The Suffra Jets - looking futuristic fly in their snazzy new boutfits - took the lead early on, but the Ultraviolents kept within striking distance for the whole time. Towards the end of the second half, the UFs came close to taking over the lead and making history as the first LRG team to come back from behind to win a game at Tottenham, but the SJs kept up the pressure and the game ended with a 10 point difference in favour of the winners.

Final score: Suffra Jets 83 — Ultraviolent Femmes 73

Next up the Suffra Jets take on the Steam Rollers in the first closed door bout of the season.

London Rollergirls is proud to announce that in conjunction with the Texas Rollergirls, we are bringing you your very own local version of the awesome Texas Rollergirls Bootcamp. Not only that, but the venue is HUGE! That’s right, ExCel London has been lassoed in for both the boot camp and the bout.

Registration and more information after the jump…

PLEASE NOTE, THE SKATER AND REF BOOT CAMPS ARE NOW SOLD OUT. YOU CAN STILL FILL OUT THE REGISTRATION FORM EMBEDDED IN THIS PAGE, AND WE WILL PLACE YOU ON THE WAITING LIST.

What do you get?

Intermediate/Advanced camp:

Referee Camp:

So what do you need to do??

Step 1: Fill out the registration form in this page and submit it

Step 2: choose the appropriate paypal link and go make your payment…make sure to reference the first name and surname you registered with when you submit your payment.

Step 3: Once your payment is confirmed, you are registered!

Several months ago we were invited to put on a roller derby exhibition at the Tattoo Freeze tattoo convention. Tattoos are awesome. Derby is awesome. A perfect match! We planned a four-team mini-tournament to feature our three league teams, plus a fourth team made up of some of the other top skaters in the UK from the Birmingham Blitz Dames, the Leeds Roller Dolls, the London Rockin Rollers, and Severn Roller Torrent.

The Ultraviolent Femmes and the Steam Rollers kicked off the day in a rematch of the LRG’s most recent intraleague bout, which had seen a convincing victory for the ladies in red. A pulsating encounter got the Tattoo Freeze crowd watching with keen interest. The Steam Rollers came flying out of the blocks and opened up an early lead, and at 15 minutes into the half hour bout with the score at 24-7 the game looked done, but the Femmes were having none of that. They fought harder than ever before, pulling level and then slightly ahead, almost entirely shutting out the jammers in red in the second half of the game to take the victory, 28-34.

The Suffra Jets lined up next to take on the Birmingham Blitz Allied Army. The Jets quickly asserted their authority on the game, pulling out a fearsome Denver-style defence to stop the Allied Army dead in their tracks and allow team captain Grievous Bodily Charm to rack up a massive 25-point jam in just the second jam of the game. The Jets continued to run rampant, despite some ballsy jamming from Leeds Roller Dolls’ Bruise ‘em Banshee, and rolled away with the comfortable victory at 86-20.

The Jets then remained on track to take on the rested Steam Rollers, still smarting from their narrow first-game loss. They came back out with renewed purpose and teamwork, and that, perhaps combined with the Jets’ decision to give some of their four bout virgins more track time, led to a surprisingly comfortable win for the short-staffed Rollers, 60-28.

The Ultraviolent Femmes then returned to the track to take on the Birmingham Blitz Allied Army in game #4. Buoyed by their earlier win and taking the opportunity to practice their own skills in stop-defence, the Femmes dominated the Army. At 47-11 around the 20-minute mark the game was still within their reach, but two huge jams from Vagablonde and captain Kamikaze Kitten, 14 and 19 points respectively, put it beyond doubt and the final whistle blew with 89-17 on the board.

Game #5 was a preview of the LRG’s next bout, Club Tropicarnage, as the Femmes remained on track to take on the Suffra Jets. Would the result indicate how next month’s meeting would go? Already gelled and working together as a unit, the Ultraviolents started strongly with an unanswered 15 point jam for Vagablonde. The Jets, again blooding their newer skaters and playing without the fearsome Stef Mainey, never managed to get a strong attack together. The jammers in blue were held back again and again, scoring in only two jams of the game, and after Ninjette posted two notable jams of 12 and 14 points each later on it was all clearly over and the Femmes rolled out and into the final, undefeated, with the score at 97-12.

The Steam Rollers needed a win to take them into the final for a rematch of the closely-fought opening bout against the Ultraviolent Femmes. With their minimalist dual-jammer attack of Fox Sake and Axis of Evon rested and refreshed after a two games on the sidelines, they headed out to take on the Allied Army. The Army fought hard and racked up their highest points total of the tournament, with Bruise ‘em Banshee again effective on the jam line along with Jack Attack of LRR, but the Steam Rollers just had too much firepower. An 18-point jam for Evon followed swiftly by a 15-pointer, and then later on a 20-pointer for Fox saw them comfortably into the final, 88-21.

The third place playoff was a rematch of Game #2 as the Suffra Jets played the Allied Army. The warmth in the room and the sheer amount of derby seemed to have taken its toll on the Army, the Jets’ jammers scything through their tired pack again and again with little response. Poison Arrow, Helen Nash, Lyla la Tiger and Dot Slash all clocked up three scoring laps each at various points to give the Jets the first 100+ points total of the day, the final score at 126-12.

The final, fittingly, was to be a rematch of the closest game of the day, the initial contest between the Steam Rollers and Ultraviolent Femmes. With a mere six points separating them in that game, and the Steam Rollers now out for revenge, this one was bound to be a hard-fought battle. It did not disappoint. The lead changed hands again and again, the two teams never more than a handful of points apart. Both teams played hard and defensively, with only one jammer (Vagablonde, once) ever making it back into the pack for a second scoring pass. Halfway through the Femmes held a narrow lead, 22-14, but it was from there the Steam Rollers staged their comeback, holding the white jammers scoreless for the next few jams and clawing back the lead, point by point. The score was 28-22 to the Rollers before the Femmes next scored. Going into the final jam the score sat at 36-28 to the Rollers. Not an insurmountable target by any stretch, and Vagablonde gave it her best shot, but she failed to obtain lead jammer status. Axis of Evon got held up by the Femmes’ pack long enough for VB to make one scoring pass and put 5 points on the board, but she sneaked out and got lead jammer just as VB came round for her second pass, allowing her to call it off before VB could do enough damage to pull the Femmes level, and the game finished with the teams just three points apart at 33-36.

The Steam Rollers celebrated, after collapsing to the floor to catch their breath, and were duly presented with the shiny glass trophy.

(all photos by Danny “Jay Pegg” Bourne)

Thanks to all at Tattoo Freeze for having us, and everyone who came up to support us and cheer us on! We’ll see you in February for Club Tropicarnage!

(woo video yay!)

It will be a great day out, with a charity raffle in aid of The Wisdom Hospice, the finest rollergirl cupcakes this side of the Atlantic for sale, London Rollergirls DJs, an exclusive Tatty Devine jewellery stall, merchandise on sale and the Bulldogs n’ Bruises after party at The Den & Centro off Oxford Street, sponsored by Bulldog Gin - including fabulous discounts on themed LRG Bulldog Gin cocktails.

With some of the best roller derby players in Europe playing, this bout promises to bring in the new year with a bang! Get your tickets early and make sure you don’t miss out.

Date: Saturday 6 February 2009
Time: Doors at 5pm, bout at 6pm
Venue: Tottenham Green Leisure Centre, Philip Lane, London N15 4JA
Tickets: £10 in advance (excluding booking fee), £12 on the door

Note: Tickets previously purchased on paypal will be held for pick up at the door. No refunds or exchanges.

ONLINE TICKET SALES ARE NOW CLOSED. A SMALL AMOUNT OF TICKETS MAY BE AVAILABLE AT THE DOOR.

The Steam Rollers have taken an early lead in the race for the title this season, making a statement of intent with a convincing win over the Ultraviolent Femmes. The Ultraviolents must now pick themselves up, regroup and prepare to face the defending champion Suffra Jets on February 6th.

Thank you to everyone who came down on Saturday for our first bout of the 2009/2010 season! Great to see so many familiar faces and some new ones too. If you missed it, there are already some cracking pics up here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/sjnewton/sets/72157622821270567/ from regular photog Steve Newton.

A limited number of tickets will be on sale at the door at £12 each. See you there…

WHAT IS IT?
This season we have a PACKED schedule, we have 6 intra-league games plus our spectacular championship final bout! We will be playing 3 public and 3 closed door intra-league bouts this season, plus the season championship. Closed door bouts are not open to the general public, but if you are a season ticket holder, you will have EXCLUSIVE access to these intra-league bouts. You will also get to party with the London Rollergirls after EVERY bout! You will be invited to special secret invitation only LRG events and you will be able to buy advanced tickets for inter-league bouts, such as when the Texas Rollergirls’ Hustlers team come to play us in March 2010.

HOW MUCH DOES THIS COST?
Well, let me start by saying that our normal ticket price for a bout is £10 (or £12 on the door) so it can cost up to £84 to come and see us for 7 intra-league games, however for a one off cost of £50 (plus £3 PayPal fee) this season pass is YOURS. This is an ideal Christmas present for ANY roller derby fan out there (or if you fancy treating yourself!). Not to mention that the pass gets you access to three games you wouldn’t be able to see otherwise!

HOW DO I GET IT?
OK, OK, calm down, firstly I need to tell you that because this is an EXCLUSIVE we are limited to only 100 tickets this season! You can get your season ticket at our next bout, Winter Wonderslam on Dec 5th. Once you have paid for your season ticket you will be sent a lovely laminated ticket with your name on it and your name will be added to the VIF (very important fan) list at every bout.

If you love roller derby, if you love watching the London Rollergirls, if you want more roller derby in your life, if you want to come to more events and get to know us all that bit better, this is the PERFECT option for you! Are you ready? Do you think you have what it takes? Can you handle that much EXCLUSIVE roller derby action?

So what are you waiting for……. come on Superfans……….we are ready for YOU!

The bouts that the LRG season ticket covers are as follows:
5th December 2009 “Winter Wonderslam” Steam Rollers vs Ultraviolent Femmes
6th February 2010 “Club Tropicarnage” Ultraviolent Femmes vs. Suffra Jets
27th February 2010 Suffra Jets vs. Steam Rollers (closed-door bonus bout)
2nd May 2010 (Sunday) Steam Rollers vs. Ultraviolent Femmes (closed-door bonus bout)
22nd May 2010 “Smack to the Future” Suffra Jets vs. Steam Rollers
19th June 2010 Ultraviolent Femmes vs. Suffra Jets (closed-door bonus bout)
17th July 2010 Season Championship