Valkyrie Storm

Five years ago the MCRG family grew by one when B***y Rumbles (pictured) came into the world, long before the party was scheduled to start! This year we also met Rock n rOli, again way too eager to meet his awesome parents to stay inside until he was fully cooked.

In honour of our littlest and most impatient members and their families, representatives of MCRG are getting up bright and early (on a Sunday! After a bout!) and trading our skates for sneakers to walk in the annual Life's Little Treasures' Walk For Prems.

Without the support of this wonderful organisation, the MCRG family, and many other families across Australia, couldn't imagine where we'd be, and MCRG is proud to put our love, our support, and our feet behind them.

You can show your love as well! Simply follow the link below to donate to Life's Little Treasures. Thank you for your support!

https://secure.lifeslittletreasuresfundraising.com.au/registrant/mobile/mobileTeamPage.aspx?langPref=en-CA&TeamID=114730&Referrer=https%3a%2f%2flm.facebook.com%2f #.XaL4Yp43gVs.facebook

⚡️⚡️ NEW MERCH ⚡️⚡️

Check out our new merch item -
🌟 ENAMEL PINS 🌟

We are selling these pretty little pins for only $10 each. If you would L💜VE to get your hands on one, they will be available at our next bout in May OR you can message us here and we can arrange postage(extra cost) and maybe even pick-up!

These pins are great quality and add a little bit of bad ass to anything you can stick a pin on!

💜🖤 HAPPY INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY!🖤💜

Here is to strong women everywhere.
May we know them;
May we be them;
May we raise them;
May we SKATE with them!

Photos by Parker.

Tonight! 8pm on Mind Your P's and Q's we're talking roller derby with some legends from Murder City Roller Girls tune in, it'll be a rolling good time 🤩🤩🤩

Who wants to win!?!

🚨 🚨 COMPETITION TIME 🚨 🚨

** Win 2 Tix to our upcoming Fringe bout **

All you need to do is tag at least 2 friends on this post (more tags = more entries) and make sure you have ‘liked’ the Murder City Roller Girls page. It’s that easy!!

⭐️ Share this post for 2 bonus entries ⭐️
⭐️ Check out ‘mcrollergirls’ on insta for more opportunities to win ⭐️

For more information on our Fringe bout check out this link: http://bit.ly/sardeTIX
Or go to the event page here: https://www.facebook.com/events/293335021494513??ti=ia

Competition closes midnight 20th January and the winner will be chosen at random.

Bopped your noggin?

Have a read!

Concussions in Roller Derby: When in Doubt, Sit One Out Learn more about recognizing and treating concussions at wftda.com/concussions.

Derby love!

Last night Murder City Roller Girls had some fun with the amazing Rockabellas Roller Derby League Inc.

Scrimmage fun for everyone!

Valkyries, Slamazons, The Dames Of Hazard and Tyrannosaurus REFS of MCRG represent!

A FUN night of scrimmage, BIG thanks to those from Adelaide Roller Derby & Murder City Roller Girls for coming out to play....
And Big Thanks to the awesome Referee & Nso crew tonight, which we are always grateful for, without you we couldn't have this much fun.

At Murder City Roller Girls we have 2 hearing impaired skaters.
Our amazing Ref Demerit and the one and only Yellin’ Rage.

Inspiring beautiful women.

This week is Deaf Awareness Week, raising awareness and challenging perceptions of hearing loss and deafness across the UK.

Lyd Vicious is a hard of hearing skater on our team and has written what it is like to play a sport with hearing loss and is encouraging others with the disability to give Roller Derby a go and to raise awareness to other teams to adapt to their needs.

Deafness and Derby.

It was eight years ago when I lost a great deal of my hearing after a bad fall and trauma to my head while at the Roller Rink -go figure- which broke my Auditory Ossicle, the three tiniest bones in the body (go me!) - the hammer, the anvil and the stirrup and also damaged my nerves (helmets are important, I had to learn the hard way!). I am left with less than 20% hearing in my left ear and less than 80% in my right ear, and my hearing is declining and will continue to do so. This had made life understandably difficult.. So why did I even think about trying a sport, especially Roller Derby?!

When I first started Roller Derby 6 years ago, the thing I remember most was the 2 whistle starts. On the first whistle the pack goes and on the second whistle the jammer goes, but when jamming I could never hear the second whistle once the pack started moving and the sound of wheels clattering and people shouting muffled any other noise. There's so much going on at all times while on track, how was this ever going to work?!

Usually in sports, you read a lot of things about discrimination or isolation against someone with something such as hearing loss but my team made a few simple adjustments, so on the second whistle a teammate would signal with their hand to let me know when the whistle had been blown. This was a huge indicator to me that this sport was so special. People want to help, people want to make this sport adaptable for everyone and that help and understanding has not stopped even into my third, current team - North Cheshire Victory Rollers.

As time and Derby has moved on, obviously two whistle starts are no longer a thing but there are still things that can be a struggle when you have hearing loss. Can't hear a referee whistle and shout your penalty - that's fine, they will (safely) get ahead of you so that you can see them give you that penalty. A great thing is that Roller Derby uses a lot of hand gestured signals which is perfect for someone with hearing loss and who uses sign language, it can often take a few attempts but that adaption and understanding is there and that is what is so great about this sport.

Can't hear your instruction to leave the penalty box? That's fine, too! All the penalty box officials are given a heads up beforehand to tap me on the shoulder and with a small, simple hand signal to tell me to stand up and then to leave. It's small things like this that make a huge, important impact on someone who could otherwise feel very isolated.

My team have been fantastic, many have been keen to learn some sign language, which is always a useful tool to have. They always know to face me or repeat to me when running through drills as I rely mainly on lip reading.

A few years ago I had a huge knock to my confidence over wearing my hearing aids and for a few years I wouldn't be seen wearing them! I finally gave in this year and wore my hearing aids out and to training and got so much love and praise, it made me feel accepted and that I shouldn't be embarrassed of my hearing loss anymore. Now I wear my hearing aids and my hard of hearing sticker on my helmet with pride. I'm partially deaf and playing a sport that is so accepting and inclusive of it, I should be proud!

My hope is that more people with disabilities such as mine are able to find Roller Derby or any other sport with as much inclusivity. I have been incredibly lucky to find this sport which has given me great friends and great confidence.

Deaf awareness week is a great time to remind people that there are people with hearing loss who want to be involved in sports but feel that they would be isolated. I wanted to use this platform and my experience to show that there are sports out there that are adaptable and inclusive of anyone, it just takes a little bit of understanding.

And remember, helmets are important!!

Lyd Vicious ✌️

Teammates support each other. ❤️

Source: Derby Fest

Check out this awesome footage from our Fringe bout, courtesy of our mate Handicam Sam!

Murder City Roller Girls: Fringe Bout 2018 The first bout of the 2018 season, the annual Adelaide Fringe show match. Themed all things Grease and the '50s there were plenty of hits, juke's and blockin...

One week to go until our Fringe bout! That's plenty of time to buy your tickets: https://adelaidefringe.com.au/fringetix/murder-city-roller-girls-presents-summer-shovin-af2018

2017 MCRG Fringe Derby Bout Welcome to the start of the 2017 Murder City Roller Girls derby season. The opening game was an Adelaide Fringe exhibition match and a chance for the new "fr...

Introducing your Valkyrie Storm for 2018! We have two brand new roller girls, Thrillhouse and Kit Ready - welcome aboard ladies! They will be joining Tritone, Killer Heidi, Diabolical Rapture, Azumi Zoom Zoom, Sweet P, Ruby Doom, Moley Cyrus and Princess Helda on track, with Scott Nuthin and Cherry Pie on the bench. But is Cherry content to stay on the bench? Watch this space...

We also say goodbye to some of our amazing friends and team mates as they move on to new opportunities. Grazed Anatomy joins the Slamazons and Yellin Rage will be part of The Dames Of Hazard. May Kit Sizzle is taking some time off this year as she'll be busy raising the next generation of Valkyries. Alexir of Death is following her derby dreams and will be skating at ADRD this year. Thank you to all these awesome women, we wish you all the best for the future.

We can't wait to see what the year has in store for us and hope to see all our fans cheering us on in 2018!

Look what our fearless Captain got up to last week with her League buddies!
Murder City represent!!
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Looking at getting into Skating?
Head up to Tea Tree Plaza tomorrow

Ready for trade tomorrow :) we are just outside just jeans and big w at tea tree plaza

🌈Australia we love you! 🌈

It’s not to late to get involved!

Da Klinic

Slamazons better watch out because there's a storm rolling in! This game is not to be missed - make sure to get trackside for the MCRG Halloween themed Grand Final. THIS SATURDAY at the ARC Campbelltown, doors open at 6pm.

Still plenty of time to register!

Friday night marked the last scrimmage of 2017 for MCRG! We've had a ball and can't wait to do it again next season, but there's one last bout to be had this coming Saturday between the Slamazons and Valkyrie Storm!

If you're interested in joining our awesome league in 2018 as a skater, ref or NSO, make sure you register for Fresh Meat which starts not long after the Grand Final!

Email [email protected] for more info or to sign up! No skating experience necessary!

Ever seen a derby girl and been like, "damn, I wish I was that cool"? The good news is now you can be!!! Even if you missed out on our info night, it's not too late to register for fresh meat. Just email [email protected] for more details. NO EXPERIENCE REQUIRED!

Murder City Roller Girls and Valkyrie Storm are huge supporters and believers in equal rights and same s*x marriage.

Don't forget to

www.australianmarriageequality.org

HandiCam Sam has come up with the goods again.
Some massive hits from both teams.

We'll see you all at the Grand Final

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Thanks Photos by Parker. for the amazing photos from Sunday's bout! And congrats to The Dames Of Hazard on a tough win!

Murder City Roller Girls Valkyrie Storm took on The Dames Of Hazard last night is a tense fast paced, hard hitting game in what became the Dames first bout win of the season. and while they played a corker of a game, the question everyone wants to know is, did they win the afterparty?

Final Score
The Dames Of Hazard 238
Valkyrie Storm 174

EVERYONE!! PLEASE don't steal my photos. Read my terms of use and keep your photographers happy https://www.facebook.com/notes/photos-by-parker/terms-of-use/745053535517092 DON'T FORGET TO TAG YOUR FRIENDS!

A huge thank you to Photos by Parker. for immortalising (some of) the 2017 Valkyrie Storm.