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The London Rockin' Rollers have an all-star travel team, also called the London Rockin' Rollers, which has competed in interleague bouts in the UK and [[Germany]]. |
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| ⚫ | Late in 2009, the league also founded three new home teams, the [http://en-gb.facebook.com/pages/London-United-Kingdom/NeanderDolls/352744020841 NeanderDolls], [http://en-gb.facebook.com/pages/London-United-Kingdom/Voodoo-Skull-Krushers/278530017915 Voodoo Skull Krushers], and the [http://en-gb.facebook.com/GoldieLookinChainGang Goldie Lookin' Chain Gang]. The league hosted its very first intraleague bout on the 27th of Febrary 2010 <ref>http://londonist.com/2010/03/uncivil_war.php</ref>. It was a very close-run match which the Voodoo Skull Krushers beat the NeanderDolls by a whisker. |
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==Competitive History== |
==Competitive History== |
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Revision as of 17:31, 9 May 2010
| Metro area | London, England |
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| Teams | NeanderDolls Voodoo Skull Krushers Goldie Lookin' Chain Gang |
| Track type(s) | Flat |
| Venue | York Hall, Bethnal Green |
| Affiliations | UKRDA |
| Website | http://www.londonrockinrollers.co.uk |
The London Rockin Rollers', or LRR, are a women's flat-track roller derby league based in London, England. The league was started in 2007 and played their first home season in 2009.[1] The league has 80 skating and non skating members. [2]LRR play in York Hall in Bethnal Green and play by Women's Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA) rules.
History
The London Rockin' Rollers were founded in 2007, being officially incepted in March of that year. At the time, there were only two other roller derby teams in the UK: the London Rollergirls and the Birmingham Blitz Dames.
The team went on to make UK roller derby history later that year, by participating in the UK's first ever Interleague scrimmage with the Birmingham Blitz Dames on the 1st of July. They made history again in 2007 when they played the Stuttgart Valley Roller Girlz in Europe's First Interleague bout on the 14th of October.
In 2009, the league presented their first home bouting season in the historic York Hall in Bethnal Green.
Teams
Teams
The London Rockin' Rollers have an all-star travel team, also called the London Rockin' Rollers, which has competed in interleague bouts in the UK and Germany.
Late in 2009, the league also founded three new home teams, the NeanderDolls, Voodoo Skull Krushers, and the Goldie Lookin' Chain Gang. The league hosted its very first intraleague bout on the 27th of Febrary 2010 [3]. It was a very close-run match which the Voodoo Skull Krushers beat the NeanderDolls by a whisker.
Competitive History
2010
Home
- February 27 NeanderDolls 95 : 98 Voodoo Skull Krushers
Away
- February 13 Glasgow Roller Girls [Irn Bruisers] 116 : 102 London Rockin' Rollers
2009
Home[4]
- March 21 London Rockin' Rollers 83 : 103 Glasgow Roller Girls [Irn Bruisers]
- June 20 London Rockin' Rollers 142 : 57 Royal Windsor Roller Girls
- Sept 05 London Rockin' Rollers 119 : 105 Stuttgart Valley Rollergirlz
- Nov 21 London Rockin' Rollers 179 : 61 Birmingham Blitz Derby Dames
Away
- July 18
Roll Britannia
- Glasgow Roller Girls [Irn Bruisers] 59 : 48 London Rockin' Rollers
- London Rockin' Rollers 137 : 46 Rainy City Rollergirls
2008
Away[5]
- Sept 17 Stuttgart Valley Rollergirlz 76 : 81 London Rockin' Rollers
- Oct 27 London Rockin' Rollers 109 : 110 Birmingham Blitz Derby Dames
References
- ^ http://londonist.com/2009/03/rockin_rollers_rev_up_for_home_bout.php
- ^ http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2010/feb/04/roller-derby-britain-women
- ^ http://londonist.com/2010/03/uncivil_war.php
- ^ http://www.euroderby.org/index.php?option=com_bearleague&task=calendar&sid=2&Itemid=124
- ^ http://www.euroderby.org/index.php?option=com_bearleague&task=calendar&sid=4&Itemid=137
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