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The London Rollergirls (LRG) is an all-women flat track roller derby league and not-for-profit organisation based in London, England. Founded by Courtney Welch, Lauren Langston and Danielle West,〔 Retrieved 19 August 2013〕 the London Rollergirls is the oldest all-female roller derby league in the United Kingdom.〔http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2007/jul/27/healthandwellbeing.lifeandhealth Guardian article on London Rollergirls〕 The skater-owned and run league includes goals of promoting athleticism, charity, teamwork and confidence in women and aims to represent the diverse London area in regard to body shape, occupations, sexual orientation, race and nationality.〔http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/general/others/roller-derby-meet-the-ladies-who-crunch-837714.html Independent sports section article on London Rollergirls〕 The London Rollergirls play by the rules of the Women's Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA). The name "London Rollergirls" and the associated logo are registered trademarks in the United Kingdom and Europe. == League history == Since LRG began in April 2006,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Time Out article on London Rollergirls )〕 the league has grown to include over 60 members plus referees and support crew. The London Rollergirls held the first public women's flat track roller derby bout held in the United Kingdom on 7 September 2007,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Article on Women's Sport Foundation )〕 to a sold out crowd of over 500 people. The London Rollergirls held their first British inter-league bout in March 2008 against the Glasgow Rollergirls' travel team, The Irn Bruisers, and their first international bout in June 2008 against Team Canada, a Canadian team made up of members from Toronto Roller Derby, Oil City Derby Girls (Edmonton), Terminal City Roller Girls (Vancouver), Calgary Roller Derby Association, and Saskatoon Roller Derby.〔 In July 2009 the London Rollergirls hosted Europe's first roller derby tournament, Roll Britannia, featuring 12 teams from the UK and Germany. The tournament was held at the historic Earls Court Exhibition Centre in London, England. London won the tournament and became the first champions of European roller derby. On 4 November 2009 London Rollergirls joined the Women's Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA) under their Apprentice Program, and graduated to full membership status in June 2010. LRG was the first league outside North America to become a member of the WFTDA.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=WFTDA Announces International Expansion – Latest News – Women's Flat Track Derby Association )〕 The London Rollergirls won the British Airways Great Britons competition in Winter 2009 – providing them free tickets on BA to fly to the East coast of the US in April 2010 to train with and play some of the top leagues in the US. London Rollergirls became the first non-USA team to break the Derby News Network top 20 power rankings in May 2010, after a successful North American tour where they beat Providence Roller Derby, the CT RollerGirls, and lost by one point to the home team Philthy Britches from Philly Rollergirls.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=London Rollergirls break into DNN Power Rankings at No. 15 )〕 In April 2011 London Rollergirls hosted the first WFTDA tournament outside of North America and played host to Charm City Rollergirls (Baltimore), Montreal Roller Derby and Steel City Derby Demons at Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London. In September 2011 LRG participated in the WFTDA East Region Playoffs, "Nightmare on 95". They entered the competition as the 10th seed, and finished in 5th place – the largest jump by a bottom-ranked team in WFTDA playoff history. Eleven members of the London Rollergirls were selected to represent Team England at the inaugural Roller Derby World Cup, which was held in Toronto in December 2011. LRG skaters also represented Team Sweden and Team Ireland. In September 2012 London Rollergirls again qualified for the WFTDA East Region Playoffs, entering the tournament at No. 6 and finishing in 4th place, again bettering their seeding and establishing themselves as the top non-US team worldwide. The first European Roller Derby Championships were held in Berlin in November 2012. LRG entered the tournament seeded No. 1 and won the tournament, defeating hosts Bear City Roller Derby in the final. A second North American tour in June 2013 saw London head to the West Coast to take on five US and Canadian teams. Wins over Terminal City Rollergirls, Jet City Rollergirls and Rat City Rollergirls, and narrow losses to Rose City Rollers and Oly Rollers set London in position to comfortably qualify for the 2013 WFTDA Playoffs. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「London Rollergirls」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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