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The Adeladies have been on tour again; this time they headed to Bendigo to represent ADRD at the Bendigo Rebellion. It was a huge weekend filled with lots of big hits and even bigger challenges. The Adeladies fought hard to secure 2nd place in the tournament with VRDL’s Queen B’s taking out first place. What a weekend! Woot woot!
In case you didn’t already hear, the 2015 season came to a dramatic close on August 8th! After a full league skate-out to a Queen mashup we showed our love for one other before the teams snuck away to get their game faces on! And boy were they ON! The Wild Hearses finished off their undefeated season Read more about 2015 Season Finale[…]
We knew this game was going to be physical but boy was it PHYSICAL! Both teams fought incredibly hard and the teamwork displayed by each was amazing to watch. The Hearses secured themselves a steady lead in the first half, but if there’s one thing we’ve learned, it’s that even a 50 point lead isn’t truly Read more about Wild Hearses v Road Train Rollers[…]
What a huge weekend of roller derby for ADRD! All our home teams played this weekend, but as per usual it was Team Zebra that won the WHOLE thing! Salty Dolls versus Road Train Rollers We kicked off Sunday with the Salty Dolls taking on the Road Train Rollers, and when we say taking on, boy Read more about Double header at the doggies![…]
I don’t know about you guys, but we just can’t get enough derby, so we’re sneaking in some extra bouts, underground style at the greyhounds! We didn’t dig a hole or anything, but we totally dig the idea of a whole afternoon of roller derby, and we hope you do too! On Sunday April 26, the Road Train Read more about Underground Derby[…]
Each year ADRD supports a local charity organisation by donating the proceeds of our raffle ticket sales, and 2015 is no different! When we search for an organisation to partner with, we look for an alignment of values with our own. One of ADRD’s core values and missions is to empower women, so when we were introduced to Read more about ADRD supporting the community![…]
In a matchup between last seasons Grand Final teams, tensions were always going to run high; but having a single point margin in their grand final match up, this time round both teams were hungry for points! The Salty Dolls secured a solid lead in the first 15 minutes, but the Wild Hearses steadily crept back up and remained neck Read more about Bout 2 Wild Hearses v Salty Dolls[…]
The first bout of the season opened with a well-choreographed, one hundred percent intentional, not-thrown-together-at-the-last-minute shared skateout by the Road Train Rollers and the Mile Die Club. Hamming it up to Uptown Funk the Roadies trucked out some fresh wheels with Crush’er Ramone, Enyo Face, Harry Smyles and Invader Scrim, whilst the Dies showed off Read more about 2015 Season Starts with a Bang![…]
ADRD are celebrating a league milestone this month, as we have now officially graduated from our apprenticeship to become full WFTDA league members. What does that mean I hear you ask! Well, for us it means we are now accredited by the international governing body of our sport, so from now on, any inter-league games we play Read more about ADRD gets WFTDA accreditation![…]
We can hardly contain our excitement as the countdown begins to our season opener at the end of this month! To tide us all over we are pre-opening the season with a family and friends bout this Sunday. Our freshies are getting ready to show us all what they’re made of and we CAN’T WAIT! Read more about Season opener[…]