Welcome to the July Irish Roller Derby Round-up. This month’s featured image is by Joel Rock from Belfast Roller Derby’s leg of British Champs Tier 3 North. The pictured skater is Italy, a skater so confident she named herself after an entire country!

Home Games

Saturday July 6th: East Coast Cyclones

Venue: Shoreline Leisure Centre, Greystones

Saturday’s double-header is going to feature two Irish teams taking on Rotterdam Roller Derby.

First game of the day at 12.30pm will see Limerick Roller Derby take on Rotterdam Roller Derby’s A-team. First whistle for the second game of the day is at 3pm. Game 2 will feature hosts East Coast Cyclones going up against Rotterdam Roller Derby B-team.

Afterparty Details: The East Coast Cyclones will be hosting the afterparty in the Martello in Bray, so not too far to travel!

Away Games

Saturday July 20th: Dublin Roller Derby B

Later in the month, Dublin Roller Derby’s B team will travel to London to take on London Rockin’ Rollers All Stars. They’ll be joined on the day by Birmingham Blitz Dames Bomb Squad, who will be facing up to LRR’s Badasses.

Final Scores

A quick round up of last month’s final scores:

Tournaments:

Alerte à Malibout 5, Nice, France: DRD C ranked 3rd

Games

Mentions

The newly-launched WFTDA Stats site is very cool - clicking a league will give you interesting info about the team! Check out the Irish WFTDA-affiliated leagues here: Belfast - Dublin - Limerick

Must-Read Article by Queen Loseyateefa on systemic racism in Roller Derby

The Officials of Dublin Roller Derby have a lot to say about officials education

See you next time

IRDN is going to take August off from the Roller Derby round-ups as it looks like a lot of leagues will be taking a break. As always we’re on facebook and you can email if you have any roller derby news to share.