Richter City Roller Derby
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Richter City Roller Derby is a roller derby
league based in Wellington
. Founded in 2007, the league currently consists of three teams, and two mixed teams which compete against teams from other leagues.
Richter City gained early publicity by performing demonstrations at the 2008 Dance Your Socks Off! Festival. Their first bout was in March 2009, and it sold out the venue. In late 2009, they held their first intraleague season, which saw crowds averaging 950 people. They moved to the TSB Bank Arena
in mid-season, as they required a larger venue.
Late in 2009, they hosted New Zealand's first intercity bout, against Pirate City Rollers
, losing 88-174 in front of a crowd of 1,200 people. By mid-2010, a bout attracted a crowd of more than 3,500 people. The league did not send a team to the Great Southern Slam, the Asia-Pacific region's first roller derby tournament, held in June 2010, but several of their skaters guested for Western Australia Roller Derby.
One Richter City skater was selected to play for Team NZ at the 2011 Roller Derby World Cup
.
Roller derby
Roller derby is a contact sport played by two teams of five members roller skating in the same direction around a track. Game play consists of a series of short matchups in which both teams designate a scoring player who scores points by lapping members of the opposing team...
league based in Wellington
Wellington
Wellington is the capital city and third most populous urban area of New Zealand, although it is likely to have surpassed Christchurch due to the exodus following the Canterbury Earthquake. It is at the southwestern tip of the North Island, between Cook Strait and the Rimutaka Range...
. Founded in 2007, the league currently consists of three teams, and two mixed teams which compete against teams from other leagues.
Richter City gained early publicity by performing demonstrations at the 2008 Dance Your Socks Off! Festival. Their first bout was in March 2009, and it sold out the venue. In late 2009, they held their first intraleague season, which saw crowds averaging 950 people. They moved to the TSB Bank Arena
TSB Bank Arena
The TSB Bank Arena, formerly known as the Queens Wharf Events Centre, is an indoor arena, located in Wellington, New Zealand. The arena hosts mainly basketball games and is the home arena for the Century City Saints and part-time home arena of the New Zealand Breakers when they play in Wellington,...
in mid-season, as they required a larger venue.
Late in 2009, they hosted New Zealand's first intercity bout, against Pirate City Rollers
Pirate City Rollers
Pirate City Rollers is a roller derby league based in Auckland. Founded in 2006, the league currently consists of three teams, and a mixed team which competes against teams from other leagues....
, losing 88-174 in front of a crowd of 1,200 people. By mid-2010, a bout attracted a crowd of more than 3,500 people. The league did not send a team to the Great Southern Slam, the Asia-Pacific region's first roller derby tournament, held in June 2010, but several of their skaters guested for Western Australia Roller Derby.
One Richter City skater was selected to play for Team NZ at the 2011 Roller Derby World Cup
Roller Derby World Cup
The Roller Derby World Cup is an international women's roller derby tournament organized by Blood & Thunder magazine. Teams of amateur skaters from around the world are fielded to compete for their respective nations. The inaugural 2011 event is being hosted by Toronto Roller Derby, and is being...
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