Wiltshire Roller Derby beats Liverpool A 142-92 in Namur

Wiltshire Roller Derby kept Liverpool A at arm’s length in a 142-92 win on June 14 at the Centre Namurois des Sports Tabora, and the scoreline felt more controlled than explosive. The 50-point margin came in the middle of a pressure-heavy European Regional Championships weekend in Namur, Belgium, where every jam carried weight and Wiltshire never let the bout drift into danger.

That mattered because the 2026 WFTDA European Regional Championships were not just another tournament stop. Hosted by Namur Roller Derby over June 12-14, the 12-team Europe bracket fed directly into the championship path for Malmö, Sweden, where the WFTDA Championships are set for October 15-18. Toulouse won the regional title, Rainy City finished second, Paris third and Crime City fourth, with Crime City joining the top three for the trip to Malmö. In that company, Wiltshire’s ability to stay composed against Liverpool A mattered as much as the final spread.

Liverpool A arrived with credentials that made the result more meaningful than a routine win. The club had entered the weekend as the No. 40 team in Europe, had hammered Anguanas 257-88 in May and carried a season line of 6 wins and 9 losses, with 1,347 points for and 1,311 against. Flat Track Stats listed the bout as Liverpool 199th against Wiltshire 186th on its ranking scale, underscoring that this was a matchup between teams in similar competitive territory, not a one-sided showcase.

Wiltshire, ranked 45th in Europe on its WFTDA stats page, has spent the season trying to turn narrow control into results. It had already beaten Bristol 172-104 on May 9 and Norfolk A 193-160 on March 15, and its European record stood at 8 games, 4 wins and 4 losses, with 1,204 points scored and 1,292 allowed. The Liverpool win fit that profile: fewer momentum swings, enough defensive stability to blunt Liverpool’s scoring rhythm, and a steady enough offensive output to build and keep the gap.

For Wiltshire, the value of 142-92 was not just that it was decisive. It showed a team capable of managing a respected opponent without losing structure, exactly the sort of reliability that tends to matter once regional tournaments tighten and every clean result can shape what comes next.