The Armitage Sports Centre in Fallowfield, Manchester was the setting for the first home bout of the Rainy City Roller Girls. They were to take on the Leeds Roller Dolls in a hard fought battle and aptly named “War of the Roses”. The crowd swelled to over 300 people with equal support from both sides. [...]

Upon joining roller derby i thought i had the measure of what a rollergirls job was: skate fast, hit hard, look hot… i can do that, i thought. so here i am.
I hadnt considered what happens in the eventuality that you’re a rollergirl but dont make the team selection for one reason or another. At [...]

A very close fought battle played in front of a packed audience, but Leeds Roller Dolls came out top on the day.
Some brilliant play and awesome jamming gave the crowd an edge of the seat game.
Well played everyone and a massive thankyou to everyone who helped on the day.

A big thankyou to the London Roller Girls for organising such a fun and action packed weekend. We got to meet some great people, play and watch some great Roller Derby, spend all our cash on RD goodies and party like loons!
LRG… we salute you for the success of what was hopefully the first of [...]

Rainy City learned earlier this week that they will play in group C of the European Bout in London later this month, Group C comprises Rainy City, The London Rockin Rollers And The Glasgow Roller Girls, a tough match up for a team with less than 10 months on skates by the time the [...]

On the 20th of June the Rainy City Roller Girls split in to two teams, the beautiful Storm Sirens (purple) and the rebellious Queens of Hail (silver) and descended on the Castle Centre in Bury to duke it out.

For the first time in history, leading Roller Derby leagues from around Europe will gather to battle it out on the derby track in London, England. The Roll Britannia tournament will be a great chance for the world to see the progress of Roller Derby in the “old world” and for teams across Europe [...]