really kicked it into high gear was the fact that the interstate team was the Adeladies! Add to that a double header bout at a new venue (one of WAs largest sporting facilities) and a sell-out crowd and it was an unforgettable night of roller derby action.

First up was the Perth Roller Derby B team, The Rumble Bees, taking on Bunbury Roller Derby with a few Margaret River Roller Derby skaters adding muscle to the line-up. The Rumble Bees quickly dominated thanks to some fantastic Jamming by Julia Killhard, Posh Slice and Ja’Main Fear. The girls from the South West were blocking hard and fast and the paramedics were called on to the track half way through the first period for PRD’s Trans Em who took a block to the head which she shook off and soldiered on.

Bunbury worked hard to pick up their points with some fantastic work by Jammers raPAINzel, I Am Slam and Margaret River’s Vanilla I-Scream but Perth’s blockers were a force to be reckoned with and by the half time whistle Perth were sitting on 105 to Bunbury’s 29. In the second half, Bunbury worked some good strategic plays and there were whispers of a come back but the score gap earned by Perth in the first half was too wide and the bout ended with the Rumble Bees defeating Bunbury 171 to 75.

The main event kicked off shortly after and there was no doubt that Perth Roller Derby’s All Stars were facing some tough competition in the form of The Adeladies. ADRD jumped ahead quickly thanks to unstoppable Jamming by D’Juana Fightme and Bone Shaker with the score half way through the first period Adelaide 43 to Perth 20. Some speedy jamming by Mary Fagdalene saw Perth’s score increase to 36, but The Adeladies continued to add numbers to the board and by half time the visitors were streaks ahead, 137 to 44.

The All Stars fought hard through the second period, with some impressive blocking by Minnie Screwdriver, Tora Hymenov and Freyda Nuffin and Jamming by Dirty KO, Lady Lah Lah and crowd favourite Annie Thingoes. The combined efforts of The Adeladies blockers including Jetfire, Push My Toosh and Ukulula saw the final whistle blow and The Adeladies score had climbed to 269 to PRD All Stars 95.

The Perth Roller Derby league as a whole gained so much from the experience, strategy, ref contacts, great friendships with the visiting skaters, lessons in co-ordinating interstate games and so much more. It was an unforgettable night for everyone involved and we all left the Arena with big smiles on our faces.Most Valuable Players for the night were:

PRD Rumble Bees: Julia Killhard

Bunbury Roller Derby: Da’Lish Deestruction

PRD All Stars: Mary Fagdalene

The Adeladies: Ukulula

A gigantic thankyou and virtual hug goes out to The Adeladies, the ADRD refs and their supporters and to the Bunbury/Margs crew who are all so lovely and such a pleasure to host. Thankyou a LOT to our sponsors, Citrus Finance and Weird Sistas Dreadlocking, to designer extraordinaire Dave Brockwell, and to the people from Arena Joondalup, especially Conor, who are all total pros and helped us pull off an awesome event.

Huge thanks to the PRD Fear Squad who rocked our knee high socks off with their outfits, cheers and dances. Thanks to the keeper of the scoreboard and maestro of the music, Micah, to our announcers, Emazon Fire and Chucky Mole, who ruled the mics and took the night to another level and to photographers Peter Granheim, Candy Goldsmith, Travis Anderson and Ashley Prince.

Great big derby love and thanks to Perth Roller Derby’s amazing skaters, referees, NSOs, benchies, Bouting Committee, our band of merch and ticketing volunteers who worked their butts off and to our super fabulous Bout Manager, Gina Rollerbrigida. You’re all amazing people who do it for the love of roller derby and that’s a bit special really.

Finally THANKYOU to the amazing crowd of spectators who came to check out the awesomeness that is Roller Derby. They clapped, cheered, yelled and Mexican waved and we love them for it. It was the best crowd yet and we hope that we impressed and we will see you at our next game SEPTEMBER 24TH write it on your calendar!!