Dolly Rockit Rollers


The Leicestershire Dolly Rockit Rollers are a women's flat track roller derby league based in Leicestershire, England. Formed in January 2010, they skate flat track roller derby to the rules of the Women's Flat Track Derby Association, of which they have been a member since July 2014, and have been a member of the United Kingdom Roller Derby Association since September 2011. The league is entirely owned and run by its members, and was the first roller derby league to operate in Leicestershire.

History

DRR were formed by skaters Slamabama and Nitro Noush, who were both skating with Birmingham’s Central City Rollergirls but looking to set up a league in their home city of Leicester at the time. In conjunction with Central City they organised a practice in the Beaumont Leys area of the city and were encouraged by the turnout it received. Leicester has a long affinity with roller skating, with the Granby Halls roller rink widely popular until its closure in 1999, and this provided a solid basis for member numbers to increase over the following months. The fledgling league was named the Dolly Rockit Rollers, both as a pun on the term “rock it” and as an homage to Leicester’s National Space Centre.
The first bout for DRR was a mixed exhibition game in August 2010, with their first interleague bout taking place a month later. This bout also marked the league’s debut at their new home, with the Dollies moving from Beaumont Leys to the larger Parklands Leisure Centre at this time. The team would play two more interleague bouts in 2010, winning both of them to finish the year on a 2-1 record.
Skater numbers continued to increase and by May 2011 DRR had enough advanced skaters to form a ‘B’ team, the Raggy Dollz. The DRR ‘B’ team made an unofficial debut in May 2011, skating under the name “Free Birds”, before playing their first official bout against the Birmingham Blitz Dames’ ‘B‘ team in September of that year. The Dollies were admitted into UKRDA, the governing body for UK roller derby, shortly after this bout.
DRR’s Allstars ‘A’ team played a total of twelve public bouts in 2011, with nine wins in total. This record saw them voted amongst the top eight members of the UKRDA and qualified them to play at the Tattoo Freeze 2012 tournament in January of the following year. They would eventually be eliminated in the quarterfinals after a tense game against the Auld Reekie Rollergirls.
The Dollies also had two skaters selected to play at the inaugural Roller Derby World Cup in December 2011, as England’s Rogue Runner and Ireland’s Holly Sheet were both drafted into their respective national teams.
In October 2012, the Dollies were accepted as a member of the Women's Flat Track Derby Association Apprentice Programme, and became a full member of the WFTDA in July 2014.
As the first British Championships came to the UK in 2015, the Dolly Rockit Rollers were placed into the 'Women T3 West' tier.

Teams

DRR currently field five teams, two interleague teams and three intraleague teams.

Bout History

The following is a list of open-door interleague bouts played by the Dolly Rockit Rollers since their inception in 2010.
DateHome/AwayDRR TeamOpponentResult
Bout name
25 Sep 2010HomeDRR All-starsNewcastle Roller Girls68 - 79Block the Casbah
23 Oct 2010AwayDRR All-starsGranite City Roller Girls82 - 56Jammerblocky
20 Nov 2010HomeDRR All-starsWakey Wheeled Cats109 - 76Helter Belter
5 Feb 2011HomeDRR All-starsRomsey Town Rollerbillies129 - 126 Birthday Bash
26 Feb 2011AwayDRR All-starsLiverpool Roller Birds111 - 68A Hard Days Fight
2 April 2011AwayDRR All-starsHot Wheel Roller Derby102 - 43Great Yorkshire Showdown
2 April 2011AwayDRR All-starsManchester Roller Derby52 - 83Great Yorkshire Showdown
7 May 2011AwayDRR Free Birds Newcastle Roller Girls64 - 44Sweet Home Alajammer
7 May 2011AwayDRR All-starsNewcastle Roller Girls83 - 107Sweet Home Alajammer
6 Aug 2011HomeDRR All-starsTiger Bay Brawlers86 - 95School of Block
10 Sep 2011HomeDRR All-starsHot Wheel Roller Derby128 - 119Club TropiCarnage
24 Sep 2011AwayDRR All-starsRoyal Windsor Rollergirls161 - 63Unthemed
1 Oct 2011AwayDRR Raggy DollzDawn of the Dames123 - 84Rolling Dead
1 Oct 2011AwayDRR All-starsBirmingham Blitz Dames120 - 86Rolling Dead
5 Nov 2011HomeDRR All-starsGranite City Roller Girls163 - 57Beats International
18 Nov 2011HomeDRR All-starsLincolnshire Bombers Roller Girls131 - 130Rollerburn
17 Dec 2011AwayDRR All-starsRainy City Roller Girls Tender Hooligans160 - 94Christmas Bonanza
15 Jan 2012HomeDRR All-starsAuld Reekie Roller Girls60 - 100Tattoo Freeze
11 Feb 2012AwayDRR All-starsLondon Rockin Rollers Rising Stars165 - 123Jammer Throw
11 Feb 2012HomeDRR Raggy DollzSSRG Crucibelles165 - 101Hit Her With Glitter
11 Feb 2012HomeDRR All-starsSheffield Steel Rollergirls131 - 196Hit Her With Glitter
31 Mar 2012AwayDRR Raggy DollzWakey Wheeled Cats211 - 126Hoedown Showdown
21 Apr 2012HomeDRR All-starsLiverpool Roller Birds308 - 124The Blocky Horror Picture Show
5 May 2012AwayDRR All-starsBig Bucks High Rollers158 - 169 Cinco De Mayhem
19 May 2012HomeDRR Raggy DollzNorfolk Brawds Roller Derby271 - 58Unthemed
26 May 2012AwayDRR All-starsBrighton Rockers Roller Derby69 - 224A Right Royal Rumble
9 Jun 2012HomeDRR All-starsHelsinki Roller Derby71 - 99Fight To The Finnish
14 Jul 2012HomeDRR All-starsRomsey Town Rollerbillies151 - 120Unthemed
4 Aug 2012HomeDRR All-starsBlitz Dames93 - 121Super Jamio
8 Sept 2012HomeDRR All-starsRoyal Windsor77 - 184SuperJammersGoBallistic…!
29 Sept 2012AwayRaggy DollzKent RGs82 - 184Block n Roll High School
13 Oct 2012AwayDRR All-starsTiger Bay Brawlers30 - 496Un-named
17 Nov 2012HomeRaggy DollzPortsmouth Roller Wenches112 - 134My Big Fat Derby Wedding
8 Dec 2012AwayDRR All-starsHot Wheel Roller Derby75 - 296Un-named
17 Feb 2013HomeDRR All-starsBristol Harbour Harlots116 - 273Smack Down
16 Mar 2013AwayDRR All-starsOne Love Roller Dolls120 - 165Glam Block
17 Mar 2013AwayDRR All-starsGoGo Gent Roller Derby74 - 300Closed door
20 Apr 2013HomeDRR All-starsCroydon106 - 229Tank Grrls
21 Apr 2013AwayDRR All-starsSeaside Sirens162 - 178Merby Opener
11 May 2013AwayDRR All-starsMiddlesbrough Milk Rollers112 - 326Un-named bout
01 Jun 2013HomeDRR All-starsBatter C Power103 - 308Tank Grrl
13 Jul 2013HomeDRR All-starsBrighton B110 - 88Darbie Grrl
07 Sept 2013AwayDRR All-starsSheffield Steel Roller Girls90 - 314Un-named
02 Nov 2013HomeDRR All-starsBig Bucks High Rollers264 - 71Blockamole
23 Nov 2013AwayDRR All-starsPortsmouth Roller Wenches165 - 262Tash Bash!
12 Jan 2014AwayDRR All-starsCentral City Roller Girls28 - 372Tattoo Freeze 2014
25 Jan 2014HomeDRR All-starsVienna Roller Girls157 - 286Ultrablox
22 Feb 2014AwayDRR All-starsTiger Bay Brawlers B86 - 202Tiger Bay double header
29 Mar 2014HomeDRR All-starsKent Roller Girls119 - 177U Kent Touch This
26 Apr 2014AwayDRR All-starsRainy City Roller Girls138 - 103Un-named
27 Apr 2014AwayDRR All-starsMilton Keynes Concrete Cows79 - 211Super Slam Down
17 May 2014HomeDRR All-starsLondon Rockin Rollers B167 - 145Space Dinosaurs on Skates
12 July 2014AwayDRR All-starsRebellion Roller Derby251 - 135Unknown
25 Oct 2014AwayDRR All-starsCentral City RG85 - 202CCR Tournament
31 Jan 2015HomeDRR All-starsRebellion Roller Derby213 - 110Hunger Games
1 Mar 2015AwayDRR All-starsHereford Roller Girls123 - 133British Championships
14 Mar 2015HomeDRR All-starsHell's Bells188 - 109Pi Day Games
29 Mar 2015AwayDRR All-starsBelfast Roller Derby147 - 297British Championships
18 Apr 2015AwayDRR All-starsRoller Derby Porto140 - 189Porto Game
16 May 2015AwayDRR All-starsSwansea City Roller Derby50 - 401British Championships
27 Jun 2015HomeDRR All-starsBirmingham Blitz Dames42 - 400British Championships
11 Jul 2015AwayDRR All-starsRCRG Tender Hooligans191 - 178Away game

Last updated: 25 Jul 2012
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