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.

What a busy day we’ve had promoting and preparing for tomorrows bout.
Huge thanks have to go to Heather Stott @ BBC GMR for having me and Missy Rascal on her show. you can listen again to the whole show of course (we’re on at about 1hr 43 mins, but i know you wont skip through): [...]

So wow, we made page 3!
Many thanks to the Manchester Evening News for running a feature on us and helping us promote our upcoming bout. This was a huge boost for us in terms of awareness and we look forward to keeping them uptodate with our future antics. We always need more people to get [...]

Rainy City Roller Girls Vs Leeds Roller Dolls

This week at practice we were lucky enough to be joined by Rachael Brown from Out North West. Out North West is published by the Lesbian and Gay Foundation, they provide more direct services and resources to more lesbian, gay and bisexual people than any other charity of its kind in the UK, visit their [...]