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Glasgow Roller Derby‘s Irn Bruisers host a bout against Belgium’s first Roller Derby league,Go-Go Gent Roller Girls at The Arc,Cowcaddens Road,Glasgow on the 8th of September.
Doors open at 1:30pm with the bout kicking off at 2:00pm,entry is £5,tickets are available in advance.
Please note that this bout replaces the previously advertised one against the Lincolnshire Bombers,but season tickets are still valid.
Glasgow Roller Derby present the second bout in their 2012 Home Season on Saturday the 4th of August at The ARC Sportscentre,Cowcaddens Road,Glasgow.
This time around it’s the Hell’s Belles vs Death Stars.Tickets are available in advance at a cost of £5 or £6 on the day.
Afterwards there is not one,but two venues,first a food stop at Pinto’s and then drinking and dancing at the Garnethill Multicultural Centre.
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Glasgow Roller Girls proudly present a WFTDA Officiating Clinic on the 4th and 5th of February 2012 at The Arc,Cowcaddens Road,Glasgow.
The Clinic is open to Referees and NSO’s and will feature training on a range of topics,such as skating,rules,communication and a great deal more.See the WFTDA site for details on how to register , view the welcome pack,feast your eyes on the list of instructors who will be taking part and find some more general information here. This clinic is one of only three to be held outside of the US and is the only one of those in Europe,so there is bound to be considerable interest from around the UK and beyond.
This years Tattoo Freeze event will be held on the 15th of January in The International Centre,Telford.
Primarily a showcase for some of the best Tattoo artists from around Europe,Tattoo Freeze is also host to a Roller Derby tournament featuring some of the most famous names in UK Derby.
The schedule for the competition is as follows…
FIRST ROUND
Bout 1 – 10:00 Auld Reekie Roller Girls plays Dolly Rockit Rollers
Bout 2 – 11:00 London Rockin Rollers plays Lincolnshire Bombers Roller Girls
Bout 3 – 12:00 Central City Rollergirls plays Birmingham Blitz Dames
Bout 4 – 13:00 Glasgow Roller Girls plays London Roller Girls
SEMI-FINALS
Bout 5 – 14:00 Winner Bout 1 plays Winner Bout 2
Bout 6 – 15:00 Winner Bout 3 plays Winner Bout 4
PLAY OFF FOR 3RD PLACE
Bout 7 – 16:00 Loser Bout 5 plays Loser Bout 6
FINAL
Bout 8 – 17:00 Winner Bout 5 plays Winner Bout 6
If you are interested in attending,you can find all the details on the Tattoo Freeze website,entry is £15 in advance,or £20 on the day,under 18′s go free.
Alongside Roller Derby and tattoo’s,there is also a tattoo themed photography competition,a graffiti workshop,some big names in skateboarding and bmx doing a showcase,henna/body painting,an ice carving display and live music all on offer.
Glasgow Roller Girls are running a bootcamp on Saturday, 10th December 2011 from 11:00am to 5:00pm,at The Arc,Cowcaddens Road,Glasgow
This will be a chance to break down some of the strategies used in the recent WFTDA Championships and will feature none other than London Brawling captain ,Kamikazi Kitten and Stephanie Mainey of London Roller Girls fame.
There will be 2 hours of watching footage and discussion,followed by four hours of on skates training,spaces are strictly limited to 35 skaters at a cost of £45 each,or £25 for non skating participants
More details here including a map and ticket order form.
Get in early,this one will be popular
While the Scottish Roller Derby Blog couldn’t manage to fly anyone to Toronto to cover the World Cup in all its glory, Scottish fans are not going to be bereft of updates from Canada.
Glasgow Roller Girls’ Mona Rampage and Sykes are planning on covering the World Cup themselves, with video interviews and other items posted to their YouTube channel, SquareWheelsTV.
Only 2 hours after their arrival in Toronto, there’s already a first video up, so go ahead and follow them for more exciting updates.
At the moment, a poll is also open for viewers to select questions to put to the skaters that Mona and Sykes corral, so this is also an excellent time to make your voice heard!
(The Team Scotland Google+ page will also be linking to SquareWheelsTV videos as and when they are posted.)
Glasgow Roller Girls held their annual Halloween bout recently,this one was a double header with the first bout between GRG’s Maiden Grrders and Malmo Crime City Rollers
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You can read the report of this hard fought bout here as well as pictures and video,all the work of Aoanla.
The second bout of the day was between GRG’s Irn Bruisers and the Rainy City Roller Girls.
Photo by Aoanla
Once again you can read the bout report and view pictures and video by Aoanla
All bout reports,photographs and video are the work of Aoanla,from his blog,Ante Ortus A Novus Lumen Ars.
Glasgow Roller Girls proudly present an 80′s themed fundraiser night at the Garnethill Multicultural Centre on Saturday the 19th of November.
Bring your own beer,big hair,Ray-Ban Wayfarer’s,Bermuda Bags and puffy sleeves are optional!
Glasgow Roller Girls present the grand final of their Home Team bouts on Saturday the 12th of November.The action kicks off at 1pm at The Arc,Cowcaddens Road,Glasgow.Entry is £6 and under 14′s go free.Get there for the doors opening at 12:30 as this will be a busy one.
The Death Stars are defending their championship crown from the Bad Omens,so it’s going to be an exciting bout.
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Glasgow Roller Girls present a Halloween double header on Saturday the 29th of October at The Arc,Cowcaddens Road,Glasgow.Entry is £7,it’s bound to be busy,so get your tickets in advance and get there for the midday opening.
The first bout will be between GRG’s Maiden Girders and The Crime City Rollers of Malmo,Sweden.CCR were formed in March 2010 and like GRG are WFTDA Apprentice Leagues.In their last bout,CCR hosted a double header against Stockholm Roller Derby and The Berlin Bombshells and won both games,so this should be an interesting one.
The second bout of the day sees GRG’s Irn Bruisers vs Rainy City Roller Girls from Manchester.Again this will be a great bout,Rainy City have been around since 2008 and are a superb team.They also have two skaters who are in the Team England squad for the forthcoming World Cup,Missy Rascal and Dee-Mise.So it provides a chance to see them in action!
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