The Dames invade Croydon!

A last minute invite to Croydon Roller Derby's Fenris Flyer's and Brighton Rocker's Closed Mixed Scrimmage saw me (Bitter Sweet), Nina Nunchucks and Nico Warrior (and not forgetting Metal Ed!) make the traffic riddled and arduous journey down to Croydon for some real Roller Derby fun.

With Mixed teams from Croydon, Brighton, London Rockin' Rollers and of course the lovely Blitz Dames (Biased? Much!) Team Black and Team White faced off against each other! Both teams quite nervous to start with as most skaters on the teams were new to the sport but nervousness soon turned into the drive to kick some Rollergirl ass!

Team White, dubbed White Spirit (which had players like Nico Warrior, Nina Nunchucks from the Dames and Flash Bang Wallop from LRR on) took an early lead with Team Black (Dubbed the Black Pearls) failing to score for the first 3 jams. Team White 20 - Team Black 0. Ouch!

But Team Black (Consisting of players such as Bitter Sweet of the Dames, Mosquito, Liv Fast of CRD and Deadly Devito and Taco Hell of LRR) weren't gonna take it lying down! Jam 4 saw Liv Fast of the Black Pearls nabbed herself a Power Jam scoring 25 points and getting Team Black on the score board! Team White fought back but Team Black played it tactically, controlling the pack and jamming their lil hearts out! the score remained close all the way through, the lead changing many a time!

By half time Team Black had secured an uncomfortable lead! By half time the happenings of the Rollergirls had attracted the attention of the staff and users of the Leisure Centre! As the Ladies left the track they were bombarded by questions about the wonderful game!

Drinks and Fags and Tactical talk over the girls returned to the track, Team White determined to close the gap and Team Black determined to skate away with the win!!

The second half was, at times, scappy and intense with lots of penalties and lotsa points scored who came out the winner.....

The Black Pearls AKA Team Black!

Team White 63 - Team Black 79

I think all players on all teams came away from the Scrimmage with new knowledge of the game and tactics and a whole new confidence in their own abilities!

I'd just like to thank Ghouldielocks, who unfortunately couldn't skate (Next time woman *shakes fist*), for inviting the Dames to come along, for the whole of Croydon Roller Derby for setting up such an awesome Mixed Scrim and all of teams, skaters, refs and NSO's that got involved and made the day such a great success!

Bring on the next one :)

Peace out!

Bitter Sweet ♥
#<3

Join us for clothes, cakes and crafty craziness!

See you there!

Kitten Squeal blogs about the Dames mixed scrimmage

Kitten Squeal from the Milton Keynes Concrete Cows joined us for our mixed scrimmage last month as an NSO and blogged about her first experience of a mixed scrimmage.

Read all about it on her blog:
Kitten Squeal - The Birmingham Blitz Dames Mixed Scrimmage

New Season, Back on Track...

Thanks to everyone who came along to support us at Kate's Clothing Party on 24th September.

Izzy Dauntless, Violet Attack and Superoxide in samples of Kate's Clothing.

We had a fabulous night and particularly enjoyed skating around a rock club, free shots, and boylesque! ;) Keep checking back here for more opportunities to party with the Dames!


We'd also like to say a massive thank you to our friends from Severn Roller Torrent, Rainy City Roller Girls, Bristol Harbour Harlots, London Rockin' Rollers and Milton Keynes Concrete Cows who came and joined us for a mixed scrimmage to celebrate our first birthday as Birmingham Blitz Dames last Sunday!It was a fantastic day and we can't wait to hit the track with you guys again soon! Well done to Team RAF who eventually beat Team Army and Team Navy to be overall winners of the day!

And don't forget, this Saturday is Fresh Meat Saturday! If you think you want to get involved with Birmingham Blitz Dames, send us an email to info@blitzdames.com or reply to this blog and come along at 9.30am on Saturday to Stockland Green Leisure Centre!

Mixed Scrimmage this Sunday!

Email ninanunchucks@yahoo.co.uk or check out the Facebook Event for more information.
Tickets available from blitzdames.com

And don't miss your chance to party with the Dames at Kate's Clothing Party this Friday!

Kate's Clothing Party and Mixed Scrimmage!

Firstly, well done to all our new skaters who attended your Fresh Meat session this month! It was great to see so many enthusiastic new Dames, definitely some seriously tough roller girls in the making there!

For those of you looking for your next oportunity to party with the Dames, come along to Eddie's on 24th September to celebrate the relaunch of 'Kate's Clothing.'


The Dames will be there on skates, modelling the clothes and handing out shots in exchange for craaaaaziness... along with Nympherno, Badlands Boylesque and stilt walkers! Be there!
Facebook Event - Kate's Clothing

Aaaaand finally...
The Dames are hosting their first mixed scrimmage of the season! It's on Sunday 26th September at Xcel Leisure Centre, Coventry. Skaters who have passed WFTDA minimum skills are welcome to participate, as well as Refs and NSOs. Tickets are £7 for skaters and £5 for NSOs.

For further information and to let us know you can make it, check out the Facebook Event.

Hope to see you there!

September 2010 Fresh Meat Induction - Tomorrow!

A reminder that tomorrow, 4th September 2010 is our first fresh meat induction session of the season.

If you fancy giving roller derby a go, just give us a shout and feel free to come along! We have equipment for you to borrow and the first session is free!

The session starts at 9.30am at Stockland Green Leisure Centre, Marsh Lane, Erdington, Birmingham. See you there!

Thank you!

Just a quick thank you to everyone who came along to our end of season 'Scary Tales' party last Sunday at Subside.
We had a great time and raised some much needed funds for the league.
Keep checking this blog for more opportunities to party with the Dames!