British Champs 2017 - Round 3 - Halifax Bruising Banditas v Furness Firecrackers
Our second game in the 2017 British Champs season sees us take the trip all the way to Aberdeen to face the new look Furness Firecrackers! We're keen to take the momentum of our cracking display against Granite City to take the fight to Furness and get our first win of 2017. The Banditas are riding high after the near-miss against Granite City and are taking those good-vibes all the way up into Scotland to give our best against old friends the Furness Firecrackers. Furness ha
British Champs Round 1 - Halifax Bruising Banditas v Granite City Roller Derby - Report
Photo courtesy of Jason Garnett Halifax Bruising Banditas 117 - 130 Granite City Roller Derby What a way to start our 2017 British Champs campaign! We have face the wonderful skaters of Granite City Roller Derby each year since the British Champs began and each year they have been a good litmus test of how far we have come as a team. Back in 2015 we lost by approximately 200 points. Last year we faced them in Tier 4 and lost by 70 points. This year we face them in Tier 3 and
British Champs 2017 - Round 1 - Halifax Bruising Banditas v Granite City Roller Derby
The first bout of our 2017 British Champs campaign sees us take the trip to Preston to face our stalwart table-mates, Grantie City Roller Derby! Coming off the back of a bad defeat at Tattoo Freeze we are keen to bounce straight back and take the game to Granite. Facing Granite City for the third year in a row, we have improved our score against them in each successive year but are yet to get the elusive win. In 2016 Granite City won the Tier 4 North table while the Banditas
2017 Preview - Return of the Banditas!
We're back! 2017 sees us return to the Third Tier of the British Champs along with some familiar faces and some new opponents. We spent our year in Tier Four re-grouping, re-building and concentrating on working as a team. All our hard work paid off with a second placing in Tier 4 North and promotion to where we began our British Champs adventure - Tier 3 North! We are so e excited to be challenging ourselves with the high caliber of teams that join us in the table. This year
2016 Year Review
What a year that was! 2016 was a year where we regrouped and tested our progress against teams at our level. We met that challenge head on and came away with an impressive stack of wins and some close fought defeats. We are so chuffed with our progress, we've ended up bing promoted back into Tier 3! We started the year with a huge trip up to Aberdeen to face off against the skater of Blackpool Roller Derby League. As the first game of 2016 we were keen to see how our previous
Halifax Bruising Bandits v Hallam Hellcats Roller Derby - Report
Photo courtesy of Mike Gatiss Halifax Bruising Banditas 138 - 147 Hallam Hellcats Roller Derby What a nail biter of a game! The last bout of the year for the Bandits in 2016 came down to the wire as the visitors snatched a 9 point victory. Hallam Hellcats are past a current British Champs Tier 3 competitors. Having finished 3rd in their table this year Hallam were a good test for the Banditas. Not only would the game prove that we have come incredibly far in 12 months, it als
British Champs Round 5 - Report
Photo courtesy of Barry Wimlett Halifax Bruising Banditas 155 - 229 Granite City Roller Derby Well what a game that was! Halifax Bruising Banditas gave everyone a bit of a shock in this round, including their rivals, Granite City Roller Derby. Last year when we faced them the ladies from Aberdeen came away with a 226 - 72 victory which left us with no wins for the 2015 British Champs season. From then on we worked hard to build up the team and solidify our strategy. Meeting G
British Champs 2016 Round 5 - Halifax Bruising Banditas v Granite City Roller Derby
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
British Champs Round 4 - Report
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
British Champs Round 4 - Halifax Bruising Banditas v Spa Town Roller Girls
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
