Archive for the 'Roller Derby' Category

Track attack! - 2010 WFTDA South Central highlights

Sunday, December 19th, 2010

Aha! So busy have I been (that I seem to be talking like Yoda) over the past year that I’ve barely blogged about roller derby…cos I’ve been too busy working….and *playing* roller derby.
Festive times are nigh = time off, so I probably do a year in photos of roller derby in […]

Mary meets concrete: the result…

Monday, September 13th, 2010

This is what happens when you trip over your own toes fall on car park concrete while wearing a skirt…you scrape the skin off the fleshy pads of your hands, and you make a glory-gory mess of your leg. The irony is I had just emerged injury-free from playing a closed roller derby bout. […]

RWRG vs RTRB

Friday, April 30th, 2010

If you couldn’t make it to the Royal Windsor Rollergirls vs Romsey Town Rollerbillies bout last Saturday, then here’s what you missed…check out my cracking salute in the skate-out…it’s in the first 10 seconds…

This was my Easter

Monday, April 5th, 2010

So I worked today because as a shift worker, I don’t get Bank Holidays…well, at least when they’re scheduled. I get the days in lieu, so that’s good cos then I can schedule my own Bank Holidays….’Mary Holidays’ if you will. So, basically, I just get much more annual leave. Which is […]

Meet Megabeth - the 53-year-old derby grrl..

Wednesday, September 2nd, 2009

I get nervous skating track and I’m 29…this 53-year-old librarian (and roller derby girl) puts me to shame…
http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/js/2.0/video/evp/module.js?loc=int&vid=/video/living/2009/08/28/roller.derby.librarian.cnn