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The Carolina Rollergirls‘ derby is NOT a wrasslin’ style circus act. Staged fighting has been replaced with walloping take-outs. The fast-dodging jammers are too hungry for points to slow down for silly acrobatics, and the hits keep getting harder every season.

Flat-track roller derby requires skill, strategy and a fearless defiance of good sense. The game is a fierce competition, fired by a rock n’ roll attitude & a free-wheeling spirit. They may be a mischievous crew of shenanigan-charged ladies, but when the whistle blows, playtime is over.

The Carolina Rollergirls are proud members of the Womens Flat-Track Derby Association (WFTDA), which they helped form in 2004. They are working tirelessly with leagues across the nation to standardize and promote national competition.

Formed in January 2004, their mission has been to bring an alternative sporting entertainment to North Carolina while training for national competition. The Carolina Rollergirls now have two interleague teams – The Carolina All-Stars, currently ranked #4 in the nation, and the Carolina Bootleggers. These interleague teams take the top skaters in the league and match them up against other Women’s Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA) teams in the nation.

Roller derby is a sport for women who play life by a different set of rules. They’re proud, hard-working, independent-minded women. We’re vixens, wise-crackers and naughty troublemakers. And They’re big-hearted women ready to get down and derby.

Fans are such an important part of the roller derby experience! The game is played on a flat rink surface, which allows fans to be a part of the action. Skaters are fast, hard-hitting and loaded with attitude. If a Rollergirl gets too big for her britches, the most satisfying take-down can be a good knock into the audience!

The Carolina Rollergirls bouts are held at the North Carolina State Fairground’s historic Dorton Arena. The Fairgrounds are located at the intersection of Hillsborough Street and Blue Ridge Road.