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Anyone else interested in getting a roller derby group up and going in Sligo???
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11-10-2011 11:15am#1so the whole roller derby thing seems like great craic all together... have REALLY wanted to give it a go for ages! The sport is really gaining popularity in Ireland with leagues in Dublin, Cork, Limerick, Belfast, Galway and qa few others! Unfortunately the closest at the moment is Galway...about 2 hours drive away
Was in contact with the Irish roller derby group on facebook and they suggested setting one up in Sligo! they said they would privide all the necessary info on how to go about it!
Just wondering is there any other women out there interested in getting something going?? I'm a bit pushed timewise so could not commit to setting up single handedly, but would do as much as I can!Tagged:0
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My cousin is in 1 up in Dublin and I've been watching her progress on facebook. Have to say, it looks like great craic alright! I'd be interested in doing it and wouldn't mind helping out with the set up. I reckon I could get a few friends interested too. Sounds like a FUN way of keeping fit and meeting new people.
I dread to think how many bruises I'd have though
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I'm old enough to remember the old roller disco out in the silver slipper in strandhill. Absolute carnage it was, no helmets or shinpads either. Every man, woman or child for themselves. Proper hardcore.
Anyways, best of luck with luck with getting this organised, it sounds like a good laugh.;)0 -
@Sligolady thats fantastic sooo glad to hear someone else is enthusiastic about getting something going!!!
I also have a couple of friends who might be interested in participating, i will ask around!!! I mean its not fer the faint hearted all right, but seems like great fun!!!
SOOO excited really want to get something going; but with having a young toddler and being in 4th year of college I just can't comit to being sole organiser!! YAY!!!
I will ask the Irish roller derby group to send me on the info on how to set up and forward it to you via private message and we can see where to go from there??!! I'm guessing one of the big hurdles will be finding a venue to practice that wont charge loads for the use!!
@Allgunsblazing... i never even realised that they used to have roller disco in strandhill...thats awesome...you interested in joining up if we get something going?? ;P0 -
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@ fillefatale; yes most groups are womens flat track groups,but there are (not sure about ireland) some mens leagues emerging now! because of the fact it is a contact sport there are no mixed teams to my knowledge!
I have noticed however that alot of teams do have male coaches and refs for competitions etc. so males do have a way to be involved if really interested!! Dublin city roller girls has a male coach going by the name of "violent Bob"!! love that :P 0 -
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I will ask the Irish roller derby group to send me on the info on how to set up and forward it to you via private message and we can see where to go from there??!!
I'm guessing one of the big hurdles will be finding a venue to practice that wont charge loads for the use!!
I'll mail my cousin today and ask her to fill me in on how it all works and once you get the info from roller derby, we can get together and see where we go from there
I'm really good friends with the IT gym manager's girlfriend so I'll find out about prices there later today so we'll at least have a ball park figure!
Oooh this will be something fun to brighten up the miserable winter evenings!:D0 -
yay!! so glad people are showing and interest!!!!
@sligolady; that would be fantastic!!! the IT have their prices on the web...not sure if we wud need half the hall or hire the full hall....its cheaper for student groups.... I'm a student at the IT so maybe we could blag the student rate...your connections would certainly help here i think even at the student rate its about 35 euro an hour for half the hall!! i guess if we have a good group of people coming we can split the cost evenly and hopefully would only be a couple of euro per head?!! have been looking into prices of gear.... maybe you could ask your cousin about which brand of skates are good and reasonably priced?? I was considering a pair of Anarchy mayhem derby skates...
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B004J9TGKI/ref=s9_simh_gw_p200_d1_g200_i1?pf_rd_m=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&pf_rd_s=center-2&pf_rd_r=1JN2SEZX54NXWTVXBX33&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=467128533&pf_rd_i=468294
they are fairly cheap (in comparison to others at least) and are specifically designed with derby in mind.......can't find any reviews though!! maybe your cousin would know if they would be any good or not??
waiting for the mail back from irish derby....wen i get the info we should definately meet for coffee and hash out an action plan!!!
YAY.....yeah what a great way to brighten up those rainy winter evenings 0 -
Hiya! Wow, this is all very exciting! I'v just started a thread here as im trying to get more people from round my area together. At the moment we'r called the "The Greystones cyclones" Take a look at our page on F.B. and do feel free to "LIKE" our page
Heres a link for the place i got my skates. Its a skate shop in gorey co.wexford.
http://www.wreckless.ie/
Let us know how your getting on any way! We still have to get our training going, shudn't be long now at all. We both better get training so we can then arrange our first bout with each other, first timers and all that....save us getting bashed by the pro's to suddenly!0 -
Hi weeda, came across your page and liked it a couuple of days ago while trawling the interwebs for info definately would be great to meet for a bout when we get up and going!!! thanks for the link.... is great to see others getting up and going too.... alot to organise but looking forward to it
@sligolady; am still waiting for info from irish roller derby on FB 0 -
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We'll need our own public liability insurance to train in rented halls etc but hopefully the derby gang can help us out with advice on those kind of things. Yeh i was lookin up skates myself, some class looking ones around We'll still arrange to meet up sometime next month maybe and chat about it, what ya think? 0
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Just been chatting with aguy who runs a skate shop in dublin.... hes got some skates in stck for good prices...hes also said hes just about t get a load of new riedel derby equiptment in, and will let me know when it arrives! and if we want to kit out a team in the new year and buy in bulk he will cut us a good discount!! sounds very promising 0
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@miniMART88 very glad to hear you are interested is definately looking like it will be after chritmas before any major plans are made, but hopefully not to long after the we wil have a meeting and see ehat kind of number of people we are!! still having some issues with my bloody email account..so still have not got start up info from irish roller derby on FB!! Glad to hear ur interested tho...YAY!! 0
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We kinda shelved this idea until the new year when people had more time to organise it but it's nearly the end of January and we haven't mentioned any more about it. I'm a bit hectic so not sure how much time I can commit to organising it but I'll certainly help as much as I can. We need to find out the practicalities first, ie. How do we go about setting up an official club/ team? How much will insurance be? How much will we have to pay a gym or likewise to hold training sessions? Will our rollerskates damage gym floors? because we won't be let in if they do! How often are 'bouts' held? Will people be willing to contribute to buses/ car shares to get to them?
If it's going to be a very expensive hobby then I doubt many people will be on for it, myself included.
As mentioned in previous posts, I'm best buds with the girlfriend of the manager of Sligo IT gym very well so I can find out some costs from him. Also my cousin is in a roller derby team in Dublin so I can pump her for some info if needed, although she said we really need to talk to the organisers.
She mentioned theres a 'bout' being held on the 4th in Dublin betweeen Belfast/ Limerick if people wanted to get an idea of what it's all about 0 -
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Hey guys,
I skate with the Dublin Roller Girls, I helped set up the league and I'm still involved in the organisation side of things. I'd be happy to help you guys out with questions and help you guys get from idea to skating. You can catch me at kittycadaver@gmail.com
@Sligolady: is your cousin Sara? Think she and I chatted about this before.
Here's a link to our bout on Feb 4th, could definitely be worth coming along to check out 3 Irish leagues in action
http://www.facebook.com/events/361087193906251/
Later skaters,
Kitty0 -
stinglikeabee wrote: »I reckon that those who are interested should meet up a couple of times first to skate together. A place like the Teeling Centre in Collooney is very affordable and I'm pretty sure you're allowed to skate in there.
It all sounds great but how many are actually ok on the skates, how many people are willing to spend at least two training sessions per week on this and how many of us have time to start travelling around the country to compete? It is not just skating, you've got to work on your cardio, core muscles etc. It's a proper sport, it will need a lot of commitment!
As rollerskating hasn't been that common of a hobby in Ireland, I reckon nearly everyone who are in teams around the country were all novice skaters and wobbly for their first few training sessions so I wouldn't be too worried. With a few regular training sessions over a few weeks we would certainly improve greatly and besides, everyones got to start somewhere and obviously any new team wouldn't do too well against a team that's been going a long time. It's a proper competitive sport but you're making it sound really tough so don't forget that with most local sports teams, people only play for the craic & fun, keeping fit and obviously the competing aspect too. And with any sport that needs regular commitment, we're bound to have people dropping off after a few training sessions. That's why I was saying we really need to find out the cost etc, at least if we have an idea of that we will know how much it's going to cost each team member then we will know how easy or hard it will be to attract people and build a team or if it's worth pursuing at all!
We definitely all need to meet and have a good chat about it anyway. I live and work in Sligo town so I'm pretty flexible about when and where you want to meet
@kittycadaver
Thanks so much for replying to us, we will definitely be coming to you for some advice and help! My cousin is Fiona aka Malibruise Stacey haha.. she's from Swords 0 -
Hey Guys,
for some reason did'nt get an email tellin me there had been new posts on this thread..... my email has been acting up fer ages!!
I'm definatley still interested, but unfortunatley don't think I could do any organising of things as was discussed before
the whole work load will be easier after christmas thing didnt quite happen and im still completley swamped with no sign of things letting up!
Great to see theres still interest and if something does get going I would love to be attend practice or whatever, whenever i can.0 -
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