Well, our first bout is over, and HOW AWESOME WAS THAT?? We’re all recovering from the adrenaline, the hits and falls, and the alcohol consumed at the afterparty! If you were there, we hope you had a blast (we certainly did!) and if you weren’t, you missed out! A massive thank you to everyone who came down and supported us. It was amazing to skate in front of a (sellout!) crowd for the first time, and we cannot wait to do it again - we hope you’ll all be back to cheer us on. Special shoutouts to all the other UK leagues who came down. We can’t wait to bout you!

We’ll have full writeups and photos up shortly, but in the end Team Black was victorious over Team Pink, 100 - 77.

If you liked what you saw and you’re interested in skating with us, or helping out in some other way (we need more refs, stats people, scorekeepers etc too) please come over to our forum and say hi, or send an email to info@londonrollergirls.com, and let us know. We’ll be happy to have you!

Stay tuned for info on our next bout… (you can also join our mailing list by emailing info@londonrollergirls.com to be updated on practices, events and bouts)

In other news, we were featured on Woman’s Hour on BBC Radio 4 on Friday 7th Sept - go here to listen to us on the radio! We were also in the Independent newspaper yesterday. You can read the story online here.

Til next time…

The London Rollergirls’ very first public bout!

@Tottenham Green Leisure Centre
1 Philip Green
Tottenham
London
N15 4JA

Doors 4pm, action from 5pm. Tickets £7 advance.
Tickets are onsale NOW!!! You can buy them from:
Blood Brothers Tattoo Studio
120 Holloway Road
London
call 0207 619 0345 - ask for Jasmine

Wacky Haircutters
9-12 St Annes Court
Soho
London
call 0207 494 3101 - ask for Kristen

or please contact us at tickets@londonrollergirls.com to buy online!

Four days to go, rivalry is brewing, tensions are running high. Ladies and gentlemen, it’s time to pick a side… there’s only gonna be one winner. Click the banners for team photos and bios.

I have no time to make a fancy banner right now (later I promise!) - but by popular demand - our fabulous refs!

Name: Correctional Felicity
Number: 13
Position You Play: Blocker/Pivot/jammer
Injuries: nothing serious
Distinguishing Feature(s): Eyes of death
Theme Song: Rebel Girl - Bikini Kill
Height: 5�9
Blood Type: O-Neg
Age: 26
Birthday: 22nd April
Sign: Taurus
Sexual Preference: your mamma
Status: dating your mamma
Hometown: Home village actually known as Hoghton
Occupation: Photographic Library administrator
Loves: My Mum and Dad / Veronica Mars / Buffy / Riot Grrrl / Viva
Despises: Team Pink / attitude
Favourite Food or Drink: Morning Latte
Favourite Quote: What would Buffy do?
Favourite Movie: Serenity
Favourite Songs: The valleys - Electrelane

Name: Grace of Wrath
Number: 42
Position You Play: Mainly on my arse
Injuries: Bruises. Many, many bruises. Oh, and a wonderfully attractive bunion on my little toe.
Distinguishing Feature(s): Diminutive stature and tendency to squeakiness.
Theme Song: Under My Wheels – Alice Cooper
Height: 5’2�
Blood Type: Red
Age: Not telling!
Birthday: October 4th
Sign: Libra
Status: Very much taken.
Hometown: Jersey
Occupation: Secretary
Loves: In no particular order; my skates, my boy, punk rock, zombie movies, baking, corsets, high heels and bats.
Despises: Incorrect apostrophe usage, mean people and avocados
Awards and Good Behavior: I’m always a good girl
Penalties, Feuds, and General Bad Behavior: Nothing that can be proved
Favourite Food or Drink: Vegetarian pizza and a chilled glass of rosé, cake of any description and Ben & Jerry’s ice cream.
Favourite Quote: “Let the wookie win� – Han Solo
Favourite Movies: Anything with zombies and/or Bruce Campbell, Heathers, Wild at Heart, Secretary, all manner of dodgy sci-fi and way too many more to think of right now
Favourite Songs: Anything by AFI, Anti-Flag, Bad Religion, Rancid, The Unseen, Alexisonfire, Ramones, Strung Out, etc. And Bon Jovi, but shhh, don’t tell anyone.

Grace’s love of skating began as a young girl, when she borrowed a pair of those ancient one size fits all metal contraptions that were strapped to your shoes from a girl at summer camp. And then refused to give them back without a fight! Thus, a rollergirl was born… Grace may be tiny, but just you watch out, one of these days she’s gonna sneak up on you and bite your kneecaps! X

Name: Belle DeBrawl
Number: #84
Position You Play: Blocker, Pivot, occasional Jammer.
Injuries: None….Touch Wood!
Distinguishing Feature(s): None unfortunately….Sad
Theme Song: Ironic – Alanis Morissette
Height: 5’3
Blood Type: Have no idea!
Age: 23
Birthday: 01/01/1984
Sign: Capricorn
Sexual Preference: Men
Status: In a relationship
Hometown: Modanville, NSW, Australia
Occupation: Security Officer
Loves: Family & Friends, the beach, playing sports, horse-riding, socializing with mates, going to clubs/pubs, Movies, TV, cooking and shopping…..Oh and of course Roller Derby! Giddy Up!
Despises: Winter and cold weather! Untrustworthy people.
Awards and Good Behavior: none
Penalties, Feuds, and General Bad Behavior: Always getting into trouble for being 20 ft ahead of the pack…..Grrrrrr
Favourite Food or Drink: I luuuuuuuurve food! And if my metabolism would allow it (and it doesn’t) I’d be eating donuts, pasties, pizza, Indian, cakes and pastries and anything extremely fattening all the time! I love healthy food of course, and that’s what I mainly eat…..but the bad stuff is always the best and what I wish I was eating! And drinks……Alcoholic??? - Cosmopolitans and Pina Coladas! I could drink cocktails all day! But if not then vodka and something….thats all I drink! (In the alco dept.)
Favourite Quote: “It’s all fun and games until someone gets hurt……Then it’s hilarious!”
Favourite Movie: Back to the future!
Favourite Songs: There is too many to list…..but I’ll tell you artists I like: David Gray, Jack Johnson, Bernard Fanning, Eskimo Joe, Powderfinger, Tori Amos, Alanis Morissette, India Arie, Alicia Keys….and most top 40 stuff that you can dance to…..

Our very own Kitty DeCapitate graces the cover of this month’s Skate Mag UK!

There’s also a big feature on roller derby in the UK and interviews with us inside. You can get yourself a copy at www.skatemagazine.co.uk.

Name: Viva KniEVIL
Number: #11
Position You Play: Anywhere I’m told
Injuries: Off skates: broken nose, lost teeth and general all-round liability. On skates: indestructible
Distinguishing Feature(s): Smells of gin and greasepaint
Height: 5′9″
Age: 26
Status: Taken
Hometown: Leeds
Loves: Rollergirls, death-defying stunts, winning
Despises: Helmet hair, misogyny, losing
Awards and Good Behaviour: Goody two-shoes (off skates…)
Penalties, Feuds, and General Bad Behaviour: Yes, yes, yes
Favourite Quote: “Always stay close enough to fight.”
Bio: Much like her motorbike stuntman namesake, Viva is a daredevil on wheels – eight wheels, that is. Viva soon realised Evel had it all wrong with his car-hopping ways and, upon discovering it is far more fun to knock into girls, the roller derby track beckoned.

Poor Mike McLean didn’t have a clue what he was letting himself in for ;)

Name: Missyle Elliott
Number: 410
Position You Play: Generally blocker, occasionally jammer
Injuries: Hideously deformed right foot from ill-fitting skate
Distinguishing Feature(s): Eternally gormless expression
Height: Not too big, not too small
Age: It changes every year
Sign: Virgo
Status: “Off the market”
Hometown: Poughkeepsie (puh-kip-see), NY, USA
Occupation: Researchy stuff
Loves: Skating as fast as I can, coconut water, Isa Chandra Moskowitz
Despises: Slippery floors
Penalties, Feuds, and General Bad Behavior: I’m very seldom naughty
Favourite Food or Drink: Cupcakes, dishes involving coconut milk, soya mochas