tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-75928671131967047462024-02-07T12:37:51.687-08:00Bath Roller Derby GirlsBath Roller Derby Girlshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14500393330556537898noreply@blogger.comBlogger29125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7592867113196704746.post-35876407598602192932014-03-26T05:44:00.000-07:002014-03-26T05:44:07.251-07:00Player Spotlight: Hell Cat<br />
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<b><u>Why Did You Start Roller Derby?</u></b></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 17px; white-space: pre-wrap;">A few different friends had asked me if I'd heard of roller derby and were surprised when I said hadn't. They thought it'd be right up my alley, so I did some digging online and fell a little bit in love. When I found out Bath didn't have a league, I teamed up with some other forlorn derby wannabes and helped to found Bath Roller Derby!</span></span></div>
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<b><u>Describe Your Roller Derby Career So Far</u></b></div>
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Slow and steady! Before upgrading my wheels, I struggled with speed on track and it took me a little while to get to grips with the tactical elements of the sport. Tearing my MCL back in December meant I was off skates for a frustrating two months, but I used this time to swot up, watch loads of online footage and even bench manage a few scrims. Tactical deficit conquered! Played plenty of closed doors, one mixed public bout and excited to have some public games with Bath lined up. Next step; face down my jamming demons...<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">I have a huge amount of respect for Buccaneer Betty Fear (<a href="http://www.severnrollertorrent.com/" target="_blank">Severn Roller Torrent</a>). Not only is she a brilliant skater, but she's a kick ass coach and has an <a href="http://itsahardblocklife.com/" target="_blank">awesome way with words</a>. SRT are clearly destined for great things and it's blatantly because of skaters like Fear, who seem to put everything they have into their league. I'm all about that. Go Fear.</span></div>
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<b><u>Sum up Bath Roller Derby Girls in 5 words</u></b></div>
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I am called Cat. My dog is called <a href="http://instagram.com/p/fXOucNid5q/" target="_blank">Mouse</a>. I didn't make the connection / realise how silly that sounds until she'd learnt her name...<br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 17.940000534057617px; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;">I watched Whip It and fell in love with the idea of a female sport where you can strap on skates and hit people. Speed and aggression - how could I not love it?! I also decided it was a perfect way for me to beat my fears of large groups of people, touching strangers and new places.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 17.940000534057617px; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;">A continuous roller coaster ride that I am finally used to. I went from being obsessed, to getting injured and resenting all things derby, then to getting back on wheels having learnt that derby is not the be-all-and-end-all, soul saving thing that I thought it was. </span></div>
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<b><u>Sum up Bath Roller Derby Girls in 5 words</u></b></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 17.940000534057617px; text-align: left; white-space: pre-wrap;">Welcoming, friendly, spreadsheet-loving organisational goddesses.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">I skated a lot as a kid as was always a relatively confident skater. Since quitting football three years ago (bad knees) I really missed the team involvement and being part of a competitive contact sport. I randomly got introduced to Derby and knew immediately it was going to suit me..... fast, aggressive, team based, athletic and more kind to the knees. Within 24 hours I had the full set of safety gear, coupled with my 20 year old boots. Ha.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Within 3 weeks of being in the league team I'd played 6 bouts (with Bath, also subbing in to help make up numbers for the Devon Clotted Screamers!) I was loving it... until I played bull dogs one night at a roller disco and broke and dislocated my ankle. One 6 inch plate and 6 screws later, I had months ahead of me before wearing skates again. I was heart broken! But I'm smiling more now, as I'm just getting used to skates again and hope to be back to contact derby within a couple of weeks.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Well, I fell out of love with my old skates (Riedell Vixens) since breaking my ankle, so sold them. I'm currently using fellow skater Steg's old skates, but I have a top notch pair on order which occasionally leaves me sleepless with excitement..... Antik AR1s, Arius plates, Boneless Ceramic bearings, Heartless wheels.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Michelle Steilen (BonesBearings) I’ve watched her stunts a million times on you tube. She's amazing and totally fearless (and beautiful....bitch haha!)</span></div>
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Bath Roller Derby Girlshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14500393330556537898noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7592867113196704746.post-7544349109921573792014-03-06T05:21:00.002-08:002014-03-06T07:14:42.126-08:00Bath Roller Derby Girls Get Shirty<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ever noticed how roller derby just seems to attract the best ones? Creative, ethical, practical; the derby demographic is all kinds of awesome - the sort of people my mum would approvingly refer to as "do-ers". Couple that with the passion behind the sport's DIY ethos and it's immediately clear why it's one of the fastest growing amateur sports in the world. Derby people make stuff happen.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">With all that in mind, it should come as no surprise that when <a href="https://www.facebook.com/BathRollerDerbyGirls" target="_blank">Bath Roller Derby</a> decided the time had come for their very first league merchandise order, we didn't have to outsource a thing! We're very lucky to count an uber-talented and eco-friendly screen printer amongst our ranks in the form of Hannah Conway, aka Conway The Barbarian.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">One half of </span><a href="http://www.idressmyself.co.uk/" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">I DRESS MYSELF</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">, Hannah and partner Pete have been busily putting together our order and we're thrilled to announce that it's almost ready to put on sale! We'll be selling two kinds of shirt through <a href="http://bathrollerderbygirls.blogspot.co.uk/p/brdg-merch.html" target="_blank">this blog</a> (a lovely pale blue and our trademark sunny yellow!) as well as rolling out a mixed bag of various colours and cuts at our bouts, fundraisers and socials.</span><br />
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Bath Roller Derby Girlshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14500393330556537898noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7592867113196704746.post-24237576451839252622014-02-28T01:43:00.000-08:002014-02-28T05:32:53.025-08:00BRDG Winter Highlights! (Or: "What Christmas Break?")<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It's been a little while since our last proper update - we promise we haven't been hibernating! Here are some of the best bits of Bath Roller Derby's winter season... Get ready for a post of great epicness!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In February, LaySu, Tink, Steg, Lou Bootin' and Petra also hit up <a href="http://bearcityrollerderby.com/?lang=en" target="_blank">Derby Revolution</a> in Bruges, where they trained with some bone fide derby legends! W</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">e've all been benefitting in league training sessions from the excellent jamming drills taught to them by none other than Suzy Hotrod, eeeeee! Getting to learn from some of the best players in the world, first hand... What a truly amazing sport we're a part of <3</span></div>
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I have always done some contact sport, I loved to skate when I was a kid, and I like DIY culture and feminism so it was kinda a natural progression.<br />
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Fresh Meat with Dorset Roller Girls, Skater with Bristol Roller Derby for a year while helping get BRDG going.</div>
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Hand-me-down Riedell 265's with slightly-shonky-home-mounted Mag Avenger plates and Atom Jukes.</div>
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Derby Love and Shoves. ... Biatch.</div>
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Ahhh why you make me do this. I don't know fun things. Um. I can't handle carrots cut into rounds and was once bit in the bum by a police dog.</div>
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<b>We Got A Home In Bath!</b><br />
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After a year of searching, we <i>finally </i>found a Bath home for Bath Roller Derby! No more trips to Tro Bo! We're delighted to announce that we'll now be regularly skating at <a href="http://www.beechencliff.org.uk/" target="_blank">Beechen Cliff School</a> twice a week.</div>
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BRDG were lucky enough to have two awesome guest coach sessions; an awesome session learning how to booty pop with the powerhouse that is <a href="http://brawlers.co.uk/profile/kid-block/" target="_blank">Kid Block</a> and a V-wall / recycling masterclass with the Harbour Harlot's <a href="http://www.bristolrollerderby.com/teams/harbour-harlots/" target="_blank">Kevin</a>. We learned so much from both of them and massively appreciated them taking the time to travel to train with us!</div>
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This already got it's <a href="http://bathrollerderbygirls.blogspot.co.uk/2013/10/track-to-future.html" target="_blank">own post</a> - but a big thanks again to <a href="http://www.herefordrollergirls.co.uk/" target="_blank">Hereford Horror Bulls</a> for throwing an awesome cherry popper! The Bath girls who played had a great time, and can't wait to play to a crowd again :)</div>
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<b>Our Fresh Meat Graduated!</b><br />
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September marked the end of our 10 week Fresh Meat course! Our first ever batch of new recruits all graduated with flying colours (mainly yellow tbf) as we knew they would, thanks to the continued effort and awesomesauce of Rosie Hardcore Blondage. It's a pleasure to be skating regularly together now as a full league :) Watch this space for details of our next intake!</div>
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We had a great time playing Bristol rookies in a friendly scrim! We fielded some of our newly graduated Fresh Meat and they really stepped up. Smac Down Angel in particular deserves a special mention for busting out what will now be forever known as her signature move; the JCB. Can't wait to play Bristol again!</div>
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<i>The Nandy Man Can (send you off now.)</i></div>
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We're chuffed to bits to announce that BRDG now has their very own herd of three regular, super great zebras! Poor guys probably thought they'd get to play some derby at some point, but now we've got them in stripes there will be no let up! Welcome on board Nan-imosity, Safety Barry-er and Ghengis Harm :)<br />
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This month had more than the usual share of BRDG birthdays, including those of Smashing Thumpkins, Scarlett O'Harma, Tan Grenade and Tinker Hell. Celebrations included sparkly roller disco fun and a night of superhero alter egos (as if our derby alter egos weren't enough to contend with.)</div>
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Hosted by <a href="http://www.oxfordwheelsofgory.co.uk/" target="_blank">Wheels of Gory</a> (who we are playing in a couple of months) six of our girls headed to join another 30 or so skaters from leagues across the UK in a mixed scrim. Lazy Susan, Scarlett O'Harma, Smac Down Angel, Tinker Hell, Trevlock Holmes and Smashing Thumpkins all did us proud and spread the BRDG yellow fever!<br />
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After pinching Kimi and Moyse for our Bristol scrim, we returned the favour by loaning four of our skaters to the <a href="https://en-gb.facebook.com/DevonClottedScreamers" target="_blank">Devon Clotted Screamers</a> in their scrim with <a href="http://www.severnrollertorrent.com/" target="_blank">Severn Roller Torrent B's</a> in Gloucester. Since playing them earlier in the summer, the BRDG girls were eager for another encounter and enjoyed a hard-fought and hugely enjoyable game.</div>
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<b>Coming Up...</b><br />
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+ BRDG Halloween Scrimmage!<br />
+ BRDG Pub Quiz Fundraiser - Hob Goblin Bath, 7.30pm 5th Nov<br />
+ Details of our new Fresh Meat intake...<br />
+ BRDG Christmas Roast Potato Party / Mince Pie HangoversBath Roller Derby Girlshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14500393330556537898noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7592867113196704746.post-39007563455342339142013-10-09T02:18:00.000-07:002013-10-09T02:19:18.643-07:00Track To The Future!<br />
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BRDG skaters Hell Cat, Lazy Susan and Scarlett O'Harma were honoured to be a part of the brilliant <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/429964797123803/?fref=ts" target="_blank">Track To The Future</a> double header in Hereford on Sunday.<br />
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After helping to bring home a win for Team Tannen in a nail-biting opening mixed bout, they're still on a massive high, and would like to say a huge thank you to <a href="http://www.herefordrollergirls.co.uk/" target="_blank">Hereford Roller Girls</a> (especially Minxy Dodd for her organisational super powers.)<br />
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What a perfect way to spend a Sunday...<br />
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Bath Roller Derby Girlshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14500393330556537898noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7592867113196704746.post-7183337445776194422013-09-13T14:36:00.000-07:002013-09-15T01:30:03.680-07:00Happy 1 Year Derbyversary Bath Roller Derby!We checked the records and exactly a year ago, to this day, a group of overly excited, wobbly would-be roller derby players were strapping on skates, gagging on cheap mouth guards and trying to figure out which way their knee pads went as they assembled at Green Park Station.<br />
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Yep, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/BathRollerDerbyGirls" target="_blank">Bath Roller Derby Girls</a> first ever session was exactly a year ago - which means our little league has officially made it through its first year and turns one today! What a ridiculously amazing year it's been...<br />
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Displaying Spartan levels of stoic badassery, we soldiered through the dark initial days - skating in a freezing former railway station, never flinching as we pulled splinter after splinter from our bums, and maintaining a zen-like tolerance of the little kids who kicked footballs at us while we stretched out...<br />
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It took a huge effort to get the league off the ground, and we owe a big thank you to <a href="http://www.bristolrollerderby.com/" target="_blank">Bristol Roller Derby</a> at that time, for the loan of their spare kit, and for their help coaching sessions way back at the beginning - especially Tess, Matt and Jet. We count ourselves very lucky to have such awesome derby neighbours.<br />
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I think even with the puddles, and the passing drunks and the massive sign that said "No Skating" and attracted many a disapproving OAP, we knew we were on to a good thing...<br />
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<b>Winter Is Coming: The Nomadic Days</b><br />
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It is a truth universally acknowledged that you shouldn't have to wear gloves and a scarf to training. Green Park was open to the elements and we started to freeze. The nights drew in and our epic quest for a permanent home began... Drawing a blank with Bath's halls, we started a nomadic existence, shuttling between Frome and Corsham venues.<br />
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We were starting to kind of get this derby thing though. The league was lucky to have some great coaches - Petra Bomb and Nikalicious Vicious led lots of our sessions - and although passing Min Skills still seemed like an age away, slowly but surely we started ticking those bad boys off the list. Ploughing was now a viable alternative to steaming straight into the wall... When we fell (and oh how we fell), we fell small... <br />
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The floor at Corsham got worse every week, and with new skaters swelling our ranks, we'd outgrown Frome and it's lethal hidden stacks of furniture. The next move was to Trowbridge; home of the lovely, lovely floor of dreams. Suddenly 25 in 5 didn't seem like such an impossible task - we started passing Minimum Skills! We've come on in leaps and bounds since we've been skating here - and aside form the amazing dedication of our own coaches, we also need to thank folks for the fantastic guest coaching we've received from <a href="https://twitter.com/kidblocktbb" target="_blank">Kid Block</a> and <a href="http://tigerbaybrawlers.tumblr.com/post/43640703676/getting-to-know-you-boba-fettish" target="_blank">Boba Fettish</a> of the <a href="http://brawlers.co.uk/" target="_blank">Tiger Bay Brawlers</a> and the ladies of <a href="http://www.severnrollertorrent.com/" target="_blank">Seven Roller Torrent</a> (especially Fear, who is awesome.)<br />
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With a bunch of us Min Skills passed, we also started preparing to take on other real life roller girls. Ho. Lee. Sheet. We had to kick things up a gear: this called for a training montage! <br />
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We popped our cherry to the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/DevonClottedScreamers" target="_blank">Devon Clotted Screamers</a>. What can I say, you never forget your first. We've remained really good friends with these girls - if you ever get a chance to play them, or just hang out, <i>jump at it</i>. They are brilliant. We love you Screamers! </div>
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Taking charge of all training was our beloved HC Blondage - who roams the globe like some kind of roller derby Gandalf, sprinkling magic and cider on everyone she passes (last spotted in Amsterdam, killing it on Team No Sleep.) Fresh Meat aced the course, graduating to league training at the end of the 10 weeks with no problem at all - we can't wait to get everyone up to Min Skills level and skating out with us.<br />
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It's been brilliant to see Bath Roller Derby grow from a couple of girls nursing pints around a pub table and talking about starting something, to 35+ regular skaters, refs and NSOs. We celebrated their graduation in style with a Debutantes Crawl...<br />
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Our darling Wheelia Smith got WED! She didn't even slack off training to avoid wedding picture arm bruises! We gave her a suitably epic send off, and still got up the next morning to run the Bath Race For Life. <br />
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We also had a lot of fun supporting our beloved Petra "Petra's Gonna Get Ya" Bomb in her own bout with the Harbour Harlots Bees!<br />
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There's SO MUCH MORE I could add to this already epic post - but if I don't stop writing soon then it will be tomorrow, and no longer our 1 Year Derbyversary... To sum up and hopefully without getting too mushy; Bath Roller Derby is pretty much the greatest thing I've ever been involved with. It's made the last year one of the best of my whole life, and I know its introduced me to people who I'll be friends with until I'm an old, old lady, looking approvingly on at kids skating in places where skating is forbidden.<br />
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A huge thank you to everyone who's coached us, supported our fundraisers, driven us to training, traveled to play with us, slapped ice packs on our bruises, cheered us on and generally made the last 12 months all the fun they've been.<br />
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I can't wait to see what the next year holds for Bath Roller Derby. Love and shoves, everyone - happy birthday BRDG x.<br />
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Bath Roller Derby Girlshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14500393330556537898noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7592867113196704746.post-34995759840995702022013-08-06T10:03:00.000-07:002013-08-06T10:05:06.687-07:00Fresh Meat - Summer 2013<br />
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<i>Ever wondered what it's like to join a Roller Derby league? Huge thanks to one of our most dedicated, motivated and generally wonderful Freshies, Hen, for the following write up!</i></div>
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About 2 or 3 years ago I once spent all day in bed, and I mean aaaaall day; I only got up to make myself cups of tea and food which I’d then consume back under the duvet, until I went back to sleep for the rest of the night. </div>
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Until May of this year, I’d considered that day to be pretty much uncontested for the title of Best Thing I Have Ever Done, but then a challenger suddenly came out of nowhere and now a recount has been called. </div>
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Fresh Meat with BRDG has been an amazing and completely unexpected experience. Long-time friend and BRDG team captain Steg O’Soar had been subtly, and then not-so-subtly, hinting that I should look into roller derby for a few months but I’d never seriously believed I’d actually do it. </div>
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<i>Fresh Meat line up at the very first session of our 10 week course (Pic Credit - Hazel Freear)</i></div>
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I was quite surprised when I actually pressed send on the “yep, I’ll do it” text when she told me that a new intake of skaters would be happening soon. I have no business joining a roller derby league: I had never worn a pair of skates in my life let alone played a team sport. Somehow I didn’t think that my experience of “fielding” (walking as far away from the actual game as possible with my pal Lucy and sitting down to chat on the grass) in rounders at school was going to help me much. I’d also not voluntarily exercised for a loooong time. All these factors might make you believe that I’d turn up to the first practice and totally suck…</div>
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And I did! My first sessions on skates I needed a minimum of one of the BRDG helpers just to help me stay upright and moving forward. If I was feeling especially bold, I’d raise my hands a few inches above their forearms for a few seconds, before slamming them back down. Apologies if anyone still has claw marks in their arms from this. </div>
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I absolutely wasn’t a comfortable or natural skater and I’m still not. I can move around the track unaided now and I’m slowly but surely picking up speed, but I still haven’t totally lost that sense of nervousness from having 8 wheels strapped to my feet. The list of basic skating skills I’m terrible at is pretty darn long, but so is the list of things I suck at less than when I first attempted them. And that feels incredible. </div>
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<i>Demos from Blondage & Steg (Pic Credit - Hazel Freear)</i></div>
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I’m pretty sure I’m not the first person to discover that practising a skill you find insanely hard until you can do it is really satisfying, but I’m always surprised by how often I get that feeling in derby. In the immortal words of Jake the Dog from Adventure Time “Dude, suckin’ at something is the first step to being sorta good at something” </div>
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And being bad at something you want to be good at is really hard. At best it’s challenging fun, like destroying your brother’s Sims family without him knowing it was definitely you, but at worst it’s utterly frustrating, like when you come home from a sleepover and the Sims family you’ve been working on for months suddenly all hate each other and the house you built for them is covered in their own urine. </div>
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Despite finding it hard work (physically as well as mentally) training has become the highlight of my week since I’ve started. Like an excited child counting down the days until Christmas, I’m usually thinking about how long it will be until I get to kit up and skate again. This isn’t just because I enjoy circling a track and making poorly timed and clunky attempts at crossovers, but also because I get to spend two hours in the company of some of the coolest people I’ve ever met. </div>
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I would never have been able to predict how brilliantly social a sport roller derby is. I’m struggling to think of a single person I’ve come across during my time with BRDG that I’m not super excited to know. Doing something slightly better than you were last week? Chances are at least one person will loudly announce to you how awesome you are, while you mumble something resembling “thanks” just in case there’s actually someone with your name standing directly behind you, doing backflips on skates.</div>
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<i>Fresh Meat's first ever pace line (Pic Credit - Hazel Freear)</i></div>
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I’m convinced the biggest reason I’ve found derby such ridiculous fun so far is because of the people I get to do it with. I do sometimes wonder how there can be such a large group of people who can be as friendly, funny, smart and talented as the women and men I’ve met through BRDG. It just doesn’t seem logical that something this good can exist in a world that has Mrs Brown’s Boys or BT Customer Service call centres in it. </div>
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I might have to spend another whole day in bed just to be sure, but at the moment I’m thinking that joining BRDG Fresh Meat might just be the best decision I’ve ever made.</div>
Bath Roller Derby Girlshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14500393330556537898noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7592867113196704746.post-44022763472761340422013-08-05T07:49:00.000-07:002013-08-05T08:15:31.676-07:00Do You Remember The First Time? Bath Roller Derby Girls Vs. Devon Clotted Screamers!<div style="text-align: justify;">
A long overdue post to record our <b><u>first ever</u></b> closed door bout with the very lovely <a href="https://www.facebook.com/DevonClottedScreamers" target="_blank">Devon Clotted Screamers</a>! Having travelled to Barnstaple for some shared training and scrimming earlier in the year, we were really happy to have the chance to repay some of the Screamers' amazing hospitality and play them on home turf. On July 14th they braved the heatwave and M5 holiday traffic to join us at Withywood.</div>
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It was a fast-paced, fun few hours, with both teams sending out very eager rosters. It was clear how much work both teams had put in over the few months since we'd last played together, with a huge improvement in everyone's tactical game play especially noticeable. After a few scrappy first jams, both teams seemed to find their stride and level out, continuing to push each other and keep the pressure on until the final whistle(s). Lots of love to all who reffed and NSO'ed (lots of first timers!) - and special thanks to XiXi Stomp for sorting our line ups, and MatLovin for being our first ever Bench Coach (we promise to do some listening drills in the coming weeks!)</div>
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<i>Wheelia Smith comes up against a strong Screamer defence... </i><i>(Pic Credit - David Payne)</i></div>
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<i>Wheelia making it through with a little help from Hardcore Blondage, Steg O'Saur and Scarlet O'Harma </i><i>(Pic Credit - David Payne)</i><br />
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After a super sweaty couple of hours, we de-padded, wrung out our hair and headed outside to cool off and decide on who to award our bout certificates to. We also gave out some special BRDG goodie bags to thank the Screamers for coming so far to play us; stickers, badges, chewing gum, popping candy and some neon sticking plasters, just in case ;)</div>
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Next up; group photo and certificates! Deciding on MVP, Best Blocker and Jammer was tough, but luckily we had some customised cupcakes as brain fuel... In the end awards went to;</div>
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<b>MVP Bath - Foxy Hard Knox<span style="color: #333333; font-family: lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 14px;"> </span></span></b></div>
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<b>MVP Screamers - Rolls Moyse</b></div>
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After the prize giving, both teams hoped into oven-like cars to drive all over Bristol looking for a picnic spot (which Hell Cat had been assured was very easy to find!) What felt like several hours later (waaah, sorry again guys!) we finally found Leigh Woods, where we proceeded to demolish indecent amounts of Jaffa Cakes. Perfect end to an awesome day.</div>
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<span style="text-align: center;">Thanks again for coming to play us Screamers - we couldn't have lost our bouting cherry to nicer girls! Looking forward to seeing you all again soon :)</span></div>
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Bath Roller Derby Girlshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14500393330556537898noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7592867113196704746.post-40672846052314788732013-07-30T15:38:00.001-07:002013-07-30T15:43:25.964-07:00Bath's Been Busy!<div style="text-align: justify;">
It was a busy weekend for <a href="https://www.facebook.com/BathRollerDerbyGirls" target="_blank">Bath Roller Derby</a>! Sunday saw several of our league players shipped out to various scrims and bouts - we had a blast playing with other teams!</div>
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The bout was an epic showcase of mytho-legendary proportions, with TinkerHell and Scarlett O'Harma skating for Team Unicorn, and Smasha Cake and Steg O'Soar rolling for the Dinosaurs. With an array of impressive moves from both teams, it's no surprise that the crowd was baying for more magical bloodshed; but after a thrilling clash of fantastical titans, Dinosaurs clawed their way to victory with a final score of 214-122.</div>
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Meanwhile, over in Bristol, Hell Cat, Lazy Susan and a last minute Tan Grenade were incredibly excited to be part of the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/BristolRollerDerby?fref=ts" target="_blank">Bristol Roller Derby</a> Harry Potter Graduate Scrimmage! The girls played in both of the spell-binding 30 minute scrims - one of which was their first ever foray into the world of co-ed derby - and loved every second. Skating first for Ravenclaw and then Hufflepuff, they chalked up one defeat (to a bewitching Slytherin) and one magical last minute win (against Gryffindor)- with a lot of time out on the track and only a couple of spells in "detention" (penalty box!) between them ;)</div>
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We have a ton of respect for the amazingness of Bristol Roller Derby, and getting to be a part of this afternoon, especially sharing the excitement as Fresh Meat underwent their Sorting Hat ceremony to be allocated to their new league team, was a real honour. From the cake pops and ref costumes to the house banners hanging on the wall and the Diagon Alley themed merch stall - it was clear how much work had gone into making the day really special for the Fresh Meat, who'd obviously been putting heaps of effort into passing their Minimum Spells too. 10 points to BRD!</div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">A huge thank you to everyone who turned up for the first BRDG Pub Quiz fundraiser - it was a massive success! We packed out our spiritual home, The Hobgoblin, and <span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;">Quizmeistress Hell Cat (that's me!) put everyone through their paces; 6 rounds of questioning, picture rounds plus a creative challenge for a bonus!</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The evening went so well that we're considering making it a regular event - so don't worry if you missed out, we'll be back soon.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">We were raising money for our upcoming insurance renewal. Now that we're getting up to bouting level, we'd love to put on some live roller derby for the folks of Bath, and to do this, we'll need increased public liability insurance - which this quiz will help us afford!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">One of the challenges facing the teams was to writing their own roller derby limericks - they were so awesome, I've been asked to post them here - enjoy!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">A young derby player from Bath</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Enjoyed the occasional half.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">She put on her skates,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">And rolled out the gate,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Then she feel in a heap on the path.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The was a young lassie from Fife,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">And Roller Derby was her life.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">She put on her skates</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">And made loads of mates,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">And married her sweet Derby wife!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">There was a team from Bath</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Who didn't do skating by half.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">They went hard or went home.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">They'd broken some bone,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">But they always had a good laugh.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">There once was a young derby team,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Who had an elaborate scheme.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">To raise lots of money,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">They thought it was funny</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">To cover themselves in whipped cream.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The thought of derby skating'</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Gets my excitement inflatin'</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">You fall to the floor</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">And get hit 'til you're sore</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Then ref calls "insubordinatin'!"</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">There once were some ladies from Bath,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Who fancied a jolly good laugh,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">They upgraded their wheels</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">With yellows and teals</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">And kicked the other team's arse!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">There once was a Bath Derby crew</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Who made all the local boys coo</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">They lads would all stammer</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">To hip check their jammer,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">But a leg whip would just have to do</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">A woman who came here from Stroud</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Said "I don't see why you're all so proud!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">It's just rugby on skates,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">But you do look so great</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Going round and around and around!"</span><br />
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After a Saturday of epic proportions (our very own Wheelia Smith's derby hen do, involving the awesome <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/458197044263802/" target="_blank">Bristol June Double Header</a>, bowling, karaoke and enough cider to fell a Wurzel) an elite squad of Bath Roller Derby Girls shook off their not insignificant hangovers and headed out to run the <a href="http://raceforlife.cancerresearchuk.org/index.html" target="_blank">Race For Life 5km</a>.</div>
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With over 2,500 women running, there was an incredible atmosphere, huge support and all round general good vibes as we covered the distance; a determined speck of yellow in a sea of pink t-shirts and tutus. The endurance drills have clearly been paying off as we all made really good time - and even got a name check from the race announcers, Heart FM, as we passed over the finish line!</div>
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Cancer is the worst.<br />
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<a href="http://raceforlife.cancerresearchuk.org/index.html" target="_blank">Race For Life</a> raises money for all kinds of cancer research, but just to put things in context, 1 in 8 women will be affected by breast cancer during their lives. Statistically, that's 3 of our team - which is frankly unthinkable. Help us double-team shoulder check cancer so hard that it limps off to the changing rooms and never, ever comes back. <a href="https://www.raceforlifesponsorme.org/bath-roller-derby/" target="_blank">Donate to our fundraising page here</a>. Thank you.</div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 16px;">The next stage: public bouting! We want to bring Bath the very best in live roller derby - but full contact sport + public bouting = massive insurance bill...</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 16px;">So... support your local roller derby team! Join us at the first of many BRDG fundraisers, a <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/362017067231134/" target="_blank">pub quiz at our beloved Hobgoblin</a> :D</span><br />
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A big week for Bath Roller Derby Girls! With a brand new intake of Fresh Meat starting and our second ever scrimmage on the horizon, we thought we'd get some derby mojo behind us. What better way than a Saturday bootcamp with Tiger Bay Brawlers' Kid Block and Boba Fettish?<br />
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Having seen the damage that Cardiff's top team recently did in the European Skate Odyssey tournament (and at least half of us totally fan-girling at their combined mad skills), we were excited to learn as much as we could cram in. And it was a LOT! Kid and Boba gave us an invaluable session of skills, drills and training tips that will push our gameplay to new places… full heads and sore legs have never felt so good!<br />
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Bath Roller Derby Girlshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14500393330556537898noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7592867113196704746.post-80716980586933471912013-05-11T10:25:00.000-07:002013-05-11T10:25:15.796-07:00Bath Roller Derby Training Montage!<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #71767a; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 21px;"></span><br />
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Like what you see? Remember we're recruiting - drop us a line, we'd love to hear from you and get you signed up for Fresh Meat training at the end of May.</div>
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Combination chosen (yellow tops with our teal logo), spreadsheet compiled, off went our order to Roller Derby City. One bank holiday weekend later and...voila!</div>
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Excitement ensued when the folk at Roller Derby City posted a sneaky preview of our tops in the making on their <a href="https://www.facebook.com/rollerderbycity?directed_target_id=0" target="_blank">facebook page</a>. Then followed more hysteria when RDC posted an image of our very own Smashing Thumpkins' new scrim top as their Name of the Day online!<br />
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Bath Roller Derby Girlshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14500393330556537898noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7592867113196704746.post-75879538055071093132013-05-10T02:36:00.000-07:002013-05-10T02:37:35.731-07:00<div style="text-align: center;">
<b>WE ARE RECRUITING! </b></div>
Yes, we are now opening our doors again and offering a 10-week beginners course. It'll be on Thursday evenings, starting
30th May, in which we will teach you how to safely fall, stop, skate,
and what roller derby involves. We have limited spare kit to lend for
the first two sessions, however you will need your own kit (quad skates,
helmet, wrist/elbow/kneepads, mouthguard) after that. Sessions will be 2
hours long and cost £5.<br />
Get in touch for more details and to register: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/409701615732018/doc/514507975251381/#" role="button">bathrollerderbygirls@gmail.com</a><br />
<a href="http://www.facebook.com/BathRollerDerbyGirls">www.facebook.com/BathRollerDerbyGirls</a><br />
Check out the facebook event for more details or email us: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/127101230820467/?ref=22" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/events/</a><br />
We can’t wait to meet you and share our love for our sport!!<br />
Over 18s only. Please register in advance!!<br />
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<br />Bath Roller Derby Girlshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14500393330556537898noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7592867113196704746.post-7443131274813852462013-04-15T15:15:00.000-07:002013-05-13T15:16:14.316-07:00Guest Coaching Session from Severn Roller TorrentOur coaches work darn hard in sharing their derby wisdom and training us up to be the next <a href="http://www.kamikazekitten.co.uk/wordpress/" target="_blank">Kamikaze Kitten</a>s (a girl can dream). So we thought we'd give them a break one Sunday. Guest coaching is a big thing in Roller Derby so we spread the word that we're a new league looking for some outsider training!<br />
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Enter <a href="http://www.severnrollertorrent.com/" target="_blank">Severn Roller Torrent</a>. Four of their most formidable skaters travelled down to us all the way from Gloucester one April Sunday to cram as much derby into our two hour training slot as possible!<br />
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First an intense thirty minute endurance drill. After catching our breath it was onto an hour of pack work and blocking skills. Lastly, thirty minutes working on jammer techniques. After all this we were ready for a good s-t-r-e-t-c-h and said our goodbyes. We were so worn out we didn't even remember to take any pictures! Any excuse to invite the girls back again!<br />
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Thanks to Miss Havislam, Jedi Mistress, Voodoo Ray for coming down :D</div>
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<br />Bath Roller Derby Girlshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14500393330556537898noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7592867113196704746.post-24368502386277333762013-01-10T08:19:00.001-08:002013-01-10T08:27:19.916-08:00BATH ROLLER DERBY GIRLS OPEN NIGHT<br />
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After an advertising push and a lot of persuading friends to come along, we turned up at the Cheese and Grain on Tuesday evening with high hopes. We had forms, stickers, badges and spare kit all ready to go.</div>
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Everyone enjoyed being put through their paces – trying out some knee slids, ploughs and sticky skating. There was lots of laugher and fun had by all.</div>
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<i>Interested in trying out Roller Derby with us? Get in touch! We're always happy to hear from you - head over to our <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Bath-Roller-Derby-Girls/305453802826680" target="_blank">Facebook Page</a> :) </i></div>
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Look ma, we're famous! Big thanks to The Frome Times for coming out to take some snaps and interview us at our last training session. It's great to see the BRDG message spreading :)</div>
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Are you here because you saw the article? Take a look around the rest of the site and get in touch with us on our <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Bath-Roller-Derby-Girls/305453802826680?ref=hl" target="_blank">Facebook page</a> if you'd like to come to a session. We can help with spare kit, lifts, information - you name it, we're here to help.</div>
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