Nicky Needles Head Ref | Referee Photo by Chris Kalisiak Team History 2014-2015: Queen’s Court2015-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