By Penny Reeve A couple of weeks ago I had the honour of attending the ceremony for a new memorial to Louise Wright, the Nottingham Roller Girls skater known as Louisey Rider #66. Located outside a café near to where the … Read more
Louise’s Legacy
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For so long we couldn’t, but now we can: A Roller Derby Beginners’ Journey
It’s new intake time over at Nottingham Roller Derby and we’re 4 weeks in to our 16 week beginners course! This intake have been marvelling and embarrassing us in equal measure as they pick up things at lightning speed. It’s … Read more
Improving your skills
Your learning isn’t over when you’ve finished your Fresh Meat course, in fact it’s only really beginning. In this blog Circle Jerk gives some simple suggestions on how you can improve your skate and game skills. Read more
Heart-shaped Blocks
We like to try and keep things topical at NRD so we asked the league members who they had a *crush on in the world of roller derby, (and by crush we kind of meant those people who our league … Read more