Founded in 2008,[1] ARRD was the first Scottish Women's Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA) member.

[2] The league aims to create teams with the ability to compete locally and internationally at the highest levels.

ARRD hosted their first public game, entitled "Fishnet Burns Night", at Meadowbank Sports Centre on 24 January 2009[7] just ten months after their formation, and competed in the London Rollergirls-hosted European tournament "Roll Britannia" in 2009, placing fourth.

More recently, in May 2016, ARRD travelled to Eugene, Oregon to take part in the 2016 The Big O tournament, hosted by Emerald City Roller Girls.

[13] Intra-league teams were previously selected on a game-by-game basis under the names The Highland Heathens and Celtic Chaos.