Nicky Needles

Head Ref | Referee
Photo by Chris Kalisiak
Team History
2014-2015: Queen’s Court
2015-Present: Buffalo Herd
Hometown
Cheektowaga, NY
Day Job
Web Developer
Derby Debut
2014
Why Derby?
I joined derby as a way to be active and work out my frustrations, but after a year of trying to be a player, I decided I didn’t really like being hit, so I switched to refereeing.
League Role
Head Referee
League Honors
League Pillar (2017)
Athletic Background
Played high school volleyball (poorly)
Likes
gardening, books, cats, needle arts, Bob’s Burgers, CSS
Dislikes
mouth sounds, racism, misogyny, transitions on my weak side, CSS
Patronus
Lisa Simpson