Blood & Thunder Magazine is proud to announce the first Roller Derby World Cup, to be hosted by Toronto Roller Derby on 2-4 December 2011 including an exhibition bout on Thursday, December 1st.
This is to be modern roller derby’s first serious, international competition where countries’ teams will not only vie for derby supremacy but learn from each other, as well. Countries competing include: USA, Canada, England, Ireland, Scotland, Germany, Finland, Sweden, France, Australia, New Zealand, Brazil and Argentina.
The roster for Team England was officially announced on 24th July 2010, 20 skaters and 3 coaches representing 12 English leagues will head off to Toronto to compete against the best roller derby skaters in the world in the first ever Roller Derby World Cup.