Roller Derby World Cup: A French-American Derby Adventure

Router Girl for Team France

By Router Girl

It’s still hard for me to believe that in about a week I leave for Toronto to join Team France and play in the first ever Roller Derby World Cup!

In fact, Team France will be playing the opening game of the world cup against Team Canada on Thursday, December 1st. We then play against Brazil and Sweden on Friday. After that we’ll see what the rankings bring…

Check out the bout schedule, player profiles and other Team France links in this handy PDF.

Thirteen countries are represented at the world cup: Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, England, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, New Zealand, Scotland, Sweden and the U.S.A.

There are many people to credit for how I found my way to Team France.

Router Girl #17

Age: 41

Hometown: South Hadley, Mass.

PVRD team: Florence Fightin’ Gals 

 

Router Girl would take to the water for a swim if left alone on a desert island.

Weaving and hitting drills are favorites of Router, since weaving between players means she gets to get lots of hits in.

The noise in her secret lair comes from the woodworking woodshop Router has installed there.

Router is designing a derby tee-shirt with the slogan, “It’s fast, it’s fun, it’s a lot like bumper cars.”

Find out where you can see Router bout next or give her a big hello on Facebook.