Team Canada's female roller derby team took home bronze at the 2023 Junior Roller Derby World Cup. (Photo: Darren Stehr)

By Christian Oldale

Team Canada Roller Derby captures bronze at World Cup

Aug 1, 2023 | 4:33 PM

LETHBRIDGE, AB – Team Canada’s Junior Roller Derby squad came away from the weekend with some hardware.

The 2023 Junior Roller Derby World Cup was held in Valence, France from Friday, July 28 to Sunday, July 30, 2023. Canada sent 35 athletes to the competition, with one all-female team and one open-gender team participating.

In the tournament, Canada’s female team captured the bronze medal, while the open-gender squad finished in fourth place.

Bronze medal from the 2023 Junior Roller Derby World Cup. (Photo: Darren Stehr)

Head coach Caroline “Meow” Reimer said, “A third and fourth place finish for this hybrid team of 35 kids who practiced twice before this weekend is outstanding.”

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She added, “Our athletes did the work with the tools we gave them and we are so proud of this win.”

The 35 athletes who traveled to France included:

• Ami Traore, “Ami Gotcha”, Medicine Hat AB – Open Division Team
• April Willie, “April Sours”, Airdrie AB – Open and Female Division Teams
• Audrey May, “Audzilla”, Lethbridge AB – Open Division Team
• Davis Leibel Gerein, “Bette Davis Eyes”, Calgary AB – Female Division Team
• Jesse Leger, “Cheshie”, Lethbridge AB – Open Division Team
• Elise St-Onge, “Derby Devil”, Houston BC – Open Division Team
• Kyria Franklin, “Clawless”, Lethbridge AB – Open Division Team
• Cleopatra Granneman-Mason, “Cleopassya”, Chilliwack BC – Open Division Team
• Everton Slaferek, “Everton”, Saskatoon SK – Open Division Team
• Jasper Davis, “Golden Eagle”, Lethbridge AB – Open Division Team
• Ana Guttridge, “Gutts and Glory”, Red Deer AB – Female Division Team
• Mahawa Traore, “Hawabunga”, Medicine Hat AB – Open and Female Division Team
• Lainie MacDonald, “Hurricane Laine”, Fredericton NB – Open Division Team
• Stella Ideias, “I’ll Hurt Einstein”, Toronto ON – Female Division Team
• K’Senya Schell, “K Slam Ya”, Medicine Hat AB – Open Division Team
• Ella Gudmundson, “Killer Ella”, Estevan SK – Open and Female Division Team
• Kaylee Spottiswood, “Killerina”, Red Deer AB – Female Division Team
• Makayla Soper, “Ma-Kill-Ya”, Stratford ON – Female Division Team
• Mackenzie Heidinger, “Medusa”, Lethbridge AB – Female Division Team
• Ella Toles, “Miss Koozie”, Swift Current SK – Female Division Team
• Raina Macfie, “Red Streaks”, Red Deer AB – Female Division Team
• Mila Rennie, “Rennie”, Red Deer AB – Female Division Team
• Naomi Morrell, “Scream Soda”, Victoria BC – Female Division Team
• Rylee Stilborn, “She-Hulk”, Airdrie AB – Open Division Team
• Myra Moore, “Shredher”, Lethbridge AB – Female Division Team
• Katherine McLean, “Skatie McPain”, Guelph ON – Open and Female Division Team
• River Evans, “Speed Demon”, Hamilton ON – Open Division Team
• Abigail Reimer, “Super Fly”, Lethbridge AB – Open and Female Division Team
• Meira McEllistrum, “Tank”, Airdrie AB – Open Division Team
• Talulah Nance-Armstrong, “Tenacious T”, Calgary AB – Female Division Team
• Vincent Price, “The Mystic”, Saskatoon SK – Open Division Team
• Tess Charlton, “Tornado”, Guelph ON – Female Division Team
• Valerie Klassen, “Valkyrie”, Kitchener ON – Open Division Team
• Violet LeBlanc, “Vicious Vi”, Fredericton NB – Female Division Team
• Deliya Beck, “What the Beck”, St. Catharines ON – Female Division Team

Coaches and support staff included:

• Caroline Reimer, “Meow”, Lethbridge AB – Head Coach
• Christine Manders, “Fred”, Hamilton ON – Assistant Coach
• Jenna McLean, “Ferris Bruiser”, Calgary AB – Assistant Coach
• Raina Owen, “Raina Terror”, Saskatoon SK – Assistant Coach
• Barbara Lapointe, “Banshee”, Oromocto NB – Assistant Coach
• Jennifer Zammit, “Raspoutine”, Stratford ON – Chef de Mission
• Andrew de Souza, “D-Ray”, Burlington ON – Athletic Therapist

A total of nine teams competed for the top prize in each division, with competitors aged 12-18. The 2023 World Cup marked the first time the competition was held outside of North America.

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