Week 2. Fresh meat….is murder! – by Abi Sin Ya

Arriving at skating last night, I was chuffed to see a huge amount of people had come back. In the back of my mind was the worry that cramming this much knowledge into 6 weeks might be overwhelming for some of the new guys and girls, but heck, I was wrong, the turnout was grand!
 
What [...]

Week 1. Fresh meat…. & greet! – by Abi Sin Ya

As I arrived at Garon Park on Tuesday evening, I couldn’t help but feel nervous. I’ve been training as a referee for the Sirens since the end of Feb, but I’d never been tested on my skating ability, per se. I certainly hadn’t been tested on my fitness! As soon as we kitted up and [...]

Mud. Glorious Mud! Part II – by Wham Paige

Photos copyright: Chris Brown
  
Trying to describe my experience of running the Maldon Mud Run is almost impossible to do without subjecting you to a very long ramble about just how cold, wet, cold, windy (and did I mention cold??) it was.
 
Fortunately I have decided to not do that, and instead treat you to some brilliant [...]

Double Win at Pier Pressure! – by Ella-GNAW

THE Seaside Siren Roller Girls celebrated a triumphant start to the 2012 season with a double win in Southend last week.
 
The recently selected A-Team and travel team The Coastbusters took on the Midlands’ very own Wolverhampton Honour Rollers in a bout that was hard and fast and brimming with strategy, emerging triumphant with a final [...]

Mud. Glorious Mud! Part I – by Wham Paige

Quite a while ago, I forget how long exactly but it was cold and April seemed like a lifetime away, someone put a post up on Facebook asking if people would consider taking part in the Maldon Mud Race. I’d heard of it, I knew very little about it, but I really had no idea [...]

Papa was a Rollin Stoner – by Snarley Davidson

We share a lot of things in this sport. We share wheels, t-shirts, make-up, magazines and books. We share good uplifting experiences and bad sad experiences. We share our fears and our hopes quite openly in the hope that we’ll get better or that we’ll help someone else to get better. My favourite thing that [...]

Girls on film. Girls on film – by Ella-GNAW

ONE thing most of us Roller Derby skaters strive for is the recognition that the thing we shed blood, sweat and tears for (along with breaking a few bones here and there) is a sport. A reputable sport which requires skill, dedication and hard work.
 
So imagine our delight when we were invited by our derby [...]

Flash, Bash, Wollop! – by Ella-GNAW

THE weather may have been sub zero but this week the Seaside Siren Roller Girls proved they could warm the cockles of the coldest hearts at our Anti-Valentine’s Day Flash Bash fundraising bonanza!

The Sirens’ first fundraising event of 2012 was always going to be a big one, especially given the success of 2011’s Valentine’s Day [...]

Shakes, rattle and roll! – by Ella-GNAW

There was the smell of setting lotion in the air, lashings of lipstick and poses so fierce rock and roll’s favourite model Kate Moss would be begging for tips……It could only be the Seaside Sirens’ latest team photoshoot!

And boy, was this a hotly anticipated event or what? After spending most of the afternoon making my [...]

To 2011 – The Year of the Siren – Jenna Tail’ya

The conversation in the beginning of 2011 went something like this;
“Should we try to have a home bout this year and see what happens?”
“Yeah, we could give it a bash. If it all goes wrong we’ll leave it for a bit.”
“To 2011 – the year of the Siren!”
“THE YEAR OF THE SIREN!”
And what a year [...]