Happy New Year!!!

Leeds Roller Dolls are recruiting! If you want to come and join us to become a kick-ass sports woman, we are having a taster session on Tuesday 17th January.

This will be followed by the next Ragdoll Academy intake.

We welcome skaters of all abilities (even those of you that have never skated before)

If you want to come and try it out email:recruit@leedsrollerdolls.co.uk

Photo courtesy of Jason Ruffell

If you were lucky to witness Auld Reekie vs Leeds Roller Dolls last February you'll know it was a very close fought nail biting bout. Well, here was the rematch!!

And if that wasn't enough our lovely LRD Whip-Its took on Auld Reekie's Cannon Belles in their first clash of skates!

What a fantastic end to the season with an LRD double win!

Leeds Roller Dolls art auction for 2011 http://leedsrollerdollsartauction.wordpress.com

20 of your favourite dolls, action men, friends and families have turned to their artistic sides to create works of art to raise money both for future roller derby plans and for the Alzheimers Society.

Peruse the gallery at http://leedsrollerdollsartauction.wordpress.com and if you see something you can’t bear to live without, email lrdartauction@gmail.com or add a comment stating the lot number, your name and amount you’d like to pay to place your bids. Gallery will be updated with current bids on a regular basis.

Bids will be taken until 5pm on the 22nd of October. Artwork will be on display at Monster’s brawl, LRDs next roller derby bout where the dolls and whip-its take on ARRG all the way from Edinburgh.

All lots have £3 reserve and are A4 in size so please dig deep to help your dolls and a worthy cause.

Another exciting event from the Leeds Roller Dolls!!

We brought over the newly formed Helsinki Roller Girls for their UK début against out very own LRD Whip-Its!

And if that wasn't enough we also brought man derby (that famous MERBY!) to West Yorkshire for the very first time with BO$$ HOG$ (Southern Discomfort) vs The Juke Brothers (Northern All Stars) starring our very own Crash Matt and Deadly Nedly!

In a slight change to the planned event we are now pleased to bring you an awesome Double Header extravaganza!

Remember that infamous bout against Glasgow's Irn Bruisers that resulted in not one but two overtime jams last season?? Well this was a rematch, both teams have changed, but the Derby tension remained high, with another nail-biting bout, complete with time-outs, and power jams a plenty. This time Irn Bruisers came out on top. What we know for sure is LRD v GRG is "never dull!"

And if that wasn't enough our whipper-snapper up and comers - the LRD Whip-its (including guest skater Dynamite Stix from MMR took on a team of guest skaters from Hot Wheel Roller Derby, Wakey Wheeled Cats, and Middlesbrough Milk Rollers. Another close game seeing lead switching back and forth between the two teams of rolling dames. The United Rollers eventually took the winning place breaking the Whipits winning streak.

On the 31st of July, nine of your favourite Leeds Roller Dolls and Refs ran and climbed around a 5K urbanathlon - an urban assault course in the city of Manchester.

Bruise em Banshee, Rigor Morris, Magic 8 Brawl, Venus de Pileup, Luna Landing, Hydra Electric, Skatewell Tart, Crash Matt and The Enforcer raised £381 between them for the StreetGames charity, developing doorstep sport with disadvantaged communities.

Music from:

The Reacharounds

Louie Stafford

and our fantastic headliners

Spirit of John

With everyones two favourite accompaniments, bingo and cake!
Entrance only £5

On 4th June 2011, six of the Leeds Roller Dolls (Caesar Maniac, Chernobelle, Luna Landing, Robin Hoodlum, R.I.Punzel and Terror Track-Doll) headed to the Lake District to take on the Windermere Row for St Gemma's Hospice - this year in it's 30th anniversary.

They rowed 10 miles across Lake Windermere in a wee wooden boat. It was a punishing challenge but being as competitive off skates as on, they gave it their all, in windy conditions, to finish 3rd place in the ladies category with time of 2hrs 39 minutes.

They have so far raised a staggering £890 for St Gemma's Hospice in Leeds, which provides specialist medical and nursing care for people with life threatening illnesses, predominantly cancer, along with support for their families.

It's not too late to sponsor them! And you can do it online at http://www.justgiving.com/dollsdowindermere

Well done ladies!

Sheffield Steel Rollergirls beat Prince William and Kate Middleton to it, by hosting their very own.....Royal Shredding!
Here Ye Here Ye. Sheffield Steel Rollergirls do proudly Announce that from this day forth 23rd April 2011 will be known forever after as The Royal Shredding.

To Celebrate the coming together brutally of the Houses of Sheffield and Leeds a Roller Derby bout was arranged . To find out which team is better, which team is worse.

Bout Review at SSRG site.

Yes it is here again folks!

Your opportunity to help Fundraise for the lovely Leeds Roller Dolls.

Ladies and Gentlemen we bring you another fun filled evening of Pub Quizing, Bingo Calling and Play Your Cards Right! Always a winning combination with LRD!

All with awesome prizes!

Usual rules apply, it is FREE ADMISSION - you just pay for what you play!

We'll see you there.

Featuring:

Executive Legs (shouty keyboard punk, featuring our very own Immodesty Graze, LRD's busiest roller girl! ... www.myspace.com/executivelegs)

and All Your Heroes (featuring ref's ref, doll's ref and all-round Ref, Boris Snarloff)

AND BINGO!! For no LRD fundraising night is complete without the calling out of numbers, the dabbing of bingo pens and the winning of prizes... LRD merch & other prizes to be won.

And if that's just not all ROLLER DERBY enough for you, we'll be playing footage of our home bout against Glasgow Roller Girls on a projector. The awesome bout that we won. Yes, that one.

£5 in

LRD's first Open Intraleague Bout, was an Independence Day Success. Blacks Stars squared up against the White Stripes. Joining the Dolls in the battle was fellow West Yorkshire skaters the Wakey Wheeled Cats. Sparkling for the Stars were Fu Quin Hell, Feline Fatale and Edd Hunter; while the Stripes were not to be out-stripped had guest Cats Lookin' Fur Touble, Madame Whip Crash and Bruise Buffer.

Leeds Roller Dolls first Intraleague bout saw the moustachioed Cops squaring up against those crafty Robbers. The first half saw the Robbers escaping with a runaway lead. The second half saw the strong arm of the law closing the gap on those pesky villains in a final score that did in fact see the Robbers winning and getting away scot free!

This was certainly NOT a bout to be missed. Both teams rallied up the crowd with a nail biting and high adrenaline event! Well done again Leeds and thank you very much Rainy City Rollergirls for hosting.
LRD would also like to thank our Coach Jerry Attric and Rosewhip for being the best line up managers on the day, our wonderful supporters, merch ladies and gents and finally our Refs- the Enforcer, Matt the Knife and Deadly Nedly.

Leeds Roller Dolls took on the mighty Sheffield Steel Rollergirls in West Yorkshire's first ever public roller derby bout!

Summer Horror Day was held at Leeds' Royal Armouries in the Savilles Hall conferencing centre and boasted real-life (?) zombies, monster-mashing music, 2 bars (one for beers, one for cocktails!), merch heaven (to get all your roller derby t-shirts, bags, knickers etc) and 28 roller girls battling it out for the Yorkshire crown!

Another double header for London! On the 6th June Leeds Roller Dolls took on London Rollergirls B Team - Brawl Saints! Then LRG's all star team, London Brawling went head to head with BBDD Brummie Bomshells for their rematch!