Did you get involved in roller derby without much of an athletic background? Did derby become your slippery slope/gateway drug to actually using that gym you have a membership to? Do you struggle to fit in a rest day amongst your training days and cross-training days? Check, check, and check: this was already me. How… Read more »
This week, we returned home to the city with a 1st place trophy following a nail-biting tournament in Nantes, France last weekend. This is the second time the A Team have played at Nantes Derby Girls’ West Track Story roller derby tournament but changes in training, lineups and leadership within the league have been credited with driving the… Read more »
On Saturday 13th May, our very excited B team travelled up to Newcastle to play Newcastle Roller Girls North C’s in our first open B team game of the year, and what a blinder it was! B team Vice captain The Ruth Fairy recounts the events of the day. This game had been a long… Read more »
So ….. I’m a Harlot now, guess that’s a good place to start my story 🙂 I’ve been skating for around 7 years and due to moving around for work and things I am on my third home league. After skating with TBB (my last league) for just over a year, I was offered a… Read more »
I first heard about Touchstone when an email hit my inbox from Jack, a trainer there. I thought it was spam at first, but when I saw it was about a “Health and Wellbeing Centre” right near my work it piqued my interest. So in October, with our France tournament looming in January, and a… Read more »