Midnight Walk – Sponsor a Rebel

Posted on 16/05/2012 by MacGeek

 

On the 1st September RRD will be doing the 5th Midnight Walk to support Keech Hospice Care. The girls will be setting off on the 10 mile route round Luton at the stroke of midnight, and need your support to raise as much money as they can.

Keech is a local charity providing the best care possible to children and adults with serious illness. They support the family and friends through their loved ones illness and in their bereavement. All of this is provided free of charge through the generosity of the local community and fundraising events such as this walk.

Please support us by giving through our team page : http://www.justgiving.com/RebellionRollerDerby2012

Thank you in advance from all of the Rebels


 

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Rebellion host their first home team public bout

Posted on 06/05/2012 by MacGeek

On the 1st April, teams from Northampton, Milton Keynes and Hertfordshire came to the Bunyan Sports Centre in Bedford for the second bout in ‘The End Of The World Series’, hosted by Rebellion Roller Derby.

The hall was filled to capacity with excited crowds, there to cheer on their team in two action packed games. The first game saw Milton Keynes Concrete Cows take on the Vendetta Vixens from Northampton. Both teams fought hard, the Vixens in only their second game as a team. Ultimately the Concrete Cows were victorious, 290-57.

Photo courtesy of Daz Wilson

Half time saw some excited fans go home with some of the excellent raffle prizes, including a large Lush box, cupcakes, tattoo vouchers and a copy of the Hitchhikers Guide book, a towel and some beer, ready for intergalactic travel.

Anticipation filled the air as the officials took to the track ready for the second game. The Rebellion Rollergirls donned their dressing gowns and towels for their skate out to ‘So Long And Thanks For All The Fish’ from the Hitchhikers’ Guide To The Galaxy film. The second game saw the Rebels take on the Hells Belles from Hertfordshire, bouting for the first time as a team. The Hells Belles worked well, communicating and forming firm walls, but Rebellions’ experience showed and lead to their second win in the series, 266-93.

Photo courtesy of Daz Wilson

Rebellion is now joint top of the leader board with the Milton Keynes Concrete Cows. The next bout in the series, ‘From Beneath It Devours’ is on the 19th May, hosted by Oxford Roller Derby. Tickets are still available and can be purchased from the Oxford Roller Derby website. More photos can be see in our gallery section.

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The Hundred Jam Wars

Posted on 16/04/2012 by MacGeek
By Inky Minx

Sunday 8th April 2012 saw me and 4 others  getting up at 4am to make the long journey to Rouen in France for The Hundred Jam Wars, a tournament involving 3 mixed British teams taking on 3 mixed French team.

We arrived in Rouen with barely enough time to eat pancakes and sample Bubble tea (don’t ask and don’t try) before heading to the venue for a friendly night time scrimmage , After the hosts set up assigned coloured ribbons and ensured we had listed our lunch for the next day,  we mixed the British and French teams together as a get to know you all session, and held A, B and C team scrims(other than the language issues) fun was had by all. The French soon realised that British skaters hit hard! and some of us were slightly larger/taller than themselves.  After the scrimmage the Lovely ladies of France had laid out the most amazing buffet which was great of them as I was starving.

Monday 9th May again another early start to head to the venue for the tournament to start, the C team kicked off the event and the 1st of 3 wins for the Brits, each team battled hard and played fast on both sides and each game as exciting as the next and the atmosphere from the crowd was amazing.

After the C and B team played it was finally time for the A team to take to the track , the start of the game saw the French take an early lead which they maintained for most of the 1st half, the game was fast and a test of every skaters endurance, but surely the Brits closed the gap with strategic plays hard hits and awesome jamming skills and took lead, the game was close throughout but us Brits were confident and after several official time outs it ended  with a final score of 139 to 177  for the British Tea stoppers.

A great time was had by all and our host were amazing, I look forward to any rematch.

Picture courtesy No Pain No Elaine
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Sur5al – 5 Go To War!

Posted on 09/04/2012 by MacGeek
By Beulah Ballbreaker

On Saturday 7th April, 5 of our best skaters entered Sur5al, an endurance competition hosted by Royal Windsor Rollergirls. The rules were simple: Each team of 5 skaters jam against each other for 2 minutes. The team that scores the most points during that jam wins. Winning teams get 5 points added to their points total, drawing teams gets 2 points and losing teams 0.

Rebel Ink were Inky Minx (C), Fairie Knottie, Lulu Bloodlust, Dew DropHer and Sick Bubblegum. They skated against teams from all over the country including London Rollergirls, Royal Windsor Rollergirls, Auld Reekie Rollergirls and the Dolly Rockit Rollers.

Photo thanks to Mary Sweeney

Endurance was key with only 5 skaters in each team, each taking turns to jam. Lots of jammer line starts were combined with tight teamwork, each team working hard to get their jammer through as many times as possible.

The points were added up at the end of 6 hours of gruelling skating and the winners were Dragons Are Green with Maroon 5 taking second place and Young Team coming in third. Rebel Ink skated their way to 9th out of 14 teams, an awesome result for a first time at this kind of event. Their endurance was a factor in their excellent result so all of that off-skates training is definitely paying off.

Royal Windsor is planning to make the event public next time so look out for Rebel Ink at Sur5al #2.

Photo thanks to Anna Craddock

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Reminder

Posted on 24/03/2012 by Helena Hancart

Just a quick reminder that there is no regular training at Flitwick this Sunday (25/03) or next (01/04) as we have match days. Click the events tab for more info!

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