Winning weekend for the Bruising Banditas at Great Yorkshire Showdown
HBB 187 - 24 Glasgow Roller Derby - Maiden Grrders (B) HBB 96 - 42 Hereford Horror Bulls HBB 254 - 102 Leeds Roller Dolls - Whip Its (B) The Banditas were honoured to be asked to participate in the 2016 Great Yorkshire Showdown, hosted by the Leeds Roller Dolls. We were looking forward to a fun weekend of roller derby and went into the tournament with no expectations other than to try a few new things. And we only went and won it! Our first two games were half and hour bouts
Halifax Bruising Banditas at the Great Yorkshire Showdown
We are super excited to be playing in this year's Great Yorkshire Showdown tournament! The tournament is hosted by the Leeds Roller Dolls and features teams from across the north of the UK. This year there is even a team from Scotland making the trip to compete in the primo B-Team level competition in the country. 6 teams take part in the event. Divided into 2 groups, each team plays their group mates in half hour long bouts to decide the standings. At the end of group play t
Banditas Sponsored Skate Marathon
Barely a week after competing in an incredibly tense bout the brave girls and guys of the Bruising Banditas made their way to Preston to take part in the SkateMania Marathon event! Some of our pre and newly post-mins skaters took part in the half marathon with our very own new Banditas Crash Die-t earning herself a 3rd pace trophy! The veterans weren't getting off so easy and decided to undertake the challenge of the full 26 mile race alongside professional speed skaters. All
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
Halifax Bruising Banditas Easter Egg Scavenger Hunt!!
We at HBB love Easter! Whether is the on set of spring, the bank holidays, cute chicks and bunnies or the copious amounts of chocolate (mostly it's the chocolate!). After last year's hiatus we're super pleased to be able to announce we are hosting our annual Easter Egg Scavenger Hunt! On Good Friday, 25th March, we will be at Manor Heath Park with loads of games, activities and cake for the whole family to enjoy. For only £1 per person you can take on the Scavenger Hunt! Foll
British Champs 2016 Round 1 - Halifax Bruising Banditas v Blackpool Roller Derby
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
Bruising Banditas at Thought Bubble 2015
Halifax Bruising Banditas were pleased to be at Thought Bubble Comic Convention in Leeds this year, helping to make sure the event ran smoothly and raising funds for the team in the process. This was the fourth year the Banditas have volunteered at the festival and each year it has gotten bigger and bigger. So many people braved the miserable weather to enjoy the convention and we had a lot of fun stewarding the New Dock hall and rolling around the complex helping out where w
Halifax Bruising Banditas v Spa Town Roller Girls - Report
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
4th October - Halifax Bruising Banditas v Spa Town Roller Girls
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
British Champs Round 7 - Report
Photo by David McAleavy HBB 72 - GCRG 226 Round 7 was the last round of the British Championships 2015 for the Halifax Bruising Banditas. It has been a crazy ol' year for the Banditas and while we haven't been terribly successful in taking home the wins we have a lot to be proud of. The competition of the British Champs has been an amazing thing to experience. We have played teams we've never even met before and learned so much to take us into 2016. Not only was it our last g
