London Rockin’ Rollers’ All Stars will roll into their first home bout of the season on 23 March as they face-off against Yorkshire’s up-and-coming Hot Wheel Roller Derby. Before I joined the Rockin’ Rollers Fresh Meat programme I had the honour of skating with Hot Wheels, who took me under[...]
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The super southerners, London Rockin’ Rollers and Brighton Rockers, will face off on 9 March 2013 in a thrilling double-header at Haywards Heath. So what can we expect from the aptly named Skate Invaders roller derby bout? Our London Rockin’ Rollers had a successful season in 2012. They won seven[...]
Last year London Rockin’ Rollers won the Tattoo freeze tournament and we were eager to compete again this year – then everything changed; Tattoo Freeze and UKRDA decided that they weren’t going to have a full tournament, running a Sur5al format instead. Myself, and others, were still keen to skate[...]
I may have derbonic plague right now, but sitting here in my red and black pyjamas I am enjoying reflecting upon an awesome year of London Rockin’ Rollers! So here comes our year… Victory! We started out playing at the annual Tattoo Freeze Tournament – fighting our way to the[...]
Christmas: chocolate, booze, TV, booze, mince pies, booze, TV. It’s great but, let’s be honest, it’s a bit of a glitch for the roller derby athlete who has spent the rest of the year priming her body to be the best on track. So what can you do during this[...]