Greensboro to host 11-team roller derby tournament at State Games
Eleven WFTDA teams and a juniors expo game filled Greensboro Sportsplex as Relentless Roller Derby hosted the State Games derby tournament for a second straight year.
Eleven WFTDA teams are taking over Greensboro Sportsplex as the BodyArmor State Games’ roller derby weekend opens June 27 and 28. The two-day stop sits inside a month-long festival that North Carolina Amateur Sports says will draw more than 11,000 athletes to the Greensboro area from May 30 through June 28.
Relentless Roller Derby is hosting the tournament for the second straight year. The Greensboro-based member-run nonprofit, founded in 2022, says its program is built around queer, trans and gender-expansive inclusion, and this year’s derby slate adds an expo game with junior skaters from across North Carolina.
North Carolina Amateur Sports’ schedule gives the weekend real depth. Saturday’s card at Greensboro Sportsplex includes Appalachian vs. Kill Devil, Carolina vs. Blue Ridge YallStars, Greensboro vs. Bootleggers, Kill Devil vs. Soda City, Fayetteville vs. Blue Ridge Retrogrades and Carolina vs. High Rollers, before Sunday brings Relentless vs. Blue Ridge Retrogrades and Fayetteville vs. Soda City.
The WFTDA upcoming-games slate adds the ranking angle that turns the event from showcase into measuring stick. Carolina A opens against Blue Ridge at 29th vs. 33rd, Greensboro meets Carolina Boot at 86th vs. 88th, Fayetteville faces Blue Ridge Retrogrades at 55th vs. 70th, and Carolina A comes back later in the weekend against Lowcountry A at 29th vs. 32nd. Blue Ridge Roller Derby has already marked June 27-28 as its NC State Games stop, underscoring how the tournament reaches beyond a single host league.
For Greensboro Roller Derby, founded on February 3, 2010, the weekend puts a long-running local league in front of a festival crowd that is already moving through State Games events across other sports. The setup gives derby a sanctioned stage inside a mainstream multi-sport festival, with Greensboro and Relentless positioned to turn first-time spectators into repeat fans, volunteers or skaters while the Carolina teams sort out the pecking order on the track.
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