Following the tremendous success of last year’s Varsity Roller Disco, we’re going to boogie down a second time!
You can buy your tickets online at Oztix.
ROLLER DISCO MARK TWO: superheroes and supervillains
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Lake Skating Adventurama
By Bubble O’Kill
I’m not going to lie, I hate skating across Commonwealth Bridge.
The off ramps make my legs turn to jelly, and dodging pedestrians on the narrow paths is beyond amateur obstacle avoidance.
So it makes sense to me that the better option would be to skate around all 28kms of the lake track rather than over the bridge.
Not the most time effective solution, but definitely the most fun! Continue reading
Sweet Apple’s shiny new yellow star
By VDL’s very own Sweet Apple
About six months ago I met a group of girls on the grass at the ANU. I thought they were cool and awesome; I wanted to be just like them!
That was until I put my skates on and realised how much hard work training six hours a week in skates is.
But over time my lurby for my league and my skates grew. That’s what kept me going back every week: making new friends who really believed in me and encouraged me to push myself and my body to its limits.
- Salt n’ Peppa Spray, Mad’em Rollrage, Sweet Apple and Beverly Bone Crusher pass their yellow star test.
Calling all fresh meat!
Varsity Derby League: Get in on the lurby
So you’re keen to get in on some Canberra skate action?
How about just a taste?
Ponder your skating future no longer, the Varsity Derby League fresh meat intake is on next week!
With four sessions to check out on April 1st, 3rd, 8th and 10th you’ve got no excuse not to get down to Varsity practice to find out if derby is a life for you.
Your first two sessions are free, so there’s no judgement or commitment if you find out skating isn’t your bag, baby. But remember, even if you’ve NEVER skated before, we can teach you how to get your skate on at your own pace as long as you give it your best shot.
We train at Woden Southern Cross Stadium on Sundays from 6pm and the Australian National University Sports and Recreation Centre on Tuesdays from 7.30pm.
Please bring as much protective and skating gear as you have, but don’t fret if you have no skates or the like, we’ll lend you some for a session.
BUT WE WILL NOT LEND YOU MOUTHGUARDS. Because that is gross. So bring your own, boil and bite mouth guards retail for like ten bucks from your pharmacy.
Looking forward to seeing you there and giving you all of the lurby*
xox Cruel Roller De’ville (101D)
*Wyckedly Wyld: “Lurby is a feeling that brings both joy and pain to the body. Joy from skating and conversations from girls who are so kind that no other sport can compare. Pain from the hip checks and knowing that I am always backed, that I am strong forever.”
Varsity Bruise: all the thanks to you
On February 4 the Varsity Derby League held our first ever intra-league bout ‘Varsity Bruise’ at the Tuggeranong Southern Cross Stadium where the Cheerbleeders beat the PhDemons 131-80.
Despite the bout being a closed event, friends and family only, we sold close to 500 tickets and it was an amazing night, pumped full of energy from the crowd.
Varsity Bruise by Mr Kat A. Wall
A massive effort went into organising the event and it’s important to acknowledge the work of ‘Bout-Comm’, the team behind the scenes, the volunteers and players who made it all work on the night and all our friends and family for actually showing up. Continue reading
Rubi Doom Goes International. Chapter 3.
While the rest of the league is busily preparing for their upcoming bout, I’ve been trying to distract my self from my raging jealousy by skating in really poor conditions, skiing and having really disastrous attempts at winter camping/hiking.
The latter two aside, the weather finally cleared up enough to allow me to tackle the Stanley Park Seewall. The Seawall is a 22Kmish path which winds around the perimeter of Vancouver’s Stanley Park, offering really amazing views of West Vancouver, the Burrard Inlet, and Kit’s Point. During the summer it’s usually pretty packed with walkers, joggers, cyclists and skaters. During the winter, however, sections of the wall are often closed off due to hazardous conditions.
Despite having lived in Vancouver for 4 years, I’ve never actually managed to make it all the way around the Seawall before. But, with my new SKATE EVERYWHERE attitude, I was determined to get around it on 8 wheels. So… it was just a matter of waiting for the rain to clear (in a Vancouver winter, this is not unlike waiting for the Second Coming) and waking up early enough to be able to make it all the way around before it gets dark (around 4, 4:30). The other week, the magic happened. Continue reading
Rubi Doom Goes International. Chapeter 2.
WELCOME TO VANCOUVER!! (yeah, it’s, like, 8 weeks late, but, shoot me)
Hmm, now this is a tricky one… Initially I’d planned on writing a blog a week, but, as I’ve mentioned previously, I’m pretty rubbish at this blog thing. Further more, the weather in Vancouver has pretty stubbornly prevented me from having outdoor adventures.
So, today I shall attempt to present to you a Derby Guide to Vancouver. What to skate, and where to loiter. (in no particular order) Continue reading
Rubi Doom goes international. Chapter 1.
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On the 30th of November, I flew out of Sydney for a two month overseas adventure. So, on Tuesday night (29th), after watching Professor Pitts get Orange Starred at training, I went home, beer in hand, and started packing. Like … Continue reading
The Cannery challenge according to Legz
On November 19 2011 the Varsity Derby League sent its first bouting team The Dishonour Rollers to the Canberra Roller Derby League HQ – The Cannery – for an all day round-robin bout-fest with CRDL and the Sydney Roller Derby League. Representing the Dishonour Rollers, Legz had this to say about her experience:
This time last week, I had eaten a ham and cheese toasted sandwich and was sitting outside on an already a steaming hot day, strapping on a pair of knee-pads.
The sound of velcro being ripped open and reapplied on the knee and elbow pads on those around me was soothing – reminding me that we’d done this a thousand times and just because we were playing someone else was no reason to get worked up.
It was our first bout and needless to say there were some pretty energetic birds flapping around in a few tummies.
I thought back to the first time I walked into the Cannery – 1 July 2011.
I remember how wobbly I was on those skates and how I fell over being a smart-arse trying to moonwalk in them.
That first night of skating, back then it was just ‘skating’… it was just a fun new hobby, that like most things, I’d get over it in a few months.
I had no idea of the grip that this sport was going to have on me and that four months later, I’d be bouting on this surface, with some of the best friends I’ve ever had and completely obsessed with all things derby.
I guess you’d say the Derby Bug bit me… hard.
Training, last week of November!
Training times for this coming week are as follows:
Friday, Nov 25: Off-skates at ACT Barbell, 6/9 Lithgow St in Fyshwick, 6.30pm. $10 to attend.
Sunday, Nov 27: Training at Woden’s Southern Cross Sports and Rec club (behind the ice rink), 6:30-8:30.
Tuesday, Nov 29: Training in Woden, 8-10pm. Optional rules session with the Refs at 7pm.
