recaps )", 9 June 2012〕 Wollongong eventually placed last of eighteen competing teams who participated in the Great Southern Slam〔Great Southern Slam 2012 Rankings, http://greatsouthernslam.com.au/news/tgss-rankings/〕 Wollongong also entered the Eastern Region Roller Derby Tournament in 2012, again placing fourth in the A-grade division which also included Canberra Roller Derby League, Sydney Roller Derby League and Newcastle Roller Derby League 〔Eastern Region Roller Derby 2012 Rankings, http://rollerderbyau.net/2012/10/02/2012-eastern-region-roller-derby/〕 In October 2012, Wollongong was accepted as a member of the Women's Flat Track Derby Association Apprentice Program.〔"(22 Leagues Join WFTDA Apprentice Program )", WFTDA, 18 October 2012〕 ==References== 〔 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「Wollongong Illawarra Roller Derby」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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