Northland Nightmares

Northland Nightmares is a flat track roller derby league based in Whangarei, New Zealand.

Northland Nightmares Roller Girlz
Metro areaWhangarei
CountryNew Zealand
Founded2010
TeamsHell's Wives (A team)
Death Row Dolls
Diva Destruction
Derby Bratz
Track type(s)Flat
VenuePortland Hall (training)
Kensington Stadium (bouts)
Websitenorthlandnightmaresrollergirlz.co.nz

Teams

Northland Nightmares founded their first team, Hell's Wives, in 2010. Hell's wives competed in Auckland competition until the league grew popular enough to hold its own internal competitions.[1]

In 2011 intra-league teams Death Row Dolls and Diva Destruction were formed. Hell's Wives continues as the league's traveling representative team. The junior Derby Bratz team was also formed in 2011.[2]

Venues

The league originally trained at church-owned Kamo Recreation Centre. The church moved the league on from there at the beginning of 2011, citing increasing student numbers at the church school, which used the hall as a gym, and falling outside use. The league then struggled to find a suitable place to train.[1]

The league's 2011 season was eventually spent training at Portland Hall and bouting at Kensington Stadium.[3]

Notable Achievements

In 2011 two members of the Northland Nightmares, Jo "Axl-Slash-R" McQueen and Cara "Solid Sarge" Norman were selected to play for Roller Derby Team New Zealand in the inaugural Roller Derby World Cup.[4][5] The New Zealand team placed 8th out of 13 teams.[6]

References
  1. Whangarei Leader, "Derby girls need a home", Retrieved 10 December 2011.
  2. Northland Nightmares website, "Team Talk", Retrieved 10 December 2011.
  3. Roller Derby New Zealand, "Northland Nightmares", Retrieved 10 December 2011.
  4. Whangarei Leader, "Girls get their skates on", Retrieved 10 December 2011
  5. Roller Derby Team NZ, "World Cup NZ Team Announcement" Archived 2014-12-19 at the Wayback Machine, Retrieved 10 December 2011.
  6. Roller Derby World Cup, "And the winner is….. USA!", Retrieved 10 December 2011.
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