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Wollongong Illawarra Roller Derby?

Wollongong Illawarra Roller Derby was founded in January 2009 to fill a monstorous gap in the local culture of the beachside industrial city of Wollongong on the South Coast of NSW, Australia.

Making a derby legue from scratch, with no local rink, was mildly tricky, but Wollongong really wanted DERBY and we are rolling on towards our first bouts!

Roller derby is DIY - by the skaters, for the skaters - so use anything you need from here to kick your own league into action!

Want to know more?
wird.shena.nigans@gmail.com
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Thursday, July 16, 2009

WIRD Trivia posters and flyers


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Friday, July 3, 2009

Recruitment poster


We've decided to piggyback on SRDL's recent media exposure and attempt to snare ourselves some new members. There will also be some media releases going out over the next few weeks to try and stir up interest.

[edit 25/7/09 - controversy erupted this week when the above poster was mistaken for a commercial campaign by the local university's marketing department. Some quick diplomacy (and the author's student number) set the situation to ease and resulted in a whole new set of connections for WIRD]
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Monday, January 26, 2009

Happy Birthday to WIRD, Happy Birthday to WIRD




Situation to date:
  • After the ABC's screening of 'Roller Derby Dolls' the topic of roller derby just wouldn't drop. After several months of complaining about the lack of RD in Wollongong I decided to make it happen.
  • Researched RD on the net and started the Wollongong-Illawarra Roller Derby facebook group in late December, 2008. By 25 January we have 72 members, including regional derby girls, international derby girls and a strong core group of locals.
  • A meat and greet is organised for January 25 and I started organising enough information to run a (hopefully) productive meeting.
  • Posters (A4 - photoshop - printed at home) go up on January 3 in several venues around Wollongong. Have info for 1st meeting.
  • I started collecting information from other derby groups including Sydney (SRDL), Ballarat (BRDL) and Newcastle (NRDL). All the women I approached were incredibly helpful and I received sample constitutions, dvds of training and great info sheets on everything from 'what to expect in your first year of derby' (NRDL) to 'how to deal with stinky pads' (SRDL).
  • Before our group is even one month old we've been completely embraced by the NSW roller derby community. WIRD has been invited to an upcoming scrimmage in Sydney, offered help with training and info on the best local places to buy equipment.
  • I rock up for our first meat and greet with a folder full of info, some dodgied up fliers and my happy loud voice on.
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