Roller Derby Sisterhood

Have had some contact from some UK roller Derby-ers of late and what an amazingly lovely bunch they are!

The advice has been rolling in, the stupid questions i have asked have been answered with patience and loveliness and the encouragement and dispelling of fears about what on earth should we be doing has been forthcoming in spades.

So to everyone who has contacted me with encouragement, advice or just to say hooray and welcome – THANKYOU thankyou thankyou   it makes me really look forward to travelling with a team around the UK and spending time with some excellent people.

Anyways, enough of the gushing – one of the girls has given me some excellent links to check out – will post them on here soon so you can see what you are getting into

and also have been given advice on getting protection to avoid braining yourself, slipping into a coma or breaking your coccyx, so will check out some good sites for resources and let you know

UK RollerDerby

So i was thinking today -the UK RollerDerby scene is a lot more active that i first thought.  Doing a little digging turned up loads of teams in the UK.  (does make me wonder why Nottingham is so slow to the party, but party we will

If you want to check out some other Roller Derby teams who are a lot further down the line than Nottingham – check out these babies (stolen from the fact dumpsite that is wikkipedia) Think Nottingham will soon be on that list……

• Granite City Roller Girls
• Bedfordshire Rollergirls
• Rebellion Rollergirls (nee Bedford Bandits)
• Central City Rollergirls
• Birmingham Blitz Derby Dames
• Romsey Town Rollerbillies
• Dundee Destroyers
• Auld Reekie Roller Girls
• Triple Sword Roller Girls
• Glasgow Rollergirls
• Severn Roller Torrent
• Swale Skate Bombshells
• Leeds Roller Dolls
• Lincolnshire Bombers
• London Rollergirls
• London Rockin Rollers
• Rainy City Roller Girls
• Middlesbrough Milk Rollers
• Newcastle Roller Girls
• Fair City Rollers
• Plymouth Roller Derby
• Sheffield Steel Roller Girls
• Wakey Wheeled Cats
• Royal Windsor Rollergirls

Also, in my general manner of running before i walk i was looking into Roll Brittania and wondering if there was going to be a 2010 version.  I am thinking that the main objective for the Nottingham Roller Girls should be to be match ready by next July so if it does happen we can go  – check out Roll Brittania.

First meeting date will be sorted soon – so keep your eyes on the blog