Cruising for a Bruising! Crash of the Titans!
The roller derby scene, resurrected in the UK in 2006, is thriving, with 10 current leagues and new ones springing up every week like in Windsor, Manchester, Brighton and Essex.
This roller riot is described as a cross between x-treme games and burlesque. It's fast, furious and a bit sexy too! The girls are not afraid to get bruised and battered and is tauted that this sport is for is for girls who love bruises.
Birmingham Blitz Derby Dames ENGLAND vs. Glasgow Rollergirls SCOTLAND
6pm-9pm, Saturday, April 12 2008
Cocks Moors Wood Leisure Centre, Kings Heath, Birmingham
Tickets £7 Advance, £8 Door
Tickets and more information
www.blitzdames.com
Neophytes should check out the rules. And, yes, it is based on the roller derby you know from the kitsch 1970's. Except, now, nobody's faking.
