Sheffield Steel Rollergirls
Encyclopedia
The Sheffield Steel Rollergirls (SSRG) is a flat track roller derby
league based in Sheffield
, South Yorkshire
, England
. Founded in August 2008, the league now has over 70 members. The league has two teams; the All Stars (A team) and the Crucibelles (B team).
Sheffield Steel Rollergirls adhere to the ruleset of the Women's Flat Track Derby Association
(WFTDA).
Sheffield Steel Roller Girls practise three times a week with extra sessions outdoors during the summer.
Ten members of the league completed the Goodwood Roller Marathon
in August 2010, raising over £1,200 for the Sheffield Children's Hospital
.. A group of skaters from the team completed the 2011 Goodwood Marathon for the NSPCC and the Bluebell Wood Children's Hospice in Sheffield.
Sheffield Steel Rollergirls are sponsored by local Sheffield company alpharooms.co.uk
on MySpace
. Realising that there was no roller derby team in Sheffield, she decided to create a MySpace profile dedicated to the creation of a Sheffield team. While many mistake members of the team to be students, they in fact also include teachers, engineers and other professionals.
In March 2010, the team received a £700 grant from the local newspaper Sheffield Telegraph
as part of the South Yorkshire Community Foundation's Grassroots Grants programme designed to fund "worthwhile projects" in Sheffield. This allowed the league to organise their first home bout at Ponds Forge International Sports Centre in July 2010.
The team celebrated their third birthday on 9 August 2011.
On September 3rd 2011 the new B team - Crucibelles - had their debut bout against Newcastle Rollergirls B team, the Whippin' Hinnies, in a double header that also saw the All Stars play Newcastle's A Team, the Canny Belters.
Print
Sheffield Steel Rollergirls have been featured in the Sheffield Telegraph, and the Sheffield Star
. The SmashDance event was also mentioned in Exposed Magazine.
's ITV Calendar on 22 April 2010. They have also had a number of appearances on BBC Radio Sheffield
.
On 10 November 2010, the team featured on BBC Online.
On 4 December 2010, the team featured on BBC2 Sportsround
(repeated on CBBC
on 5 December 2010) as part of an "Alternative Sports Special".
The team will feature in a documentary based around their April 23 bout "The Royal Shredding" called The Shredding Planner.
's premiere of Whip It (film).
¹ Results from Sheffield Steel Rollergirls' view
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 Sheffield
Sheffield
Sheffield is a city and metropolitan borough of South Yorkshire, England. Its name derives from the River Sheaf, which runs through the city. Historically a part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, and with some of its southern suburbs annexed from Derbyshire, the city has grown from its largely...
, South Yorkshire
South Yorkshire
South Yorkshire is a metropolitan county in the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England. It has a population of 1.29 million. It consists of four metropolitan boroughs: Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham, and City of Sheffield...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
. Founded in August 2008, the league now has over 70 members. The league has two teams; the All Stars (A team) and the Crucibelles (B team).
Sheffield Steel Rollergirls adhere to the ruleset of the Women's Flat Track Derby Association
Women's Flat Track Derby Association
The Women's Flat Track Derby Association is an association of women's flat track roller derby leagues in the United States. The organization was founded in April 2004 as the United Leagues Coalition but was renamed in November 2005. It is registered in Raleigh, North Carolina as a 501 business...
(WFTDA).
Sheffield Steel Roller Girls practise three times a week with extra sessions outdoors during the summer.
Ten members of the league completed the Goodwood Roller Marathon
Goodwood Roller Marathon
Goodwood Roller Marathon is an annual charity race around the historic Goodwood Motor Circuit organised by the , currently raising money for the NSPCC...
in August 2010, raising over £1,200 for the Sheffield Children's Hospital
Sheffield Children's Hospital
The Sheffield Children's Hospital is part of and the headquarters of the Sheffield Children's NHS Foundation Trust in Broomhill, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England...
.. A group of skaters from the team completed the 2011 Goodwood Marathon for the NSPCC and the Bluebell Wood Children's Hospice in Sheffield.
Sheffield Steel Rollergirls are sponsored by local Sheffield company alpharooms.co.uk
History
Pauline Chalmers (known amongst teammates as Jane Doe-a-Go-Go) established Sheffield Steel Rollergirls in August 2008. After having recently moved to Sheffield, and in desire to make new friends, she discovered the sport of roller derbyRoller 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...
on MySpace
MySpace
Myspace is a social networking service owned by Specific Media LLC and pop star Justin Timberlake. Myspace launched in August 2003 and is headquartered in Beverly Hills, California. In August 2011, Myspace had 33.1 million unique U.S. visitors....
. Realising that there was no roller derby team in Sheffield, she decided to create a MySpace profile dedicated to the creation of a Sheffield team. While many mistake members of the team to be students, they in fact also include teachers, engineers and other professionals.
In March 2010, the team received a £700 grant from the local newspaper Sheffield Telegraph
Sheffield Telegraph
The Sheffield Telegraph is a weekly newspaper published in Sheffield, England.-History:Founded in 1855 as the Sheffield Daily Telegraph, it was the city's first daily newspaper, published at 08:00 each morning. The newspaper struggled until W. C...
as part of the South Yorkshire Community Foundation's Grassroots Grants programme designed to fund "worthwhile projects" in Sheffield. This allowed the league to organise their first home bout at Ponds Forge International Sports Centre in July 2010.
The team celebrated their third birthday on 9 August 2011.
On September 3rd 2011 the new B team - Crucibelles - had their debut bout against Newcastle Rollergirls B team, the Whippin' Hinnies, in a double header that also saw the All Stars play Newcastle's A Team, the Canny Belters.
League Structure
Sheffield Steel Rollergirls is a skater-run organisation. The league is managed by a committee of elected officers who head up sub-committees in areas such as training, media, merchandise, sponsorship and events. Officers are re-elected annually, as are the league Captain and Vice Captain.Sheffield Star
The Star, often known as the Sheffield Star is a daily newspaper published in Sheffield, England, from Monday to Saturday each week. Originally a broadsheet, the newspaper became a tabloid in 1989...
. The SmashDance event was also mentioned in Exposed Magazine.
TV, Radio and online
Sheffield Steel Rollergirls appeared on ITV1ITV1
ITV1 is a generic brand that is used by twelve franchises of the British ITV Network in the English regions, Wales, southern Scotland , the Isle of Man and the Bailiwicks of Jersey and Guernsey. The ITV1 brand was introduced by Carlton and Granada in 2001, alongside the regional identities of their...
's ITV Calendar on 22 April 2010. They have also had a number of appearances on BBC Radio Sheffield
BBC Radio Sheffield
BBC Radio Sheffield is the BBC Local Radio service for English metropolitan county of South Yorkshire and North Derbyshire. This includes the city of Sheffield, plus Doncaster, Barnsley, Rotherham, Chesterfield and surrounding areas. It was the BBC local radio station, beginning on 15 November 1967...
.
On 10 November 2010, the team featured on BBC Online.
On 4 December 2010, the team featured on BBC2 Sportsround
Sportsround
Sportsround was a weekly spin-off from CBBC children's news programme Newsround. The sports magazine show was broadcast Friday evenings at 6:30pm on CBBC Channel and on Saturday mornings on BBC Two at 7.25am....
(repeated on CBBC
CBBC
CBBC is one of two brand names used for the BBC's children's television strands. Between 1985 and 2002, CBBC was the name given to all the BBC's programmes on TV for children aged under 14...
on 5 December 2010) as part of an "Alternative Sports Special".
The team will feature in a documentary based around their April 23 bout "The Royal Shredding" called The Shredding Planner.
Events
On 9 April 2010, Sheffield Steel Rollergirls took part in the Showroom CinemaShowroom Cinema
The Showroom Cinema is an independent arthouse cinema in Sheffield, England. It is housed in a 1936 art deco building which was formerly the Kennings car dealership...
's premiere of Whip It (film).
Bouts
| Date | Event | Team | Opponent | Results¹ | Won by | Venue |
| 22 August 2009 | "Summer Horror Day" | All Stars | Leeds Roller Dolls "Rotten Rollers" | 58 - 274 | LRD | Leeds Royal Armouries in Saville's Hall, Leeds Leeds Leeds is a city and metropolitan borough in West Yorkshire, England. In 2001 Leeds' main urban subdivision had a population of 443,247, while the entire city has a population of 798,800 , making it the 30th-most populous city in the European Union.Leeds is the cultural, financial and commercial... |
| 20 February 2010 | "2010: A Skate Odyssey" | All Stars | Royal Windsor Rollergirls Royal Windsor Rollergirls The Royal Windsor Rollergirls is a roller derby league based in Berkshire, England. Founded in 2007, the league has two teams which compete with other leagues.-History:... |
97 - 92 | SSRG | Wycombe Sports Centre, Bucks |
| 24 July 2010 | "SmashDance" | All Stars | Newcastle Roller Girls Newcastle Roller Girls The Newcastle Roller Girls are an all-female roller derby team from Newcastle upon Tyne, UK. NRG play by the rules of the Women's Flat Track Derby Association .- History :... |
150 - 73 | SSRG | Ponds Forge International Sports Centre Ponds Forge Ponds Forge International Sports Centre is a leisure complex in the City of Sheffield, England that contains an Olympic-sized swimming pool with seating for 2,600 spectators, family and kids pools, water slides and other sports facilities.-Brief history:... , Sheffield |
| 4 September 2010 | "Scar Wash" | All Stars | Central City Rollergirls Central City Rollergirls Central City Rollergirls are a flat track roller derby league based in Birmingham, UK. The league was founded in 2007 and play by Women's Flat Track Derby Association rules.- League History :... |
40 - 161 | CCR | Cocks Moors Woods Leisure Centre, King's Heath, Birmingham Birmingham Birmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands of England. It is the most populous British city outside the capital London, with a population of 1,036,900 , and lies at the heart of the West Midlands conurbation, the second most populous urban area in the United Kingdom with a... |
| 24 October 2010 | "The Great Yorkshire Showdown" | All Stars | Liverpool Roller Birds | 121 - 28 | SSRG | Huddersfield Sport Centre, Huddersfield Huddersfield Huddersfield is a large market town within the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees, in West Yorkshire, England, situated halfway between Leeds and Manchester. It lies north of London, and south of Bradford, the nearest city.... |
| 24 October 2010 | "The Great Yorkshire Showdown" | All Stars | Leeds Roller Dolls "Yorkshire Whip-its" | 43 - 69 | LRD | Huddersfield Sport Centre, Huddersfield |
| 29 January 2011 | "Tarzan and Pain" | All Stars | Middlesbrough Milk Rollers | 185 - 34 | SSRG | Ponds Forge International Sports Centre, Sheffield |
| 23 April 2011 | "The Royal Shredding" | All Stars | Leeds Roller Dolls "Rotten Rollers" | 86 - 109 | LRD | Ponds Forge International Sports Centre, Sheffield |
| 4 June 2011 | "Rock, Block & Two Smoking Jammers" | All Stars | Lincolnshire Bombers Roller Girls Lincolnshire Bombers Roller Girls The Lincolnshire Bombers Roller Girls are Lincoln's first and original Roller Derby team located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire. Established in 2008, by captain and founder She'za Payne, the team has grown rapidly, paying its first competitive season in 2009... |
103 - 64 | SSRG | George Stephenson Pavilion, Newark Showground, Newark |
| 1 July 2011 | "Blocky Balboa" | All Stars | Royal Windsor Roller Girls | 83 - 95 | RWRG | Ponds Forge International Sports centre, Sheffield |
| 3 September 2011 | "Thwack To the future" | All Stars | Newcastle Rollergirls "Canny Belters" | 148 - 96 | SSRG | Lightfoot Centre, Newcastle Upon Tyne |
| 3 September 2011 | "Thwack To the future" | Crucibelles | Newcastle Rollergirls "Whippin' Hinnies" | 62 - 165 | NRG | Lightfoot Centre, Newcastle Upon Tyne |
¹ Results from Sheffield Steel Rollergirls' view