This is the last round of the 2016 Tier 4 North and proves to be an absolute corker! With this last game all the places will be decided along with who gets promoted and relegated. With the teams pace first and second playing each other and the teams placed third and fourth also facing each other it proves to be a thrilling day of roller derby. Granite City sit at the top of the table with 9 points having won 3 out of their 3 games so far. Halifax Bruising Banditas and Spa Tow

Photo courtesy of Tom Woollard Halifax Bruising Banditas 154 - 172 Spa Town Roller Girls The first home game for the Banditas in over a year didn't quite end the way we wanted but it was certainly a spectacular game! After a disappointing first game between Blackpool and Durham which ended up in a Durham forfeit we were keen to make sure the crowd went having watched something fantastic. Although we would have liked the score to have gone the other way it was certainly a thri

We are so excited to be hosting our first home bout this year! It's been over 12 months since our last Halifax based game and we are so stoked to be able to bring you Round 4 of the British Championships Tier 4 competition! It's going to be a cracking day of roller derby! We had a bye in Round 3 which meant that we got to watch our competition and spend a little longer implementing our new training strategies. This time around we are playing Spa Town Roller Girls while Blackp

Photo courtesy of Andy Shuttleworth Durham Roller Derby 33 - 376 Halifax Bruising Banditas Halifax take convincing win over Durham in second round of British Championships. Halifax Bruising Banditas continue their 2016 British Championship campaign with a commanding 33-376 win over injury-laden Durham Roller Derby. A second win out of two games for the Halifax Bruising Banditas puts them 2nd in the Tier 4 North table behind Granite City Roller Derby on points difference. Both

Oh my, time flies! We've barely had time to get over our tense Champs opener and our second bout is nearly upon us! This time we are taking a trip to Durham to face the host team, Durham Roller Derby, in the first ever game in the region! This really is a year of firsts in British roller derby and we are proud to be a part of it. We've been putting these three short weeks to good use and can't wait to get rolling against Durham in the British Champs Round 2. Durham, unfortuna

Our first game of 2016 sees us travel all the way to Aberdeen to face off against Blackpool Roller Derby! We can't wait to get cracking at the new British Championships season. Our first game sees us play a team we have never face before so it promises to be an interesting bout. We are currently ranked 164th on Flat Track Stats while Blackpool are ranked 174th, a mere 10 places (4 points) beneath us. Despite being only their third year of bouting the Blackpool team have alrea

Photo courtesy of Dizzy Dez Le-Tog HBB 193 - 116 STRG With the last game of the year the Bruising Banditas come home with a win! We had the pleasure of scrimming with the ladies from Spa Town a couple of months ago and knew that they were a strong, fierce, hard-hitting team but we did not let their size and strength intimidate us. We knew that we had our own game to play and if we kept focused and disciplined we could come away victorious. This was also the first game with ou

Halifax Bruising Banditas play Spa Town Roller Girls in a Headline bout! Just when we thought our season was over we are excited to tell you that we have another bout organised for the 4th October! Hosted by new league Deathrow Hull, the day will begin with a cherry popper bout between fresh, newly minimum skills-passed roller derby skaters. Afterwards the Halifax Bruising Banditas have the pleasure of playing the headline bout against Harrogate's very own Spa Town Roller G

Photo by Roller Derby on Film HBB 82 - 252 SSRG Saturday 20th saw the Bandtias travel down to Sheffield to play in the 5th round of the British Championship. We faced a full strength Sheffield team with a full roster in possibly the warmest sport hall in the country! And the heat definitely took its toll on the bout, towards the end of the game the falls were getting bigger and more frequent as both teams taxed each other to the max! The Bruising Banditas ended up mighty brui

Our next bout in the British Championships is against Sheffield Steel Rollergirls at their home venue! The month of June is a busy one for the Banditas but the definite highlight will be our next championship bout on the 20th. This is another double-header, this time hosted by Sheffield Steel Rollergirls and will feature the Granite City Roller Girls v Liverpool Rollerbirds fixture. If you find yourself at a loss over the weekend, get yourself over to Ponds Forge Internation