The Skater of March is our dear Deadbeat Debbie. According to her play number #88mph she is heading to the future. Speed refers to Back to the Future movie’s famous time machine. Debbie’s derby name is about the rhyme. Deadbeat fits well to derby and Debbie rhymes with it. The high point of Debbie’s...
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Feb 4, 2013 • November’s Skater is a wonderful gal called Tiina Kimari! Kimari has skated for Helsinki Roller Derby for the whole 3,5 years and is part of the HRD All-Star Ninja Turtles team. Tiina’s home team is Angry Nerds (but she has played for all of them!) and she’s also a celebrated member of Team Finland. Kimari...
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Jan 22, 2013 • The First Tournament of the Suomi Cup was held last Saturday at Pasila Sports hall, when the six biggest roller derby leagues in Finland gathered together to match out who’s the queen of the track! The tournament was the first one out of eight Suomi Cup bouts, hosted by Kallio Rolling Rainbow. In the first...
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Jan 11, 2013 • Helsinki Roller Derby is participating to the Finland’s first national roller derby tournament, held at our home nest, Pasila Sportshall on Saturday the 19th on January. Suomi Cup is organized by Roller Derby Finland, The first tournament is hosted by Kallio Rolling Rainbow. Finland is the first country in Europe to arrange a national roller...
The animal side of Helsinki Roller Derby is presented by the all mighty Tigre Force, who’s number #142 refers to the magic bus of the movie Into the Wild. This tiger-loving founding member of Helsinki Roller Derby is a true cosmopolite, who brings always the freshest strategies as a souvenir from her trips. Tigre has...
Interested in roller derby? Come to Helsinki Roller Derby’s Open Skate on January 11th! You can try on skates and other derby gear, ask our seasoned veterans your most puzzling derby questions and take a whiff of an amazing derby atmosphere (with some wrist guard funk mixed in). If you need to borrow gear (you’ll...
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Nov 2, 2012 • Helsinki Roller Derby ended its long and eventful bouting season with Octobers last bouts. Hard work is about to pay off later on the first WFTDA torunament, but before that we’ll take a look at the final scores… 10/6 Pasila held a joyful event, when HRD held a home team doubleheader. We made history once...
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Nov 2, 2012 • Helsinki Roller Derby All-Star Ninja Turtles is travelling to Berlin in few weeks to participate to the first European WFTDA tournament, Track Queen Battle Royal, 16.-18.11.! HRD’s special, 20 person roster has trained and bouted h(a)rd all season, and now the moment of truth is ahead of us. Are you coming too? Sign up on...
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Nov 2, 2012 • Helsinki Roller Derby Zebras is one of the over 300 Movember teams in Finland that are signed to grow their ‘staches for a good cause – if the mustache itself isn’t enough! Movember movement started in Australia in 2003 and has since spread around the world. The agenda is to start growing a mustache from...
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Oct 19, 2012 • The classic Helsinki Roller Derby event returns when HRD gathers to celebrate Rollerween at Leppakomies, Helsinginkatu 1, on 27th of October and we’re inviting everybody to join us! We also have tree awesome bands playing: Rejected, Thunderbaum and Madcraft! Remember, this is a big old costume party so bring on the goods! HRD merchandise on...
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Oct 7, 2012 • Helsinki Roller Derby’s Queen B’s will travel to Orimattila on Saturday 20th of October to bout with Lahti Roller Derby’s Bay City Rollers. The bout is held at Orimattila Sports Hall, Opintotie 8, Orimattila. The doors open at 17:30, tickets are sold at the door (5€, cash only). The bout commences at 18:00. Team merchandise...
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Oct 3, 2012 • Helsinki roller derby hosts a home team doubleheader at Pasila Sports Hall on 6.10. where Hurtta Lottas and Saturday Fight Fever are joined with the new home team Angry Nerds and visitors from Kouvola Rock n Rollers (FI). On Saturday the doors will open at 16:00. Previously HRD’s two home teams Hurtta Lottas and SFF...
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