In February 2020 the coronavirus COVID-19 reached the Netherlands and threatened to overload the healthcare system in a short time. Six weeks later all forms of competitive sports were cancelled in order to force people to ‘social distance’.
This measure resulted in infections going down and as of July 2020 tentative versions of competitive sports were allowed again in the country (smaller audiences, limited post-game contact).
Since then, COVID-19 has been an ongoing concern. The decision to play roller derby may be influenced by each league’s own assessment of the risk, by government action, by decisions and recommendations of the sport’s governing body, WFTDA, and by the behaviour of the pandemic.
WFTDA originally (2020) advised that leagues give players the chance to build up strength and skills again. As far as I could tell, this meant that WFTDA recommended against public, competitive events until at least two months since the resumption of training.
For you as a roller derby fan or spectator, this may mean any number of things; from difficulty getting to an event, to the inability to attend, to an event being cancelled at short notice. It is your job to determine per event and per region which restrictions will be in place at the time of the event and what is safest for you and for those that come in contact with you.
What I wrote elsewhere goes even more so for roller derby events during the time of the pandemic:
This site is not canonical and not aiming to. The organisers of the events are the only ones who can tell you the exact nature, time and place of their events.