20/11/11. ***WITH COPY AND VIDEO CLIP***..#p/a/u/0 you thought roller-skating was a gent
20/11/11. ***WITH COPY AND VIDEO CLIP***..#p/a/u/0 you thought roller-skating was a gentle activity with the risk of falling, only if you trip up - then meet the women who play roller and hips are used to knock competitors to the ground in this tough contact sport that's sweeping the first British club was formed five years ago. There are now 90 teams of women who just can't wait to knock down their opponents in a contest that is certainly not for 'push-overs'..The sport is enjoying a global resurgence and Britain is sending three teams to the first ever roller derby World Cup in Canada in December. Four hundred spectators flocked to Birmingham yesterday to watch teams get in some last-minute practice ahead of next month's competition in Toronto. .Lawyer and mum of two, Lucy Taylor, Roisin Roulette, 42, from Birmingham has been drafted into the All Ireland team and was yesterday playing elbow to elbow against her usual Brummy team mates. "Skating for All Ireland Roller Derby against my own team is terrifying - and brilliant preparation for the World Cup" she said. .Spokesperson for The Birmingham Blitz Dames, lecturer, Ulrike Roberts, 35, aka Nina Nunchucks said: "Roisin is our team coach and has been with us from the start, she's one of the best skaters in the country - possibly one of the oldest too. Her daughter wants to play when she's older - I think her mum would even knock her out.".The local team's captain, Simone Radway, aka Violet Attack, 28, a photographer from the West Midlands will be playing for the English sport lost popularity in its American birthplace decades ago when heavily theatrical and overly choreographed TV performances became "There are a few men's teams too but it's the women's teams that lead the way in the sport" added players skate under pseudonyms, also called
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