Granite City Roller Girls Granite City Roller Girls "Granite City Roller Derby" (GCRD) is a roller derby league based in Aberdeen, Scotland. Founded in 2007, the league currently have two teams which compete with teams from other leagues. Originating as the Aberdeen Aces, GCRD were the second established roller derby league in Scotland. The league struggled in the early days to find a training hall to practice in and resorted to skating in a local car park when weather allowed. In November 2008, the league began skating at the Aberdeen Lads Club, and was reborn as the "Granite City Roller Girls". In May 2010,
Granite City Roller Girls took part in the London 2012 Olympic Torch relay, carrying the Torch through the local town of Peterculter. In August 2013, The Northern Fights emerged victorious in the first ever "Quad Nations", a tournament hosted by Swansea City Roller Derby consisting of four teams representing England (Severn Roller Torrent), Northern Ireland (Belfast Roller Derby), Wales (Swansea) and Scotland (Granite City). In May 2014, it was announced that three skaters (Clinically Wasted, Fight Cub and Rock'n Riot) from GCRD had been selected as part of the final squad for Team Scotland and will be taking part in the second Roller Derby