Roll Britannia!

Hear ye hear ye....European roller derby has arrived and we are ready to show it. Save the date for the first ever European roller derby tournament - Roll Britannia! Roll Britannia is hosted by the London Rollergirls in fabulous London, England over the weekend of July 18-19, 2009. Details on exact location and accomodation options to follow...

REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN - DOWNLOAD YOUR INFO PAK HERE!

TIMELINES:

* Registration Deadline - 20th March 2009
* Confirmation of Acceptance - 29th March 2009
* Deadline for Submission of Team Roster - 5th June 2009
* Deadline for Submission of Roster Changes - 19th June 2009

Don't want to skate, but still want to party? There'll be plenty of room for spectators and derby widows to hang out too, and like all roller derby events, there'll be amazing afterparties.

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Comment by Grand Poobah on July 19, 2009 at 11:36am

1st: London Rollergirls London Brawling
2nd: Birmingham Blitz Derby Dames Brummy
3rd: Glasgow Rollergirls Irn Bruisers
4th: Auld Reekie Roller Girls (Edinburgh, Scotland)

As there's no ranking system yet over there, they were split into four groups (check the picture above). Second place in each group (winning one and losing one bout) were Berlin Bombshells, Royal Rebel Rollers (only mixed team to win), London Rock'n'Rollers, and Stuttgart Valley Rollergirlz (Germany).

Comment by Grand Poobah on May 6, 2009 at 5:32am

Yes, that was me (although there was another "lodge brother" at the Black & Blue Ball). I'm afraid I'll have to miss this year's RollerCon. I may try to make at least one tournament this year. Remains to be seen.

Comment by Kitty DeCapitate on May 5, 2009 at 3:40pm

heheh, no worries :)
(not gonna let the Americans take ALL the credit for our league!!)

though i feel like a bit of a hypocrite coz i'm AUSTRALIAN!! mwahaha
I think I recall seeing you round at Rollercon last year (do you always wear the fez? Will be there again this year, so catch ya there if you're going too!

Comment by Tim Patten on May 2, 2009 at 3:48pm

With Roller Derby taking over the world, an international party bout would be so much fun to me. I'm still searching for "bout friends" who might want to travel along.

Comment by Grand Poobah on May 2, 2009 at 1:12pm

Cool, sorry, and thanks for correcting me! See how much new stuff I can learn by making unfounded suppositions about a league that's across the world? The fact that you had a skater from ACDG, (at least) one from Australia and that you seem to always win by massive margins was all I knew about your league thus far.

Keep up the good work! I'm sure at some point you'll have an opportunity to come "over here" and do some driving on the corr right side of the road. *~[;-{p>

If you do head to Canada while you're across the pond, I wouldn't pass by their London, Ontario's "Forest City Derby Girls." Could be an interesting way to get some press coverage, as the "hopefully they'll actually do it someday" Birmingham vs Birmingham bout.

Comment by Kitty DeCapitate on May 2, 2009 at 12:38pm

I just wanted to make a quick comment on how you say LRG are on the top because we have a US derby players on the team doing the coaching. We have ONE ex-US skater who skated with the then start-up ACDG about 2 years ago (and we're not the only league who does). We do however have alot of ex-pats from other countries, as well as alot of non-Londoners, which means alot of us have no family or friends network other than derby so can commit to it completely and totally. Our Coaching committee is made up of 10 dedicated sportsminded people (one US skater, 3 Aussies and 6 UK skaters) who are constantly striving for the best within themselves and for the league. This is not to say that other UK leagues don't do the same, but the idea that we are on top because we have US players coaching us is a bit insulting to all the hard work we have put in, training 4 times a week and having very strict, disciplined training sessions .
We have been really lucky with all the US visitors to London but in my experience, it's not the advice you are given, it's what you do with it and how you integrate that into your training that counts :)
P.S: LRG would LOVE to do a US tour!!! BRING IT ON!!!!!

Comment by Grand Poobah on April 15, 2009 at 10:16am

I'm sure you will. I also should have considered that being the OTHER home team, you're likely to have a roster advantage as well. The crowd will no doubt be on your side.

Comment by Hooligal on April 14, 2009 at 4:51pm

I don't think LRG have ever played Stuttgart at all actually, maybe they will have their chance come the tourny!
I hope we can prove u wrong! I do think that the LRG are a bit more experienced then anyone else but those other top spots are anybodys game. But we'll try to win it all of course haha ;)

Comment by Grand Poobah on April 14, 2009 at 10:15am

Ah, I must've missed that, or gotten the two local leagues mixed up in my head. I'll be delighted when you prove me wrong!

And I don't know where I got London Roller Dolls from. It's London Rollergirls I was talking about. I guess I should've waited till my second cup to type that.

Comment by Hooligal on April 14, 2009 at 9:12am

We beat Stuttgart last game so we have a chance thank you! GO ROCKIN ROLLERS! WOOOO!

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