Skating through a break-up: how roller derby helped me
When a break-up knocks you down – how does it affect you? You’re likely to end up feeling hurt, because like in derby, it might strike you with a full body check when you’re not...
When a break-up knocks you down – how does it affect you? You’re likely to end up feeling hurt, because like in derby, it might strike you with a full body check when you’re not...
There’s no doubt that roller derby and perceptions of the sport have changed SO much since its revival in Texas in 2001. While the sport’s bold spirit still remains, fishnets are (mostly?!) a thing...
This year has been pretty epic for the Liverpool Roller Birds. During 2016 our Sisters of Mersey have been a force to be reckoned with, finishing the year sitting two places higher in the...
They’ve been eating their greens and studying their strategy and now our Yellow Shovemarines are ready to tear up the track for their first home game of the year! There’s nothing like rolling out...
We’re very excited to announce that we’ve been invited by the Museum of Liverpool to be part of their ‘Women on the Waterfront’ weekend, in celebration of International Women’s Day. We’ll be in the...
Ask a derby player, in the UK at least, where they first heard of roller derby and quite often you’ll get the same answer. ‘Whip It.’ You know, that film where Kristen Wiig tells...
Over the past few months you may have noticed a new campaign taking off. It’s called This Girl Can. All of a sudden it was all over the TV and the internet…and we loved...
In April we announced our charity partner for 2015 would be Macmillan Cancer Support. Ever since then our members have been up to all manner of exciting, daring and fun challenges, trying to raise as much as possible. To kick...