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
Halifax Bruising Bandits v Rebellion Roller Derby - Report
Photo courtesy of Jason Garnett Halifax Bruising Banditas 90 - 440 Rebellion Roller Derby The start of the Bruising Banditas 2017 season was less than ideal. With the long trip down to Telford to play in the first game of the 2017 Tattoo Freeze we were hoping to put up a better showing against our opponents. Rebellion Roller Derby proved to be an incredibly strong team with fast and nimble jammers that made short work of our walls. Rebellion took an early lead and didn't ease
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
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
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 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 2016 Round 2 - Report
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
British Champs 2016 Round 1 - Report
Photo courtesy of Dave McAleavy HBB 134 - 128 BRDL Halifax Bruising Banditas start their 2016 British Roller Derby Championships campaign with a last-jam win over feisty Blackpool Roller-Coasters. The Tier 4 North season began with a bang with the Halifax team taking a narrow 6 point win with a 134 – 128 victory over Blackpool. The result sees Halifax Bruising Banditas take second place in the Tier 4 North table behind game hosts Aberdeen who were granted an automatic 300-0 w
2015 - Year Review
We are heading into the last few weeks of 2015 and we still can't believe it's nearly over, but time flies when you're having fun and working hard. And the Banditas have been working hard this year! While we may not have come away from 2015 with the most impressive scores or the biggest win to loss ratio, we are still proud of ourselves for the way we tackled this year. The year began with the excitement of the first ever British Championships and we had the honour of hosting
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
