It’s all in the name where Roller Derby is concerned. Here we have collected together some of our favourite team and player names. Warning: this blog is pun heavy

If you aren’t familiar with Roller Derby you can read all about it in our June issue, where we meet some Roller Derby women in our regular Modern Eccentrics feature. It’s a whole new world, is Roller Derby, with its own rules and culture. Basically, it’s a contact sport on wheels, played on a flat oval track. During each ‘jam’, each team fields four blockers and, behind them, one jammer. The jammer scores a point for each blocker they lap from the opposing team. It’s masses of fun. And massively brutal.

Possibly our favourite thing about Roller Derby, however, is the amazing name that both the players and the teams give themselves. To give you an idea, we’ve collated lists of our favourites here.

Our favourite Roller Derby team names

The best team names are feminine, funny and fierce. Bonus points if they reference the game. Here are a few we admire:

Women of Mass Destruction

Spawn of Skatin’

Blockwork Orange

Belles of the Brawl

Grim Derby Scarytales

Split Lip Sallies

Heels ‘n’ Wheels’

Polly Wanna Smack Her

Shevil Knevils

Sweatie Betties

Our favourite Roller Derby player names

Here’s where you can get really creative. Take a famous or literary name, and jazz it up, Roller Derby style, with a lot of pun, a bit of literature, and a lot more fearsome adjectives…

Audrey Deathburn

Pippi Longstompings

Alice in Wounderland

Pain Eyre

Hermione Danger

Sylvia Wrath

Agatha Crushdie

Wilma Shakesfear

Tess of the Derby Wheels

Jabba The Butt

If you’re inspired to learn more, the Roller Derby feature starts on page 60 of the June issue. And we’d love to hear your ideas for Roller Derby names. Send us yours in the comments!

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