Northland Nightmares

Roller derby league

Northland Nightmares Roller Girlz

Metro area| Whangārei
Country| New Zealand
Founded| 2010
Teams| Hell's Wives (A team)
Death Row Dolls
Diva Destruction
Derby Bratz
Track type(s)| Flat
Venue| Portland Hall (training)
Kensington Stadium (bouts)
Website| northlandnightmaresrollergirlz.co.nz

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

## Teams

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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

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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

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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

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1. ^ a b 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.

## External links

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* northlandnightmaresrollergirlz.co.nz
* rollerderby.co.nz