Roller Derby Toulouse is a roller derby league based in Toulouse, France. Founded in 2010, the league currently consists of two men's teams, three women's teams and one junior team.[1]
The league was founded in February 2010 by Chakk Attakk, following the release of Whip It! in France (under the title Bliss). Having skating experience, she recruited the first five women through the Roulez Rose website.[2] In mid-2010, six skaters from the league competed against Les Petits Morts de Bordeaux in the first flat track roller derby bout held in France.[3]
By November 2011, the league had 83 skaters, and had created the first men's roller derby team in France.[4] The men's team, the Quad Guards, travelled to London to play Southern Discomfort, in what that team described as "the first international men's roller derby game in the UK".[5] In May 2012, it played the first men's roller derby bout in France, against The Inhuman League from Sheffield in England.[6]
Five skaters from the league were selected to skate for France at the 2011 Roller Derby World Cup.[7]
In December 2013, the Quad Guards were accepted as members of the Men's Roller Derby Association.[8]
Awards
2012 : Vice European champions MERDC in 2012 (Final against Southern Discomfort (London)).[9][10][11]
2013 : European champions MERDC in 2013 (Final against Southern Discomfort (London)).[12][13][14]
2015-2016 : French champions
2016-2017 : French champions[15]
References
- ^ "Nos équipes". Roller Derby Toulouse. Retrieved 14 August 2022.
- ^ Fabien Pomiès, "Toulouse. Bien loin des clichés", La Dépêche du Midi, 2 February 2012 (in French)
- ^ Nico Mouk, "First Roller Derby Bout in France", EuroDerby, 5 July 2010
- ^ I. Bonnet-Desprez, "Les reines du Roller Derby n’ont peur de rien", Metro, (in French)
- ^ "Southern Discomfort Roller Derby"
- ^ Stuntman Psyk, "Bout Report - Toulouse Quad Guards v The Inhuman League", The Inhuman League, 10 May 2012
- ^ "Equipe Archived 2011-10-22 at the Wayback Machine", Team France Roller Derby (in French)
- ^ "The MRDA Announces New Member Leagues", MRDA, 1 December 2013
- ^ "Médailles d'argent pour les Roller Derby".
- ^ "Les Toulousains iront aux championnats d'Europe".
- ^ "Roller derby. Première réussie pour les Toulousains".
- ^ "MERDC 2013 Roundup | Derby News Network". www.derbynews.net. Derby News Network. 28 July 2013. Retrieved 18 October 2018.
- ^ "Les Quad-Guards (Toulouse, FRA) champions d'Europe de roller-derby masculin 2013 - rollerenligne.com". www.rollerenligne.com.
- ^ "Roller Derby Toulouse, Champion d'Europe de Roller Derby Masculin 2013 - rollerenligne.com". www.rollerenligne.com.
- ^ "Résultats de la coupe de France hommes". FFRoller.