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Roller Derby: Northern Brisbane Rollers Brawl Stars vs Geelong Bloody Marys – 16 October 2010

Roller Derby: Northern Brisbane Rollers Brawl Stars vs Geelong Bloody Marys

Roller Derby
[Photo credit: Stuart Blythe]
  The Northern Brisbane Rollers Brawl Stars play host to one of Victoria’s toughest derby teams, the Geelong Bloody Marys, on Saturday 16 October 2010.

It’s been almost a year since the Northern Brisbane Rollers (NBR) played their first interstate bout. At the ‘Skate of Emergency’ double-header in Adelaide on 27 September 2009 NBR lost to the Adelady Tornadoes by a 40-point margin.

Fast forward to Sydney on 22 May this year – NBR travelled south and played in a rather controversial match against the Sydney Roller Derby League. It was a neck and neck encounter until the dying minutes. Final score: Sydney 106 Brisbane 86.
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Live Review: Northern Brisbane Rollers Derby League – Season Two Bout One

Review: Pepa Wolfe

Roller Derby   Northern Brisbane Rollers Derby League – Season Two Bout One
Love Rockettes vs. Diner Might Dolls
Saturday 17th April 2010 at the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre

It’s official. Roller Derby fever has hit Brisbane. And with the way these girls tear up the track, is it any wonder that the sport/sub-culture is attracting new fans all the time?

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Roller Derby returns to Inner City Brisbane – 17th APRIL 2010

A historic sporting event – Northern Brisbane Rollers has a new inner city venue for Brisbane roller derby – the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre!

NBR_TEAM
[Photo: Charles Williams – www.teachmecameras.com]
  It has been over three decades since Roller Derby has had a home at an inner-city Brisbane venue. Roller Derby fans of the 1970’s saw such teams as the T-Birds the Devils and Outlaws fight it out at the gone but not forgotten Festival Hall. 17 April 2010 will be the dawn of a new era, and the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre is where it begins. Northern Brisbane Rollers are honoured to give Brisbane roller derby fans what they have been waiting for – roller derby bouts at an inner city venue.

It’s time to experience the revolution that is flat track roller derby!
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