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Bout review: Wreck League Battle Royale

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It’s the moment all rookie roller derby skaters dream of: popping their bouting cherry. The recent London Rockin’ Rollers’ Wreck League bout was truly a Battle Royale, with amazing boutfits, attitude and non-stop hard skating action. For most of the skaters this was their first full bout, having only just[...]

Meet our March Nemeses, Hot Wheel Roller Derby

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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[...]

Away bout preview: London Rockin’ Rollers take on the Brighton Rockers

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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[...]

A Two-Time Sur5er Speaks

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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[...]

2012 – The Year that London Rocked!

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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[...]

Bout review: Swedish Meatbrawl

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What do you do for your fifth birthday? Well if you’re The London Rockin’ Rollers you host a mixed scrimmage, you play Stockholm Roller Derby and then you throw one heck of a party, but that’s just how we roll, or should I say brawl. The big day started with[...]

Great Brawls of Fire

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The London Rockin’ Rollers took on their sister league Stuttgart Valley Rollergirlz in Great Brawls of Fire! The bout rightfully lived up to its name, both roller derby teams fought hard for the Golden Boot.  Stuttgart took the early advantage, and maintained a sizeable lead for most of the game,[...]