December 4, 2024
Chicago 12, Melborne City, USA
Roller Derby

The End of the Roller Derby Season

Last Weekend saw the end of my first competitive season playing Roller Derby. My team The Norfolk Brawds played in Tier 4 of the Roller Derby British Championships, and in October we finished undefeated in our division, earning a place at the Play Offs to fight for promotion to Tier 3 next season. Which is

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Roller Derby

Roller Derby Days: Eastern Sur5al

2015 sees my Roller Derby league, The Norfolk Brawds, celebrating their fifth birthday. I’ve been with the league for 18 months, but long before I’d even heard of Roller Derby a bunch of girls with skates were getting together in a church hall to teach themselves the basics of Roller Derby. To celebrate this milestone

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Roller Derby

Winding Down for Christmas by Playing Intraleague

It feels like Christmas has well and truly started here now, and it was heralded in by a week spent visiting Christmas Markets, and finally settled with the Norfolk Brawds AGM, and our first ever Intraleague bout. Part of the ethos of Roller Derby is that leagues are run by the skaters, for the skaters.

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Firecrackers vs Cherry Bombers – A Rookie Roller Derby Opener

So Saturday just gone I was headed off to Chelmsford to take part in my second ever public Roller Derby game. Unlike my first I’d been a vision of unconcerned calm all week. Maybe it was the fact that I had a few more scrims under my belt, or maybe it was the fact that

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My Roller Derby Cherry Popper Bout

Big thanks to those of you that posted calming things on my last post about preparing for my first Roller Derby Bout. Naturally none of it made any difference at all, and I spent much of last week alternating between extreme calmness and total panic. A Tuesday night practice scrim went really well and was

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Dear Diary Roller Derby

Preparing For My First Roller Derby Bout

It’s been a bit quiet around here in July and August, apart from a few reviews and things, and for that I apologise. Back at the beginning of July I sprained my ankle at my second Roller Derby scrim, and it’s been a long and stressful road to something that looks almost like Recovery. I

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Roller Derby

See the Norfolk Brawds in Action

Remember last year I took up Roller Derby? Well after a year as a Norfolk Brawd I finally passed my Minimum Skills test and am a fully fledged team member, just waiting for my first proper Roller Derby bout. I’m really proud with what I’ve achieved in the last year, though I have a long

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Inspiration & Lifestyle Roller Derby

A Year in Roller Derby

I hope you’re ready for a long post, because there’s a lot I need to get out of my head! On the 3rd June 2013, a year ago today, a friend persuaded a group of us to go along to our local Roller Derby league, The Norfolk Brawds, Fresh Meat training night. I was 34

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